Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Specialty Retail
Five Below, Inc. FIVE
$221.19 +0.01% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $12.23B
Strong growth
Next earnings report: Dec 2, 2026
Scroll or pinch to zoom, drag to move. Daily prices adjusted for splits. Markers: E = earnings (green beat, red miss), S = split, D = dividend.
Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $11.14, up 125.5% year over year.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 8 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +56.6%).
- The shares trade at 19.9× trailing earnings, lower than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 6%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 7%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 22%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 11%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 42%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 22%
- Gross marginTop 44%
- Operating marginTop 19%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 27%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 30%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 33%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 44%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 46%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 41%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 21%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 19%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 10%
- 6-month returnBottom 39%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 14%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 26%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 34%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 19%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 15%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 34%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 42%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 39%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 19%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 19%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 33%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 25.9% | 25.6% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 66.0% | 125.5% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 35.1% | 38.4% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 8.3% | 14.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 8.2% | 11.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 25.6% | 25.9% | ↓ | Top 6% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 125.5% | 66.0% | ↑ | Top 7% |
| Gross margin | 38.4% | 35.1% | ↑ | Top 44% |
| Operating margin | 14.7% | 8.3% | ↑ | Top 19% |
| Net margin | 11.7% | 6.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 11.3% | 8.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 13.0% | — | Top 22% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 15.7% | — | Top 11% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.30×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -125.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.53×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.45%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.45%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 3, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 8
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +56.6%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $298.44
- Target vs current price
- +34.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 50
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 60%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | +20.0% | -0.8% | +0.8% | -10.4% | — |
| Jun 3, 2026 | +25.4% | +1.1% | -13.4% | -17.1% | +12.1% |
| Mar 18, 2026 | +7.7% | -0.7% | +8.0% | +4.4% | -5.6% |
| Dec 3, 2025 | +173.4% | +2.7% | +10.3% | +18.5% | +40.6% |
| Aug 27, 2025 | +30.0% | +1.7% | +6.3% | +8.6% | +4.5% |
| Jun 4, 2025 | +3.5% | -0.8% | +1.0% | +7.5% | +22.8% |
| Mar 19, 2025 | +3.0% | +2.3% | +4.2% | -15.2% | +70.5% |
| Dec 4, 2024 | +147.1% | +1.7% | +6.0% | -4.0% | -19.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | $1.68 | $1.40 | +20.0% | $1.26B |
| Jun 3, 2026 | $2.22 | $1.77 | +25.4% | $1.29B |
| Mar 18, 2026 | $4.31 | $4.00 | +7.7% | $1.73B |
| Dec 3, 2025 | $0.68 | $0.25 | +173.4% | $1.04B |
| Aug 27, 2025 | $0.81 | $0.62 | +30.0% | $1.03B |
| Jun 4, 2025 | $0.86 | $0.83 | +3.5% | $970.5M |
| Mar 19, 2025 | $3.48 | $3.38 | +3.0% | $1.39B |
| Dec 4, 2024 | $0.42 | $0.17 | +147.1% | $843.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 19.9× | 32.0× | 10th | Top 44% |
| P/E (forward) | 21.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.2× | — | — | Bottom 41% |
| EV / Sales | 2.58× | — | — | Bottom 21% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.90% | — | — | Bottom 46% |
| Earnings yield | 5.04% | — | — | Top 44% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 15.4× – 45.6× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +42.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +125.5%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -29.1%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 56
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +8.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -5.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +3.0%
- RSI (14)
- 39.7
- Relative volume
- 0.51×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 37.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 31th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.50
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.45
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -15.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -74.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2021 | Apr 8, 2025 | -76.4% | 908 days | 257 days (Apr 17, 2026) |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | -28.8% | 53 days | 33 days (Aug 21, 2026) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | -16.4% | 26 days | Not yet recovered |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Jun 3, 2021 | -12.3% | 38 days | 45 days (Aug 6, 2021) |
| Jan 14, 2021 | Feb 1, 2021 | -11.2% | 11 days | 10 days (Feb 16, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $12.23B
- P/E (TTM)
- 19.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $11.14
- Revenue (TTM)
- $5.31B
- 52-week range
- $137.77 – $263.88
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.85B | $3.08B | $3.56B | $3.88B | $4.76B |
| Gross profit | $1.03B | $1.10B | $1.27B | $1.35B | $1.52B |
| Operating income | $379.9M | $345.0M | $385.6M | $323.8M | $457.4M |
| Net income | $278.8M | $261.5M | $301.1M | $253.6M | $358.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.95 | $4.69 | $5.41 | $4.60 | $6.46 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $843.7M | $1.39B | $970.5M | $1.03B | $1.04B | $1.73B | $1.29B | $1.26B |
| Net income | $1.7M | $187.5M | $41.1M | $42.8M | $36.5M | $238.2M | $123.1M | $221.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.03 | $3.39 | $0.75 | $0.77 | $0.66 | $4.28 | $2.21 | $3.99 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $327.9M | $314.9M | $499.6M | $430.6M | $586.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$288.2M | -$252.0M | -$335.1M | -$324.0M | -$174.7M |
| Free cash flow | $39.7M | $63.0M | $164.6M | $106.7M | $411.7M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$66.5M | -$43.4M | -$79.3M | -$38.8M | $943,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.19B
- Total assets
- $5.28B
- Total liabilities
- $2.80B
- Total debt
- $2.04B
- Net debt
- $1.48B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.48B
As of Aug 1, 2026 (filed Sep 3, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,450,975
- Days to cover
- 1.82
- Change vs previous report
- +27.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.