Diversified Trust Co Cuts Holdings in Five Below, Inc. $FIVE

Diversified Trust Co cut its position in shares of Five Below, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVE) by 42.3% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 2,115 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock after selling 1,550 shares during the quarter. Diversified Trust Co’s holdings in Five Below were worth $277,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Jump Financial LLC boosted its stake in Five Below by 41.3% in the first quarter. Jump Financial LLC now owns 159,433 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $11,946,000 after acquiring an additional 46,586 shares during the last quarter. Summit Trail Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Five Below in the first quarter valued at approximately $247,000. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its stake in Five Below by 2.4% in the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 6,681 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $501,000 after purchasing an additional 155 shares during the last quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in shares of Five Below by 100.8% during the 1st quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 14,459 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $1,083,000 after buying an additional 7,258 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of Five Below by 17.2% during the 1st quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 3,544 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $266,000 after buying an additional 521 shares during the last quarter.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently commented on FIVE. Citigroup upped their price target on Five Below from $142.00 to $152.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 28th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of Five Below from $140.00 to $170.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 28th. Mizuho upped their price target on shares of Five Below from $132.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 28th. Guggenheim upped their price target on shares of Five Below from $155.00 to $165.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, August 29th. Finally, Wolfe Research assumed coverage on Five Below in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $187.00 target price on the stock. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $149.00.

Insider Buying and Selling at Five Below

In other Five Below news, EVP Ronald James Masciantonio sold 818 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $146.41, for a total transaction of $119,763.38. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 9,858 shares in the company, valued at $1,443,309.78. This trade represents a 7.66% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider George Hill sold 1,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $140.00, for a total value of $210,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 42,672 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,974,080. The trade was a 3.40% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 1.90% of the company’s stock.

Five Below Stock Performance

Shares of FIVE stock opened at $154.18 on Thursday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $142.75 and its 200 day moving average is $112.98. Five Below, Inc. has a 52-week low of $52.38 and a 52-week high of $156.50. The company has a market capitalization of $8.50 billion, a PE ratio of 31.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.26 and a beta of 1.09.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 27th. The specialty retailer reported $0.81 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.61 by $0.20. Five Below had a return on equity of 17.13% and a net margin of 6.45%.The firm had revenue of $1.03 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $988.91 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.54 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 23.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Five Below has set its FY 2025 guidance at 4.760-5.160 EPS. Q3 2025 guidance at 0.120-0.240 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Five Below, Inc. will post 4.93 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Five Below

Five Below, Inc operates as a specialty value retailer in the United States. The company offers range of accessories, which includes novelty socks, sunglasses, jewelry, scarves, gloves, hair accessories, athletic tops and bottoms, and t-shirts, as well as nail polish, lip gloss, fragrance, and branded cosmetics; and personalized living space products, such as lamps, posters, frames, fleece blankets, plush items, pillows, candles, incense, lighting, novelty décor, accent furniture, and related items, as well as provides storage options.