Five Below - FIVE Competitors

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) and MINISO Group (NYSE:MNSO) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FIVE or MNSO?

Five Below received 885 more outperform votes than MINISO Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.80% of users gave Five Below an outperform vote while only 31.25% of users gave MINISO Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Five Below	Outperform Votes 890 70.80%	Underperform Votes 367 29.20%
MINISO Group	Outperform Votes 5 31.25%	Underperform Votes 11 68.75%

Is FIVE or MNSO more profitable?

MINISO Group has a net margin of 10.55% compared to Five Below's net margin of 8.50%. Five Below's return on equity of 21.69% beat MINISO Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Five Below	8.50%	21.69%	8.35%
MINISO Group	10.55%	14.51%	9.21%

Which has more risk and volatility, FIVE or MNSO?

Five Below has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MINISO Group has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend FIVE or MNSO?

Five Below currently has a consensus target price of $209.54, suggesting a potential upside of 3.69%. MINISO Group has a consensus target price of $11.90, suggesting a potential downside of 29.25%. Given Five Below's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Five Below is more favorable than MINISO Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Five Below	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	21 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.84
MINISO Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Does the media prefer FIVE or MNSO?

In the previous week, Five Below had 8 more articles in the media than MINISO Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Five Below and 4 mentions for MINISO Group. MINISO Group's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Five Below's score of 0.33 indicating that MINISO Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Five Below	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
MINISO Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FIVE or MNSO?

16.5% of MINISO Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Five Below shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 73.5% of MINISO Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings and valuation, FIVE or MNSO?

Five Below has higher revenue and earnings than MINISO Group. MINISO Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Five Below, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Five Below	$3.08 billion	3.66	$261.53 million	$4.69	43.09
MINISO Group	$1.51 billion	3.53	$98.85 million	$0.50	33.64

Summary

Five Below beats MINISO Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.