What is William Blair’s Estimate for Five Below Q1 Earnings?

Five Below, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVE) – Investment analysts at William Blair issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for Five Below in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, March 20th. William Blair analyst P. Blee expects that the specialty retailer will post earnings of $0.58 per share for the quarter. William Blair currently has a “Market Perform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Five Below’s current full-year earnings is $4.93 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Five Below’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.48 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.17 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $3.24 EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Morgan Stanley reissued an “equal weight” rating on shares of Five Below in a research note on Thursday. Telsey Advisory Group decreased their target price on shares of Five Below from $115.00 to $85.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their target price on shares of Five Below from $117.00 to $102.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. Citigroup upped their price target on shares of Five Below from $85.00 to $96.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, December 2nd. Finally, Craig Hallum raised their price objective on shares of Five Below from $125.00 to $150.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 5th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $102.16.

Five Below Price Performance

FIVE opened at $76.24 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $87.76 and its 200 day moving average price is $92.52. The stock has a market cap of $4.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.72, a P/E/G ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 1.11. Five Below has a 12 month low of $64.87 and a 12 month high of $185.48.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, March 19th. The specialty retailer reported $3.48 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.38 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $1.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.38 billion. Five Below had a net margin of 7.02% and a return on equity of 18.03%. Five Below’s quarterly revenue was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $3.65 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Five Below by 0.9% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,047,563 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $529,792,000 after purchasing an additional 43,537 shares during the period. Wasatch Advisors LP raised its stake in Five Below by 3.7% during the 4th quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP now owns 2,420,083 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $254,012,000 after purchasing an additional 86,271 shares during the period. Marshall Wace LLP lifted its holdings in shares of Five Below by 86.0% in the fourth quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 2,320,212 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $243,529,000 after purchasing an additional 1,072,642 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of Five Below by 1.9% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,662,313 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $146,865,000 after buying an additional 31,520 shares during the period. Finally, Steadfast Capital Management LP acquired a new stake in shares of Five Below in the fourth quarter worth $123,601,000.

Insider Activity at Five Below

In other Five Below news, CAO Eric M. Specter sold 5,494 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.76, for a total transaction of $498,635.44. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 57,267 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,197,552.92. This represents a 8.75 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 1.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Five Below Company Profile

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.