---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001177609-21-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FIVE"
cik: "0001177609"
company_name: "FIVE BELOW, INC"
filed_at: "2021-09-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T06:22:25.980055+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Five Below Q2 EPS $1.15, net sales +55% vs Q2 2019; Q3 guidance issued

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $1.15 vs $0.51 in Q2 2019, a 125% increase.
- Net sales $646.6M, up 51.7% YoY and 54.9% vs Q2 2019; comparable store sales +21% vs 2019.
- Opened 34 new stores in Q2, ending with 1,121 stores across 39 states.
- Q3 FY2021 guidance: net sales $550-565M, EPS $0.23-0.30.
- No full-year guidance provided due to COVID-19 and supply chain uncertainty.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001177609-21-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FIVE
- cik: 0001177609
- company_name: FIVE BELOW, INC
- filed_at: 2021-09-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177609/000117760921000022/0001177609-21-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177609/000117760921000022/five-20210901.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001177609-21-000022.txt

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