Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE - Get Free Report) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.820-0.840 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $967.0 million-.

Five Below Stock Performance

NASDAQ FIVE traded down $0.75 on Friday, reaching $85.25. 1,553,685 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,040,494. Five Below has a fifty-two week low of $52.38 and a fifty-two week high of $145.00. The firm has a market cap of $4.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.58, a P/E/G ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 0.87. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $73.04 and a 200-day moving average price of $87.54.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, March 19th. The specialty retailer reported $3.48 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.38 by $0.10. Five Below had a return on equity of 18.03% and a net margin of 7.02%. The firm had revenue of $1.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.38 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.65 earnings per share. Five Below's revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Five Below will post 4.93 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Telsey Advisory Group lifted their price objective on shares of Five Below from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the company a "market perform" rating in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an "equal weight" rating on shares of Five Below in a report on Thursday, March 20th. UBS Group dropped their price objective on Five Below from $150.00 to $110.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, March 20th. Barclays reduced their target price on Five Below from $100.00 to $93.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, March 20th. Finally, DA Davidson dropped their price target on shares of Five Below from $50.00 to $25.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 14th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have assigned a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $97.25.

Insider Buying and Selling at Five Below

In other news, EVP Ronald James Masciantonio sold 584 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $78.04, for a total value of $45,575.36. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 12,658 shares of the company's stock, valued at $987,830.32. This represents a 4.41 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 1.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.