Discount retailer Five Below (NASDAQ: FIVE) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday after the bell. Here’s what to expect.
Five Below beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.04 billion, up 23.1% year on year. It was a stunning quarter for the company, with EPS guidance for next quarter exceeding analysts’ expectations and a beat of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Five Below’s revenue to grow 23% year on year, improving from the 4% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Five Below has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.
Looking at Five Below’s peers in the discount retailer segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Ross Stores delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 12.2%, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.2%, and Burlington reported revenues up 11.3%, topping estimates by 1.6%. Ross Stores traded up 8% following the results while Burlington was also up 1.6%.
Read our full analysis of Ross Stores’s results here and Burlington’s results here.
Debates around the economy’s health and the impact of potential tariffs and corporate tax cuts have caused much uncertainty in 2025. While some of the discount retailer stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 9.8% on average over the last month. Five Below’s stock price was unchanged during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $229.32 (compared to the current share price of $211.40).
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