Truist Financial Issues Positive Forecast for Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Stock Price

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) had its price objective upped by research analysts at Truist Financial from $273.00 to $297.00 in a note issued to investors on Thursday, Benzinga reports. The brokerage presently has a “buy” rating on the specialty retailer’s stock. Truist Financial’s price target suggests a potential upside of 22.51% from the stock’s current price.

Other equities research analysts have also issued reports about the company. BNP Paribas Exane lowered Five Below from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 13th. Evercore set a $260.00 price objective on Five Below in a report on Thursday. Weiss Ratings lowered Five Below from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Friday, June 5th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut shares of Five Below from a “buy” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday, August 13th. Finally, Barclays reduced their target price on shares of Five Below from $240.00 to $224.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, June 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Buy rating, thirteen have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Five Below currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $288.85.

Five Below Price Performance

FIVE stock traded down $0.65 during trading on Thursday, reaching $242.43. The company had a trading volume of 857,549 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,164,550. Five Below has a 52 week low of $137.77 and a 52 week high of $263.88. The company has a market cap of $13.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.68, a PEG ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 0.99. The business has a 50 day moving average of $215.71 and a 200 day moving average of $217.34.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, September 2nd. The specialty retailer reported $1.68 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.40 by $0.28. Five Below had a return on equity of 21.31% and a net margin of 8.67%.The business had revenue of $1.26 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.22 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.81 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 22.9% on a year-over-year basis. Five Below has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 1.010-1.130 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 9.830-10.310 EPS. Research analysts expect that Five Below will post 9.19 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Five Below

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Castleark Management LLC raised its holdings in Five Below by 27.8% in the 4th quarter. Castleark Management LLC now owns 48,340 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $9,105,000 after acquiring an additional 10,520 shares during the last quarter. Mach 1 Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Five Below in the 4th quarter worth $911,000. California Public Employees Retirement System increased its holdings in shares of Five Below by 10.0% in the 1st quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System now owns 106,692 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $24,377,000 after purchasing an additional 9,682 shares in the last quarter. Lisanti Capital Growth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Five Below by 48.4% during the fourth quarter. Lisanti Capital Growth LLC now owns 43,844 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $8,258,000 after purchasing an additional 14,305 shares in the last quarter. Finally, BlackRock Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Five Below during the second quarter valued at $964,867,000.

Key Five Below News

Here are the key news stories impacting Five Below this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Five Below reported adjusted Q2 EPS of $1.68, above the $1.40 analyst consensus, while revenue rose 22.9% year over year to approximately $1.26 billion, exceeding estimates of $1.22 billion. Comparable sales increased 14.1%. Five Below Second Quarter Fiscal 2026 Financial Results
• Positive Sentiment: Management raised fiscal 2026 guidance to $5.63 billion-$5.71 billion in sales and $9.83-$10.31 in adjusted EPS, up from prior sales guidance of $5.40 billion-$5.48 billion. Q3 adjusted EPS guidance of $1.01-$1.13 also exceeds the $0.86 consensus. Five Below Outlook Raised
• Positive Sentiment: The retailer opened 52 net new stores during the quarter, ending with 2,022 locations, while management cited strong traffic, repeat visits and coordinated merchandise launches as drivers of comparable-sales growth.
• Positive Sentiment: Five Below authorized a new $600 million share-repurchase program, which could support per-share earnings and signal confidence in the company’s cash-generation outlook. Five Below Share Repurchase Plan
• Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley raised its price target from $235 to $300, while other analysts maintained Buy ratings and cited potential margin improvement and sustained comparable-sales growth. Bank of America’s target was reported at $340.
• Neutral Sentiment: Morgan Stanley retained an Equal Weight rating despite the higher target, indicating that valuation and execution risks may limit further upside after the stock’s strong recent performance.

Five Below Company Profile

Five Below, Inc (NASDAQ:FIVE) is an American specialty discount retailer offering a broad assortment of merchandise priced primarily at $5 or below. Since its founding in 2002 by David Schlessinger and Tom Vellios, the company has pursued a value-focused retail model targeting tweens, teens and beyond, with stores designed to deliver trend-driven products at an accessible price point. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Five Below has grown into a national chain operating in dozens of U.S.