Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Price Target Raised to $188.00

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) had its price objective boosted by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group from $162.00 to $188.00 in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, Marketbeat.com reports. The brokerage presently has a “buy” rating on the specialty retailer’s stock. The Goldman Sachs Group’s price objective points to a potential upside of 14.98% from the company’s current price.

Several other brokerages have also recently issued reports on FIVE. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of Five Below from $175.00 to $190.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday. Craig Hallum boosted their price target on Five Below from $164.00 to $180.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. Guggenheim upped their price target on Five Below from $165.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Truist Financial set a $179.00 price objective on Five Below in a research note on Thursday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded Five Below from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $186.00 target price for the company in a report on Monday, October 27th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, nine have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Five Below has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $170.42.

Five Below Price Performance

NASDAQ:FIVE traded up $0.36 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $163.51. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,105,825 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,746,724. The stock has a market cap of $9.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.09, a P/E/G ratio of 2.33 and a beta of 1.17. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $154.70 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $141.23. Five Below has a twelve month low of $52.38 and a twelve month high of $168.98.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 3rd. The specialty retailer reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.46. Five Below had a net margin of 6.45% and a return on equity of 17.13%. The business had revenue of $1.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $971.96 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.42 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 23.1% on a year-over-year basis. Five Below has set its FY 2025 guidance at 5.710-5.890 EPS and its Q4 2025 guidance at 3.360-3.540 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Five Below will post 4.93 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Five Below

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Five Below by 7.5% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,424,495 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $406,430,000 after buying an additional 376,932 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. grew its stake in shares of Five Below by 21.6% during the third quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 1,873,116 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $289,771,000 after acquiring an additional 332,615 shares in the last quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. increased its position in shares of Five Below by 0.7% during the second quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 1,496,952 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $196,370,000 after acquiring an additional 10,971 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors increased its position in shares of Five Below by 0.9% during the third quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 1,353,928 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $209,453,000 after acquiring an additional 12,583 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Samlyn Capital LLC lifted its stake in shares of Five Below by 3.7% in the first quarter. Samlyn Capital LLC now owns 1,109,736 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $83,147,000 after acquiring an additional 39,375 shares in the last quarter.

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.