Five Below: Major Headwinds, Major Silver Linings

  • Five Below, Inc. has achieved significant long-term earnings growth through store expansion. Good new store economics have made the growth accretive. Increasing ecommerce competition from Temu and others have pressured Five Below. Preliminary Q1 results reversed the trend, showing impressive growth. Five Below's predominantly Chinese sourcing is pressured by tariffs. The U.S.-China trade deal alleviates a good amount of the pressure, but Five Below's outlook is still affected.