NASDAQ:FIVE - Five Below Stock Price, Forecast & News

Five Below trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FIVE."

Five Below declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Thursday, March 22nd 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Five Below Inc (NASDAQ:FIVE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December, 4th. The specialty retailer reported $0.18 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.01. The specialty retailer had revenue of $377.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $373.64 million. Five Below had a return on equity of 23.01% and a net margin of 8.74%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 20.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.24 earnings per share. View Five Below's Earnings History.

Five Below is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, March 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Five Below.

Five Below updated its FY 2019 IntraDay earnings guidance on Monday, January, 13th. The company provided EPS guidance of 3.07-3.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.17. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.845-1.848 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.89 billion.

19 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Five Below's shares. Their forecasts range from $115.00 to $159.00. On average, they expect Five Below's share price to reach $138.94 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Five Below.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Five Below in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings, 14 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Five Below.

Headlines about FIVE stock have been trending positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Five Below earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Five Below.

Five Below saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 3,450,000 shares, an increase of 19.4% from the November 28th total of 2,890,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 882,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.9 days. Currently, 6.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Five Below's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Five Below include Tiffany & Co. (TIF), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), Tractor Supply (TSCO), Dicks Sporting Goods (DKS), Sally Beauty (SBH), Signet Jewelers (SIG), Office Depot (ODP), Winmark (WINA), Barnes & Noble (BKS), Hibbett Sports (HIBB), MarineMax (HZO), GNC (GNC), Vitamin Shoppe (VSI) and Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Five Below investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Netflix (NFLX), Micron Technology (MU), Paypal (PYPL), salesforce.com (CRM), Square (SQ), Walt Disney (DIS), Home Depot (HD) and Visa (V).

Five Below's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Riverbridge Partners LLC (1.84%), Summit Creek Advisors LLC (0.18%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.17%), Gradient Investments LLC (0.05%), Wedbush Securities Inc. (0.03%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Five Below stock include Daniel Kaufman, David N Makuen, Eric M Specter, Joel D Anderson, Kathleen S Barclay, Kenneth R Bull, Michael Romanko, Ronald Sargent, Thomas M Ryan and Thomas Vellios. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Five Below.

FIVE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Riverbridge Partners LLC, Tributary Capital Management LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Summit Creek Advisors LLC, Sciencast Management LP and Meridian Wealth Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Five Below company stock in the last year include Eric M Specter, Joel D Anderson, Kathleen S Barclay, Kenneth R Bull, Michael Romanko and Thomas Vellios. View Insider Buying and Selling for Five Below.

FIVE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, Gradient Investments LLC, Patten Group Inc., OLD National Bancorp IN, Wedbush Securities Inc. and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Five Below.

Shares of FIVE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FIVE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $116.05.

Five Below has a market capitalization of $6.46 billion and generates $1.56 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $149.65 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.57 on an earnings per share basis. Five Below employs 13,900 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Five Below.

The official website for Five Below is http://www.fivebelow.com/.

Five Below's mailing address is 701 MARKET STREET SUITE 300, PHILADELPHIA PA, 19106. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at 215-546-7909 or via email at [email protected]