Mizuho Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Stock

Key Points

• Mizuho raised Five Below’s price target to $260 from $220 and maintained an “outperform” rating, implying 10.47% potential upside from the stock’s $235.36 price.
• Analyst sentiment is broadly positive: Five Below has a “Moderate Buy” consensus rating and an average price target of $256.05, with recent upgrades from Sanford C. Bernstein and Raymond James.
• The retailer reported strong quarterly results, with EPS of $2.22 versus the $1.77 consensus and revenue of $1.29 billion, up 32.5% year over year; full-year EPS guidance is $8.65–$9.05.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE - Get Free Report) had its price target increased by research analysts at Mizuho from $220.00 to $260.00 in a report released on Tuesday,Benzinga reports. The firm presently has an "outperform" rating on the specialty retailer's stock. Mizuho's target price points to a potential upside of 10.47% from the stock's current price.

Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. Citigroup initiated coverage on shares of Five Below in a research report on Thursday, July 9th. They set a "market perform" rating for the company. Sanford C. Bernstein upgraded shares of Five Below from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and increased their price objective for the company from $247.00 to $250.00 in a research note on Tuesday, July 21st. KeyCorp reissued a "sector weight" rating on shares of Five Below in a report on Thursday, June 4th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a "hold" rating on shares of Five Below in a research report on Thursday, June 4th. Finally, Raymond James Financial upgraded shares of Five Below to an "outperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have given a Buy rating, nine have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Five Below presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $256.05.

Five Below Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FIVE opened at $235.36 on Tuesday. Five Below has a 1 year low of $131.40 and a 1 year high of $251.63. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $198.94 and its 200-day simple moving average is $211.41. The firm has a market cap of $13.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.72, a PEG ratio of 1.28 and a beta of 0.98.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June 3rd. The specialty retailer reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.77 by $0.45. Five Below had a return on equity of 21.31% and a net margin of 8.67%.The firm had revenue of $1.29 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.23 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.86 earnings per share. Five Below's revenue for the quarter was up 32.5% on a year-over-year basis. Five Below has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.650-9.050 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.170-1.290 EPS. As a group, research analysts predict that Five Below will post 9.08 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Five Below

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its holdings in Five Below by 40,774,210.3% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 55,453,062 shares of the specialty retailer's stock worth $10,445,139,000 after acquiring an additional 55,452,926 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Five Below during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $964,867,000. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Five Below during the 4th quarter worth approximately $182,786,000. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Five Below by 176.0% in the 4th quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,168,832 shares of the specialty retailer's stock worth $220,161,000 after purchasing an additional 745,272 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP lifted its holdings in shares of Five Below by 54.6% in the 4th quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 1,785,169 shares of the specialty retailer's stock worth $336,254,000 after purchasing an additional 630,710 shares during the last quarter.

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.

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