Five Below, Inc.

FIVE Consumer Cyclical Specialty Retail

Five Below, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $4.8 billion, up 22.9% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+22.9%
EPS
+415.4%
Free cash flow
+194.7%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

242.14 9.87 −3.92%
Market cap
$13.3B
P/E
21.6×
Fwd P/E
19.3×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
4.39
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Five Below, Inc. (FIVE) Return on invested capital

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Five Below, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 38.0%, up 15.4 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (22.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.8% (fiscal 2025) to 46.0% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 42% of that period. That is above the Specialty Retail industry median of 1.82% and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.42%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 22.7% 6.85
FY2025 15.8% (5.60)
FY2024 21.4% (0.98)
FY2023 22.4% (8.11)
FY2022 30.5% 10.02
FY2021 20.5% (6.78)
FY2020 27.3% (14.82)
FY2019 42.1% (3.89)
FY2018 46.0% 5.86
FY2017 40.1% 0.08

Against its own ten years

Low 15.8% High 46.0%
Ten-year median 28.9%
Current reading's percentile 42

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
WSM Williams-Sonoma, Inc. compare 86.4%
BBY Best Buy Co., Inc. compare 51.0%
FIVE Five Below, Inc. 38.0%
ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. compare 36.4%
MUSA Murphy USA Inc. compare 22.0%
TSCO Tractor Supply Company compare 17.2%
CASY Casey's General Stores, Inc. compare 11.4%
DKS DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. compare 10.9%
GME GameStop Corp. compare 5.72%
Specialty Retail industry median 1.82%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 3.42%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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