Five Below (FIVE) Competitors

Ollie's Bargain Outlet (NASDAQ:OLLI) and Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

Is OLLI or FIVE more profitable?

Ollie's Bargain Outlet has a net margin of 9.14% compared to Ollie's Bargain Outlet's net margin of 8.10%. Ollie's Bargain Outlet's return on equity of 20.21% beat Five Below's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	9.14%	13.39%	8.80%
Five Below	8.10%	20.21%	8.03%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OLLI or FIVE?

Five Below received 424 more outperform votes than Ollie's Bargain Outlet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.75% of users gave Five Below an outperform vote while only 64.49% of users gave Ollie's Bargain Outlet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	Outperform Votes 503 64.49%	Underperform Votes 277 35.51%
Five Below	Outperform Votes 927 69.75%	Underperform Votes 402 30.25%

Does the media refer more to OLLI or FIVE?

In the previous week, Five Below had 17 more articles in the media than Ollie's Bargain Outlet. MarketBeat recorded 61 mentions for Five Below and 44 mentions for Ollie's Bargain Outlet. Five Below's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Ollie's Bargain Outlet's score of -0.20 indicating that Ollie's Bargain Outlet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	11 Very Positive mention(s)	14 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Five Below	9 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	14 Negative mention(s)	5 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, OLLI or FIVE?

Five Below has higher revenue and earnings than Ollie's Bargain Outlet. Five Below is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ollie's Bargain Outlet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	$2.10B	2.43	$181.44M	$3.17	26.34
Five Below	$3.56B	1.84	$301.11M	$5.32	22.27

Which has more risk and volatility, OLLI or FIVE?

Ollie's Bargain Outlet has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Five Below has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate OLLI or FIVE?

Ollie's Bargain Outlet presently has a consensus target price of $94.67, indicating a potential upside of 13.36%. Five Below has a consensus target price of $175.33, indicating a potential upside of 47.97%. Given Ollie's Bargain Outlet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Five Below is more favorable than Ollie's Bargain Outlet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Five Below	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Summary

Five Below beats Ollie's Bargain Outlet on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.