Insider Selling: Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) CAO Sells 8,500 Shares of Stock

Five Below, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVE) CAO Eric Specter sold 8,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $201.15, for a total transaction of $1,709,775.00. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 45,724 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,197,382.60. The trade was a 15.68% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink.

Five Below Trading Up 0.3%

Five Below stock traded up $0.59 during trading on Thursday, hitting $198.04. The company had a trading volume of 904,580 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,051,906. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $175.41 and its 200-day simple moving average is $155.55. The stock has a market cap of $10.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 1.13. Five Below, Inc. has a 1-year low of $52.38 and a 1-year high of $205.22.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The specialty retailer reported $0.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.46. Five Below had a net margin of 6.96% and a return on equity of 17.15%. The company had revenue of $1.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $971.96 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.42 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 23.1% on a year-over-year basis. Five Below has set its FY 2025 guidance at 5.710-5.890 EPS and its Q4 2025 guidance at 3.360-3.540 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Five Below, Inc. will post 4.93 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Five Below

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FIVE. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its holdings in Five Below by 1.3% during the 2nd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 690,615 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $90,595,000 after purchasing an additional 8,743 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Five Below during the 3rd quarter worth $1,121,000. Lisanti Capital Growth LLC bought a new position in Five Below in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $4,526,000. Voya Investment Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Five Below by 28.9% during the third quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 325,284 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $50,321,000 after acquiring an additional 72,876 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Global Retirement Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Five Below by 595.9% in the third quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 3,215 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $497,000 after acquiring an additional 2,753 shares during the last quarter.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

FIVE has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Five Below from $200.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Bank of America upped their target price on shares of Five Below from $110.00 to $132.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Five Below in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Citigroup raised their target price on shares of Five Below from $150.00 to $175.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, December 4th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein upped their price target on shares of Five Below from $179.00 to $195.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have given a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $196.15.

Five Below Company Profile

Five Below, Inc (NASDAQ:FIVE) is an American specialty discount retailer offering a broad assortment of merchandise priced primarily at $5 or below. Since its founding in 2002 by David Schlessinger and Tom Vellios, the company has pursued a value-focused retail model targeting tweens, teens and beyond, with stores designed to deliver trend-driven products at an accessible price point. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Five Below has grown into a national chain operating in dozens of U.S.