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FIVE BELOW, INC (FIVE)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for FIVE BELOW, INC. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q1 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About FIVE BELOW, INC

Five Below, Inc. is a specialty value retailer that offers a variety of trend-right, high-quality products primarily priced at $5 and below. The company sells merchandise across eight categories including Candy, Style, Party, Room, Create, Tech, Sports, and New & Now, targeting children and young customers as well as a broader age range. Five Below operates nearly 2,000 stores across 46 states in the U.S. and also sells products online through its website and mobile app.

Snapshot

Revenue
$4.76B
Revenue growth (YoY)
22.9%
Net income
$358.6M
Diluted EPS
$6.47
Gross margin
36.0%
Operating margin
9.6%
Net margin
7.5%
FCF margin
8.6%
ROE
16.4%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
32.7×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$14.23B
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended January 31, 2026). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Five Below

  • Revenue grew 22.9% to $4.8B in FY2025, faster than the 8.9% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 9.6% in FY2025, -3.7 pp against 13.3% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q1 FY2026: revenue $1.3B, up 32.5% from Q1 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $412M in FY2025, 8.6% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 41.4% to $359M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Five Below’s fundamentals sit among the 403 Consumer Discretionary companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin36.0%
52nd percentile of 275
Operating margin9.6%
72nd percentile of 348
Net margin7.5%
74th percentile of 377
FCF margin8.6%
75th percentile of 351
Revenue growth (YoY)+22.9%
90th percentile of 394
ROE16.4%
70th percentile of 343
P/E32.7×
80th percentile of 249
Short interest2.10d
26th percentile of 401

Five Below’s revenue growth of +22.9% ranks in the 90th percentile of the 394 Consumer Discretionary companies reporting it.

1 reported insider purchase (code P) totaling $93,309 in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 3 of the superinvestors we track (plus 7 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
3
+7 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
5
0 new, 5 added
Reduced / exited
6
5 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$1.20B
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$340.0M1.9MReduced
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$288.7M1.6MAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$114.8M638.5KReduced
Giverny CapitalQ2 2026$107.5M598.1KReduced
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$100.8M560.6KReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$82.7M459.9KReduced
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$65.9M366.3KAdded
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$52.2M290.6KAdded
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$26.4M146.6KAdded
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$23.3M129.6KAdded

No longer held by: Maverick Capital (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
1
1 insider
Bought (90d)
$93K
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
Reported activity
Net buying
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-06-29
filed 2026-07-01
Lynch RobertDirectorBuy530$176.06$93K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
1.7M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-7.1%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
2.10
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
826.7K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-141.7M-7.1%2.10
2026-07-311.9M-17.9%1.62
2026-07-152.3M-2.3%2.20
2026-06-302.3M-8.8%1.97
2026-06-152.5M+2.9%1.24
2026-05-292.5M+15.8%2.31
2026-05-152.1M+2.3%2.28
2026-04-302.1M-10.0%1.83

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$4.76B$3.88B$3.56B$3.08B$2.85B
Gross profit$1.71B$1.35B$1.27B$1.10B$1.03B
Operating income$457.4M$323.8M$385.6M$345.0M$379.9M
Net income$358.6M$253.6M$301.1M$261.5M$278.8M
Diluted EPS$6.47$4.60$5.41$4.69$4.95

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$723.7M$331.7M$179.7M$332.3M$65.0M
Current assets$1.92B$1.35B$1.20B$1.07B$904.7M
Total assets$4.94B$4.34B$3.87B$3.32B$2.88B
Current liabilities$954.0M$756.4M$715.9M$602.6M$586.9M
Long-term debt
Total liabilities$2.74B$2.53B$2.29B$1.96B$1.76B
Total equity$2.19B$1.81B$1.58B$1.36B$1.12B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$586.4M$430.6M$499.6M$314.9M$327.9M
Capital expenditure$174.7M$324.0M$335.1M$252.0M$288.2M
Free cash flow$411.7M$106.7M$164.6M$63.0M$39.7M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q1 FY2026$1.29B32.5%$123.1M$2.21
Q4 FY2025$1.73B24.3%$238.2M$4.28
Q3 FY2025$1.04B23.1%$36.5M$0.66
Q2 FY2025$1.03B23.7%$42.8M$0.77
Q1 FY2025$970.5M19.5%$41.1M$0.75
Q4 FY2024$1.39B4.0%$187.5M$3.40
Q3 FY2024$843.7M14.6%$1.7M$0.03
Q2 FY2024$830.1M9.4%$33.0M$0.60

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorConsumer Discretionary
SIC industryRetail-Variety Stores
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended January 31, 2026)
Latest reported quarterQ1 FY2026 (ended May 2, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2014
SEC CIK1177609

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-06-04
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8-K2026-07-22
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8-K2026-06-16
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8-K2026-06-03
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.