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Discount retailer selling trend-driven merchandise for teens and pre-teens, priced mostly at $1 to $5 and up.
Discount retailer selling trend-driven merchandise for teens and pre-teens, priced mostly at $1 to $5 and up.
Sells low-priced items from small stores, mostly in strip shopping centers, so it earns by buying cheaply and turning stock fast; much of the merchandise is imported from overseas factories. Growth has come mainly from opening new stores rather than from raising prices on existing ones.
Moat: narrow (scale, brand). Trend-focused low-price format with fast merchandise turnover, though easily copiable.
Headquarters: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US · Founded: 2002 · Employees: 24,600
Size Five Below (FIVE) is a United States Consumer Staples company (Discount Stores) with a market value of $13.2B, the 657th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $240.30 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 7.7%, against +18.1% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 2nd lowest of 6 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 25.6% over the last twelve months (peer median -1.2%); the operating margin is 14.8% (peer median 7.6%).
Valuation It trades at 23.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.6× (2nd most expensive of 6).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 8% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +19%, so the hurdle is -11 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 9.8 points above its cost of capital (8.8% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 5.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 2 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.31B | $4.76B | $3.88B | $3.56B | $3.08B |
| Revenue growth | — | +23% | +9% | +16% | — |
| Gross profit | $1.94B | $1.52B | $1.19B | $1.14B | $990M |
| EBITDA | $984M | $664M | $510M | $535M | $461M |
| Net income | $619M | $359M | $254M | $301M | $262M |
| Free cash flow | $599M | $412M | $107M | $165M | $62.7M |
| Capital expenditure | $204M | $175M | $324M | $335M | $252M |
| Total debt | $2.04B | $2.03B | $1.98B | $1.74B | $1.50B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five Below FIVE | $13.2B | +8% | +26% | 15% | 23.7× | 8.1% |
| Dollar Tree DLTR | $24.6B | +39% | -8% | 11% | 19.1× | 0.1% |
| Dollar General DG | $29.5B | +18% | +5% | 6% | 16.6× | 0.9% |
| Ollie's Bargain Outlet OLLI | $5.37B | +10% | +14% | 12% | 19.8× | 1.5% |
| Target TGT | $72.0B | +28% | +2% | 6% | 17.1× | 4.1% |
| Walmart WMT | $996B | -4% | +6% | 4% | 41.8× | 14.7% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | FIVE | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +14.6% | +8.9% | 2nd highest of 6 |
| 6-month return | +7.7% | +18.1% | 2nd lowest of 6 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -8.9% | -14.2% | 2nd highest of 6 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +25.6% | -1.2% | highest of 6 |
| Operating margin | 14.8% | 7.6% | highest of 6 |
| Forward P/E | 23.7× | 16.6× | 2nd most expensive of 6 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 8.1% | 0.1% | 2nd most demanding of 6 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +19.4% | +3.8% | 2nd highest of 6 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -11.4 pp | -3.9 pp | 2nd least demanding of 6 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +9.8 pp | +2.2 pp | highest of 6 |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.3× | 8.9× | most expensive of 5 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.9× | 3.4× | least indebted of 5 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five Below FIVE | United States | $13.2B | +8% | +26% | 15% | 23.7× | 8.1% | +19.4% |
| China Tourism Group Duty Free 601888.SS | China | $15.9B | -17% | -1% | 10% | 24.7× | 8.6% | +0.4% |
| Avolta AVOL.SW | Switzerland | $8.03B | +8% | -1% | 7% | 13.8× | -1.6% | +40.3% |
| Dollar Tree DLTR | United States | $24.6B | +39% | -8% | 11% | 19.1× | 0.1% | -5.3% |
| Dollar General DG | United States | $29.5B | +18% | +5% | 6% | 16.6× | 0.9% | +4.8% |
| B&M European Value Retail BME.L | United Kingdom | $3.79B | +71% | +4% | 8% | 12.9× | -0.6% | +3.8% |