Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 5.710-5.890 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 5.100. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.6 billion-$4.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.5 billion. Five Below also updated its Q4 2025 guidance to 3.360-3.540 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Sanford C. Bernstein began coverage on shares of Five Below in a report on Wednesday, September 17th. They set a “market perform” rating and a $160.00 price objective for the company. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on shares of Five Below from $170.00 to $175.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Five Below in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Guggenheim lifted their target price on Five Below from $165.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Barclays set a $135.00 target price on Five Below in a research note on Thursday, August 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Five Below currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $158.83.

Five Below Stock Performance

NASDAQ FIVE traded up $4.25 on Wednesday, reaching $163.15. The company had a trading volume of 3,665,640 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,743,379. The company’s fifty day moving average is $154.52 and its 200-day moving average is $141.08. Five Below has a 1-year low of $52.38 and a 1-year high of $168.98. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.33 and a beta of 1.17.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December 3rd. The specialty retailer reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.46. Five Below had a return on equity of 17.13% and a net margin of 6.45%.During the same period last year, the business earned $0.42 EPS. 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, research analysts forecast that Five Below will post 4.93 earnings per share for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Five Below

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in FIVE. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Five Below in the third quarter worth $505,000. Danske Bank A S bought a new position in Five Below in the third quarter valued at $93,000. Advisory Services Network LLC acquired a new stake in Five Below in the 3rd quarter valued at $32,000. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. increased its stake in Five Below by 431.4% in the 3rd quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. now owns 53,451 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $8,269,000 after buying an additional 43,393 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Morningstar Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in Five Below during the 3rd quarter worth about $1,424,000.

About Five Below

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.