Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Cut to Hold at Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a report issued on Saturday.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. Oppenheimer started coverage on shares of Five Below in a research report on Thursday, August 13th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. HSBC upgraded shares of Five Below to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 21st. Raymond James Financial raised shares of Five Below to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 21st. Guggenheim reduced their price target on shares of Five Below from $260.00 to $250.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, June 8th. Finally, Barclays decreased their price target on shares of Five Below from $240.00 to $224.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, June 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have assigned a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Five Below currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $262.80.

Five Below Trading Up 5.0%

Shares of FIVE opened at $262.72 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $14.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.17, a PEG ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 0.98. Five Below has a 12 month low of $137.77 and a 12 month high of $263.88. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $207.62 and its two-hundred day moving average is $215.03.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, June 3rd. The specialty retailer reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.77 by $0.45. Five Below had a return on equity of 21.31% and a net margin of 8.67%.The business had revenue of $1.29 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.23 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.86 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 32.5% on a year-over-year basis. Five Below has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.650-9.050 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 1.170-1.290 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Five Below will post 9.12 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. California State Teachers Retirement System increased its holdings in shares of Five Below by 17,961.6% in the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 11,524,359 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $2,071,965,000 after purchasing an additional 11,460,553 shares during the last quarter. Varenne Capital Partners purchased a new position in Five Below during the second quarter worth approximately $25,305,000. AlphaGrep UK Ltd acquired a new position in Five Below during the second quarter worth $1,185,000. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. acquired a new position in Five Below during the second quarter worth $64,000. Finally, AXQ Capital LP purchased a new stake in Five Below in the 2nd quarter valued at $622,000.

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.