Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Rating Increased to Buy at Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research note issued to investors on Sunday morning.

A number of other equities analysts have also commented on the company. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on Five Below from $140.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Five Below from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $186.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Monday, October 27th. Telsey Advisory Group reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $170.00 price objective on shares of Five Below in a research note on Thursday, October 2nd. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on Five Below from $141.00 to $148.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 28th. Finally, Craig Hallum lifted their price objective on Five Below from $164.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Five Below has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $152.84.

Five Below Price Performance

NASDAQ:FIVE opened at $157.27 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $151.50 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $129.92. Five Below has a 1 year low of $52.38 and a 1 year high of $168.98. The company has a market capitalization of $8.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.84, a P/E/G ratio of 2.33 and a beta of 1.18.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The specialty retailer reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.61 by $0.20. Five Below had a return on equity of 17.13% and a net margin of 6.45%.The firm had revenue of $1.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $988.91 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.54 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 23.7% on a year-over-year basis. Five Below has set its FY 2025 guidance at 4.760-5.160 EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at 0.120-0.240 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Five Below will post 4.93 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Five Below

In other news, EVP Ronald James Masciantonio sold 818 shares of Five Below stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $146.41, for a total value of $119,763.38. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 9,858 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,443,309.78. The trade was a 7.66% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Corporate insiders own 1.90% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Five Below by 7.5% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,424,495 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $406,430,000 after purchasing an additional 376,932 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. increased its holdings in Five Below by 31.1% during the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 1,540,501 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $202,083,000 after purchasing an additional 365,426 shares during the period. Federated Hermes Inc. increased its holdings in Five Below by 0.7% during the 2nd quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 1,496,952 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $196,370,000 after purchasing an additional 10,971 shares during the period. Samlyn Capital LLC increased its holdings in Five Below by 3.7% during the 1st quarter. Samlyn Capital LLC now owns 1,109,736 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $83,147,000 after purchasing an additional 39,375 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new position in Five Below during the 2nd quarter valued at about $110,834,000.

Five Below Company Profile

Five Below, Inc operates as a specialty value retailer in the United States. The company offers range of accessories, which includes novelty socks, sunglasses, jewelry, scarves, gloves, hair accessories, athletic tops and bottoms, and t-shirts, as well as nail polish, lip gloss, fragrance, and branded cosmetics; and personalized living space products, such as lamps, posters, frames, fleece blankets, plush items, pillows, candles, incense, lighting, novelty décor, accent furniture, and related items, as well as provides storage options.