Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC Buys 334 Shares of Five Below, Inc. $FIVE

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC raised its stake in Five Below, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVE) by 5.2% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 6,745 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock after purchasing an additional 334 shares during the period. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC’s holdings in Five Below were worth $885,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in FIVE. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC raised its stake in shares of Five Below by 100.8% in the 1st quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 14,459 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $1,083,000 after buying an additional 7,258 shares in the last quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue raised its stake in shares of Five Below by 2.6% in the 1st quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue now owns 6,440 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $482,000 after buying an additional 165 shares in the last quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of Five Below by 17.2% in the 1st quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 3,544 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $266,000 after buying an additional 521 shares in the last quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Five Below by 7.9% in the 1st quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 66,068 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $4,950,000 after buying an additional 4,861 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lecap Asset Management Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Five Below by 35.5% in the 1st quarter. Lecap Asset Management Ltd. now owns 28,838 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $2,161,000 after buying an additional 7,554 shares in the last quarter.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Sanford C. Bernstein assumed coverage on shares of Five Below in a research note on Wednesday, September 17th. They issued a “market perform” rating and a $160.00 price objective for the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Five Below from $105.00 to $154.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, July 21st. Mizuho increased their target price on shares of Five Below from $132.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. Wolfe Research began coverage on shares of Five Below in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $187.00 target price for the company. Finally, Bank of America increased their target price on shares of Five Below from $93.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, twelve have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $150.21.

Five Below Stock Up 1.5%

Shares of NASDAQ:FIVE opened at $154.24 on Monday. Five Below, Inc. has a 12 month low of $52.38 and a 12 month high of $157.54. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $147.77 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $122.69. The firm has a market cap of $8.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.22, a P/E/G ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 1.18.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 27th. The specialty retailer reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.61 by $0.20. Five Below had a net margin of 6.45% and a return on equity of 17.13%. The firm had revenue of $1.03 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $988.91 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.54 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 23.7% on a year-over-year basis. Five Below has set its FY 2025 guidance at 4.760-5.160 EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at 0.120-0.240 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Five Below, Inc. will post 4.93 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Five Below news, EVP Ronald James Masciantonio sold 818 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $146.41, for a total transaction of $119,763.38. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 9,858 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,443,309.78. This represents a 7.66% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 1.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.