Five Below Inc (NASDAQ: FIVE) is -1.40% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $52.38 and a high of $145.00 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 $85.25 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 18.24%.
Currently trading at $103.49, the stock is 35.20% and 38.49% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.95 million and changing 21.40% at the moment leaves the stock 19.71% off its SMA200. FIVE registered -27.17% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of 22.59%.
The stock witnessed a 67.54% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 14.98%, and is 25.00% up 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 4.88% over the week and 5.38% over the month.
Five Below Inc (FIVE) has around 23200 employees, a market worth around $5.70B and $3.88B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 22.52 and Fwd P/E is 21.14. Profit margin for the company is 6.54%. Distance from 52-week low is 97.58% and -28.63% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.22%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -9.70% this year.
Five Below Inc (FIVE) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 55.03M, and float is at 53.67M with Short Float at 8.63%.
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 9.1861% 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 9.1789 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 Masciantonio Ronald James, the company’s EVP, General Counsel. SEC filings show that Masciantonio Ronald James sold 584 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 24 ’25 at a price of $78.04 per share for a total of $45575.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 12658.0 shares.
Five Below Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jan 16 ’25 that SPECTER ERIC M (CAO) sold a total of 5,494 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jan 16 ’25 and was made at $90.76 per share for $0.5 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, SPECTER ERIC M (CAO) disposed off 4,632 shares at an average price of $92.40 for $0.43 million. The insider now directly holds 57,267 shares of Five Below Inc (FIVE).
