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 on Tuesday, January 13th. The shares were 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 in the company, valued at approximately $9,197,382.60. This represents a 15.68% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

Five Below Price Performance

Five Below stock traded up $0.59 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $198.04. The company had a trading volume of 904,580 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,051,906. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $175.41 and its 200-day simple moving average is $155.55. Five Below, Inc. has a 12-month low of $52.38 and a 12-month high of $205.22. The company has a market capitalization of $10.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.55, a P/E/G ratio of 1.99 and a beta of 1.13.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The specialty retailer reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 firm had revenue of $1.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $971.96 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.42 earnings per share. Five Below’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. On average, analysts expect that Five Below, Inc. will post 4.93 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on FIVE shares. UBS Group set a $255.00 target price on shares of Five Below in a research report on Tuesday. Loop Capital reissued a “buy” rating and set a $200.00 price target on shares of Five Below in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on Five Below from $190.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday. Citigroup upped their price objective on Five Below from $150.00 to $175.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 4th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of Five Below from $186.00 to $197.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have given a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Five Below has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $196.15.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 8,743 shares in the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in Five Below during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $1,121,000. Lisanti Capital Growth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Five Below during the 2nd quarter valued at about $4,526,000. Voya Investment Management LLC boosted its position in Five Below by 28.9% in the 3rd quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 325,284 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $50,321,000 after purchasing an additional 72,876 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Global Retirement Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Five Below by 595.9% during the 3rd quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 3,215 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $497,000 after acquiring an additional 2,753 shares in the last quarter.

About Five Below

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.