Insider Selling: Five Below, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVE) EVP Sells 584 Shares of Stock

Five Below, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVE) EVP Ronald James Masciantonio sold 584 shares of Five Below stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $78.04, for a total value of $45,575.36. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 12,658 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $987,830.32. The trade was a 4.41 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

Five Below Stock Performance

NASDAQ FIVE opened at $79.23 on Tuesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $87.34 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $92.78. The stock has a market cap of $4.36 billion, a PE ratio of 16.34, a PEG ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 1.11. Five Below, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $64.87 and a fifty-two week high of $185.48.

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 19th. The specialty retailer reported $3.48 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.38 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $1.39 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.38 billion. Five Below had a return on equity of 18.03% and a net margin of 7.02%. Five Below’s quarterly revenue was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.65 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Five Below, Inc. will post 4.93 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Brooklyn Investment Group acquired a new stake in Five Below during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $30,000. Proficio Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Five Below in the fourth quarter worth $31,000. UMB Bank n.a. grew its position in shares of Five Below by 156.9% in the 4th quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 334 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $35,000 after buying an additional 204 shares during the last quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB bought a new stake in Five Below in the third quarter valued at approximately $42,000. Finally, Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC boosted its stake in shares of Five Below by 143.8% in the 4th quarter. Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC now owns 429 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $45,000 after purchasing an additional 253 shares during the last quarter.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on FIVE. Guggenheim dropped their target price on Five Below from $140.00 to $125.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday. Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of Five Below from $100.00 to $93.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, March 20th. Craig Hallum increased their target price on shares of Five Below from $125.00 to $150.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. Bank of America dropped their price target on shares of Five Below from $88.00 to $75.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, March 20th. Finally, StockNews.com raised Five Below from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have issued a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $102.16.

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.