Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.820-0.840 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $967.0 million-.

Five Below Trading Up 1.4 %

NASDAQ:FIVE opened at $82.20 on Thursday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $72.95 and its 200-day moving average is $87.62. The stock has a market cap of $4.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 0.87. Five Below has a 1-year low of $52.38 and a 1-year high of $145.95.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 19th. The specialty retailer reported $3.48 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.38 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $1.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.38 billion. Five Below had a net margin of 7.02% and a return on equity of 18.03%. Five Below’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $3.65 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Five Below will post 4.93 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on FIVE. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Five Below from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, March 24th. Bank of America dropped their target price on shares of Five Below from $88.00 to $75.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, March 20th. Evercore ISI decreased their price target on Five Below from $93.00 to $90.00 and set an “in-line” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, April 1st. Barclays dropped their price objective on Five Below from $100.00 to $93.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, March 20th. Finally, DA Davidson decreased their target price on Five Below from $50.00 to $25.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, April 14th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have assigned a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $97.25.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Ronald James Masciantonio sold 584 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $78.04, for a total value of $45,575.36. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 12,658 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $987,830.32. This represents a 4.41 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders own 1.90% of the company’s stock.

Five Below Company Profile

Five Below, Inc operates as a specialty value retailer in the United States. The company offers range of accessories, which includes novelty socks, sunglasses, jewelry, scarves, gloves, hair accessories, athletic tops and bottoms, and t-shirts, as well as nail polish, lip gloss, fragrance, and branded cosmetics; and personalized living space products, such as lamps, posters, frames, fleece blankets, plush items, pillows, candles, incense, lighting, novelty décor, accent furniture, and related items, as well as provides storage options.