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 has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, March 22nd 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $100,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Five Below Inc (NASDAQ:FIVE) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December, 4th. The specialty retailer reported $0.18 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 net margin of 8.74% and a return on equity of 23.01%. The firm's revenue was up 20.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm 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 updated its FY 2019 IntraDay earnings guidance on Monday, January, 13th. The company provided earnings per share 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 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Five Below's shares. 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 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.

News stories about FIVE stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Five Below earned a news sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Five Below.

Five Below saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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 presently 3.9 days. Currently, 6.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 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 purchased 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]