secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIVE BELOW, INC (FIVE)
CIK:        0001177609
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-12-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001177609-21-000029
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177609/000117760921000029/0001177609-21-000029-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177609/000117760921000029/five-20211201.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001177609-21-000029

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