Analyst Upgrades Spark Interest: Wall Street firms have lifted price targets on Five Below this week. Truist Financial and Morgan Stanley both raised their ratings, highlighting robust sales momentum.
Insider Activity Draws Attention: Executives at the retailer executed notable share sales in recent days. A director offloaded over a million dollars while the COO sold more than two million dollars worth of stock.
Earnings Momentum Builds Buzz: Strong second-quarter results have fueled ongoing chatter. The company beat expectations with higher revenue and improved margins, prompting discussions around sustained customer focus strategies.
Note: This discussion summary was generated from an AI condensation of post data.
Five Below Insider Trading Activity
Five Below insiders have traded $FIVE stock on the open market 23 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 22 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $FIVE stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- KENNETH R BULL (COO) has made 0 purchases and 17 sales selling 20,510 shares for an estimated $4,948,485.
- RONALD SARGENT has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 20,000 shares for an estimated $4,630,291.
- MICHAEL F III DEVINE has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 4,250 shares for an estimated $1,065,084.
- RICHARD L MARKEE sold 3,000 shares for an estimated $696,120
- ROBERT LYNCH purchased 530 shares for an estimated $93,309
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard. You can access data on insider stock transactions through the Quiver Quantitative API insider transaction endpoint.
Five Below Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 288 institutional investors add shares of Five Below stock to their portfolio, and 396 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. removed 1,281,141 shares (-66.7%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $230,336,340
- AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC removed 678,024 shares (-37.3%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $121,901,934
- WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP added 638,049 shares (+54.4%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $114,714,829
- SIXTH STREET PARTNERS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. added 636,972 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $114,521,195
- CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS removed 624,320 shares (-50.0%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $112,246,492
- CITADEL ADVISORS LLC removed 512,705 shares (-47.1%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $115,415,022
- WASATCH ADVISORS LP removed 492,490 shares (-60.2%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $88,544,777
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard. You can access data on hedge funds moves and 13F filings through the Quiver Quantitative API 13F endpoint.
Five Below Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $FIVE recently. We have seen 17 analysts offer price targets for $FIVE in the last 6 months, with a median target of $260.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- David Bellinger from Mizuho set a target price of $220.0 on 07/09/2026
- Michael Montani from Evercore ISI Group set a target price of $215.0 on 07/07/2026
- John Heinbockel from Guggenheim set a target price of $250.0 on 06/08/2026
- Seth Sigman from Barclays set a target price of $224.0 on 06/05/2026
- Anthony Chukumba from Loop Capital set a target price of $250.0 on 06/04/2026
- Simeon Gutman from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $235.0 on 06/04/2026
- Zhihan Ma from Bernstein set a target price of $247.0 on 06/04/2026
This article is not financial advice. See Quiver Quantitative's disclaimers for more information. Note that there may be inaccuracies due to mistakes in ticker-mapping, and other anomalies.
