Five Below Shares Rise on Strong Earnings Beat and Upbeat Guidance

Font: Financial Modeling Prep  • Mar 19, 2026

Five Below (NASDAQ: FIVE) reported fourth-quarter results that exceeded expectations on both earnings and revenue, while also issuing guidance that came in well above analyst forecasts, sending shares more than 6% higher in premarket trading Thursday.

The Philadelphia-based discount retailer, which sells most items priced between $1 and $5 and operates over 1,900 stores across 46 U.S. states, reported earnings of $4.31 per share on revenue of $1.73 billion for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025.

These results exceeded analyst expectations of $3.96 per share in earnings and $1.70 billion in revenue. Comparable sales surged 15.4% during the quarter.

Looking ahead, Five Below projected first-quarter fiscal 2026 adjusted earnings between $1.57 and $1.69 per share on revenue ranging from $1.18 billion to $1.20 billion. This outlook significantly exceeded the consensus estimate of $0.94 per share on revenue of $1.096 billion.

For the full fiscal year 2026, the company expects adjusted earnings per share between $7.74 and $8.25 and revenue between $5.20 billion and $5.30 billion. Analysts had projected earnings of $7.05 per share on revenue of $5.243 billion.