Dorsey Wright & Associates Acquires New Position in Five Below, Inc. $FIVE

Dorsey Wright & Associates acquired a new stake in Five Below, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVE) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 4,853 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock, valued at approximately $1,109,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of FIVE. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its holdings in shares of Five Below by 40,774,210.3% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 55,453,062 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $10,445,139,000 after purchasing an additional 55,452,926 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Five Below during the fourth quarter worth approximately $182,786,000. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Five Below by 176.0% during the fourth quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,168,832 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $220,161,000 after buying an additional 745,272 shares during the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP boosted its stake in Five Below by 54.6% during the fourth quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 1,785,169 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $336,254,000 after buying an additional 630,710 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alyeska Investment Group L.P. purchased a new stake in Five Below in the 4th quarter valued at $100,884,000.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

FIVE has been the topic of several analyst reports. Mizuho upgraded Five Below from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $225.00 to $220.00 in a report on Thursday, July 9th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Five Below from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, May 16th. Truist Financial raised their price objective on shares of Five Below from $261.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 27th. Sanford C. Bernstein lifted their target price on shares of Five Below from $243.00 to $247.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 4th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Five Below in a research note on Thursday, June 4th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and nine have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $253.90.

Five Below Stock Up 2.5%

Shares of Five Below stock opened at $202.63 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $11.20 billion, a PE ratio of 25.58, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.07 and a beta of 1.00. Five Below, Inc. has a 52 week low of $130.00 and a 52 week high of $251.63. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $199.55 and its 200-day simple moving average is $209.05.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, June 3rd. The specialty retailer reported $2.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.77 by $0.45. The firm had revenue of $1.29 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.23 billion. Five Below had a return on equity of 21.31% and a net margin of 8.67%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 32.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.86 EPS. 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, equities analysts expect that Five Below, Inc. will post 9.01 earnings per share for the current year.

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.