Five Below

FIVE

Discount Stores · Consumer Defensive

Price

$202.63

+4.92 (+2.49%)

Market Cap

$11.20B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

−1.3% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 56.3M (2022) → 55.6M (2026)

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 i

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+24.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+26.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

2.5%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$724M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Five Below is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 24%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

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Quality

Gross Margin

37.5%

Modest — 37.5% gross margin

Operating Margin

18.0%

Healthy — 18.0% operating margin

ROCE

12.5%

Good — 12.5% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+30.2%

Fast-growing sales (30.2% YoY)

EPS YoY

+81.9%

Earnings growing fast (81.9% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

162%

Turns 162% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

12.1%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (12.1%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.14

Conservative — low debt load (0.14)

Interest Cover

100.00x

—

Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

22.1x

Growth-priced — P/E 22.1

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+2.6

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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