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FIFIVE

Five Below, Inc.

$FIVE·$14B·Specialty Retail·Consumer Cyclical
$239.96-1.3%YTD+16.7%1Y+58.9%
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FIFIVE
$FIVEFive Below, Inc.
$239.96-1.28%350 posts
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $FIVE, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Driven by hypeEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-08-25

A known event soon (earnings, a ruling, etc.) will likely decide the next move.

Discount retailer up 87% in twelve months at 99% of its 52-week range — Q2 earnings September 2, and the short thesis is loud into the print.

Five Below is the specialty discount retailer selling accessories, beauty, home goods, and impulse items primarily at $5 or below — expanding into higher-price 'Five Beyond' zones. The stock is up 87% over trailing year and 17% year-to-date, sitting at 99% of its 52-week range at $263 — this is a runaway with Q2 earnings scheduled September 2.

  • Q1 2026 revenue was $1.29B (up 32% year-over-year) with EPS $2.23 versus $1.77 expected (+25%) — the last four surprises were +25%, +8%, +173%, +30%
  • Analyst FY26 (January year-end) revenue estimate is $4.75B on $6.37 EPS growing to $5.51B / $9.12 EPS in FY27 — the stock at $263 is 41.3x forward FY26 but 28.8x FY27, expensive by any measure
  • Position vs 200-day moving average is +29% — the stock is stretched
  • On July 15 the company detected 'anomalous activity' on a company-issued computer and activated its cybersecurity incident response plan (per July 22 8-K) — a real cybersecurity incident, materiality still being investigated
  • Insider signal is neutral: multiple August 1 tax-withholding vestings and small director grants — no meaningful open-market activity
  • Rare public short call at $236 citing WMT/TJX rollovers and market-maker propping into September 4 earnings — the short thesis has some structural credibility
  • Free cash flow yield is 4.8% at $13.5B market cap — decent for retail but low relative to the multiple
  • Beta 0.98 keeps it market-linked but the small float of 54M shares amplifies moves

Golden cross technical setup + double-digit revenue growth + specialty-discount tailwind vs stretched multiple + short thesis into earnings = binary risk.

Agrees with X sentimentX is mixed with 6-week +32% momentum against a rare public short call at $236 into September 4 earnings. Fair — the setup is genuinely two-sided; the multiple leaves little margin for miss at this position.

What to watch: The Q2 print on September 2 — same-store sales, gross margin, and any commentary on July/August back-to-school traffic will determine whether the 41x multiple holds or the short thesis executes.

On the calendar: 2026-09-02 — Q2 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment6 posts analyzed · as of 2026-09-02

$FIVE chatter blends the Sonic-chain DeFive DeFi token — pitched as 'quietly building' as 'Sonic season is just getting started' alongside SHADOW/GOGLZ/THC — with a Five Below consumer-earnings preview after Jefferies upgraded FIVE at near-ATHs (compared to TJX). Both threads are constructive with no meaningful bear voice.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Specialty value retailer for teens and tweens selling accessories, toys, and novelties mostly priced under $5.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Specialty Retail sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $FIVE.

Specialty Retail · Consumer Cyclical

Consumer discretionary spending patterns drive same-store sales; AI-enabled inventory management and personalization are differentiating omnichannel leaders. Back-to-school and holiday cadence are the near-term seasonality anchors.

What this means for $FIVE

Partial — consumer discretionary / retail performance tracks consumer spending trends; Five Below, Inc.

Top industry ETF

$XRTSPDR S&P Retail ETF
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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
23.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
9.6%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
11.0%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
4.8%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
2.1Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
21.1%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
34.8%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.9Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Sep 2, 2026$1.68$1.40+20.0%
Q1 2026Jun 3, 2026$2.22$1.77+25.4%
Q4 2025Mar 18, 2026$4.31$4.00+7.7%
Q3 2025Dec 3, 2025$0.68$0.25+173.4%
Next earningsWed, Dec 2·consensus EPS $0.86

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$1.3B+32.5%33.3%12.0%$2.23$190.0M
Q4 FY25$1.7B+24.3%37.5%18.0%$4.32$400.1M
Q3 FY25$1.0B+23.1%33.8%4.2%$0.66$-133.2M
Q2 FY25$1.0B+23.7%33.3%5.1%$0.78$48.3M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 18 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$4.7B$4.7B – $4.8B$6.37$5.96 – $6.4415
FY27$5.5B$5.3B – $5.6B$9.12$8.70 – $9.7418
FY28$6.0B$5.8B – $6.1B$9.75$9.30 – $10.0918
FY29$6.6B$6.4B – $6.8B$11.15$10.79 – $11.7012
FY30$7.5B$7.3B – $7.6B$14.04$13.56 – $14.367

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.8×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.84%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+12.6%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+17.2%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 53.9M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today3.3% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.975-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

BuyJun 29Robert LynchDirector530 sh$93KSellMar 26Richard L MarkeeDirector3.0K sh$696KSellMar 24Ronald SargentDirector10.0K sh$2.3MSellMar 23Ronald SargentDirector10.0K sh$2.3MSellMar 20Kenneth R BullCOO10.0K sh$2.3M
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

3New insider — initial holdingsJul 13
AI summary

Rodney Lastinger, Chief Retail Officer of Five Below, filed a Form 3 initial beneficial ownership statement as of June 22, 2026. Administrative disclosure.

3New insider — initial holdingsJun 183
AI summary

Robert Lynch filed an initial Form 3 as a new insider at Five Below Inc. (FIVE) on June 16, 2026. This is a routine new-insider ownership disclosure with no open-market transactions reported.

3New insider — initial holdingsJun 173
AI summary

Christos George Yatrakis filed a Form 3 initial ownership statement for Five Below, Inc. (Nasdaq: FIVE) as of June 15, 2026, disclosing his role as Chief Legal Officer with no non-derivative or derivative securities reported as beneficially owned. Routine administrative insider filing required within 10 days of becoming a Section 16 reporting person; no market-moving significance.

8-KShareholder voteJun 168-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

Five Below, Inc. (FIVE) reported annual meeting vote results (Item 5.07) in an 8-K filed June 16, 2026. Body unavailable — excerpt cuts off before specific vote tallies or proposal outcomes are disclosed.

+ 11 other (2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 proxys · 2 13Gs · 1 8-K) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Five Below Q2 Earnings Call Highlightsmarketbeat.com·1d agoFive Below (FIVE) Q2 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimateszacks.com·1d agoFive Below (FIVE) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Top Estimateszacks.com·1d agoFive Below Stock Pops After Q2 Results Impress: Details Insidebenzinga.com·1d agoFive Below Raises Outlook as Sales Gainwsj.com·1d ago

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