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

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

Five Below announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan 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 reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Five Below Inc (NASDAQ:FIVE) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December, 4th. The specialty retailer reported $0.18 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.01. The specialty retailer had revenue of $377.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $373.64 million. Five Below had a net margin of 8.74% and a return on equity of 23.01%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 20.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.24 EPS. 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 issued an update on 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 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Five Below's stock. Their forecasts range from $115.00 to $159.00. On average, they anticipate Five Below's stock price to reach $138.94 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.1% 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.

Media stories about FIVE stock have been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Five Below earned a media sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. 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 daily trading volume, of 882,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.9 days. Approximately 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 many different of retail and institutional 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 Groesbeck Investment Management Corp NJ. 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, DAVENPORT & Co LLC, Harbour Capital Advisors LLC, Coronation Fund Managers Ltd., Patten Group Inc., OLD National Bancorp IN and Wedbush Securities Inc.. 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 $115.65.

Five Below has a market capitalization of $6.44 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]