Walleye Capital LLC Purchases 94,478 Shares of Five Below, Inc. $FIVE

Walleye Capital LLC lifted its holdings in Five Below, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVE) by 348.2% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 121,615 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock after acquiring an additional 94,478 shares during the quarter. Walleye Capital LLC’s holdings in Five Below were worth $27,787,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Global Retirement Partners LLC raised its position in Five Below by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 3,264 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $615,000 after purchasing an additional 49 shares during the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Five Below by 26.6% during the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 257 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $59,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Five Below by 29.6% in the first quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC now owns 241 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $55,000 after buying an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. Optimize Financial Inc increased its stake in shares of Five Below by 1.4% in the fourth quarter. Optimize Financial Inc now owns 3,948 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $744,000 after buying an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Benjamin Edwards Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Five Below by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 3,743 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $705,000 after buying an additional 60 shares during the last quarter.

Five Below Price Performance

FIVE opened at $204.87 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $11.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.07 and a beta of 1.00. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $199.27 and a 200 day simple moving average of $209.52. Five Below, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $130.00 and a fifty-two week high of $251.63.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 3rd. The specialty retailer reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.77 by $0.45. Five Below had a net margin of 8.67% and a return on equity of 21.31%. The business had revenue of $1.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.23 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.86 earnings per share. Five Below’s revenue was up 32.5% compared to the same quarter last year. 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. As a group, analysts expect that Five Below, Inc. will post 9.08 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently issued reports on FIVE. Raymond James Financial upgraded shares of Five Below to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. HSBC upgraded shares of Five Below to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Evercore set a $215.00 target price on shares of Five Below in a research report on Tuesday, July 7th. Truist Financial increased their price target on shares of Five Below from $261.00 to $265.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 27th. Finally, UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $285.00 price target on shares of Five Below in a report on Thursday, June 4th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $254.05.

About Five Below

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.