---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001177609-21-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FIVE"
cik: "0001177609"
company_name: "FIVE BELOW, INC"
filed_at: "2021-12-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T04:22:24.199554+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Five Below Q3 net sales up 27.5% to $608M; comps +14.8%; EPS $0.43; guides Q4 EPS $2.36-$2.48

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $607.6M (+27.5% YoY); comparable sales +14.8%; operating income $42.4M (+75% from $24.2M).
- Diluted EPS $0.43 vs $0.36 in Q3 2020; YTD EPS $2.46 vs loss of $0.01.
- Opened 52 new stores, ending Q3 with 1,173 stores in 40 states; 171 new stores planned for fiscal 2021.
- Q4 guidance: net sales $985M-$1,005M, EPS $2.36-$2.48; FY2021 EPS $4.82-$4.94 on ~56.4M diluted shares.
- Interest expense rose to $10.6M primarily due to write-down of an equity investment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001177609-21-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FIVE
- cik: 0001177609
- company_name: FIVE BELOW, INC
- filed_at: 2021-12-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177609/000117760921000029/0001177609-21-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177609/000117760921000029/five-20211201.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001177609-21-000029.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.