Five Below Inc (NASDAQ: FIVE) is -31.16% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $64.87 and a high of $209.79 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The FIVE stock was last observed hovering at around $73.66 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.41%.
Currently trading at $72.25, the stock is -15.04% and -20.97% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.13 million and changing -1.91% at the moment leaves the stock -23.08% off its SMA200. FIVE registered -64.51% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -13.96%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $91.4192 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $93.93055.
The stock witnessed a -18.62% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -35.45%, and is -15.75% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 6.61% over the week and 4.79% over the month.
Five Below Inc (FIVE) has around 22000 employees, a market worth around $3.97B and $3.82B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 14.89 and Fwd P/E is 14.08. Profit margin for the company is 7.02%. Distance from 52-week low is 11.38% and -65.56% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (8.30%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -8.77% this year
539.0 institutions hold shares in Five Below Inc (FIVE), with institutional investors hold 109.28% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 55.01M, and float is at 53.71M with Short Float at 9.42%. Institutions hold 106.80% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 5.05 million shares valued at $550.83 million. The investor’s holdings represent 9.1626 of the FIVE Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 5.05 million shares valued at $550.4 million to account for 9.1554 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ which holds 3.81 million shares representing 6.9293 and valued at over $415.51 million, while T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. holds 5.7663 of the shares totaling 3.17 million with a market value of $345.77 million.
Five Below Inc (FIVE) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by SPECTER ERIC M, the company’s CAO. SEC filings show that SPECTER ERIC M sold 5,494 shares of the company’s common stock on Jan 16 ’25 at a price of $90.76 per share for a total of $0.5 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 57267.0 shares.
Five Below Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jan 17 ’25 that SPECTER ERIC M (CAO) sold a total of 4,632 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jan 17 ’25 and was made at $92.40 per share for $0.43 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 57267.0 shares of the FIVE stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 17 ’25, ERIC M SPECTER (Officer) Proposed Sale 4,632 shares at an average price of $92.40 for $0.43 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Five Below Inc (FIVE).
