---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001177609-22-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FIVE"
cik: "0001177609"
company_name: "FIVE BELOW, INC"
filed_at: "2022-08-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T18:24:42.425054+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Five Below Q2 EPS $0.74, comp sales -5.8%; FY22 guidance lowered

## Summary
- Net sales $668.9M (+3.5% YoY); comparable sales -5.8%.
- Diluted EPS $0.74 vs $1.15 last year; operating income $56.0M vs $86.2M.
- FY22 guidance: net sales $2.97-3.02B, diluted EPS $4.26-4.56; Q3 EPS $0.08-0.19.
- Opened 27 new stores, total 1,252; plans 160 new stores for FY22.
- YTD repurchased 247,132 shares for $40.0M; CEO cites inflation impact.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001177609-22-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FIVE
- cik: 0001177609
- company_name: FIVE BELOW, INC
- filed_at: 2022-08-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/1177609/000117760922000021/0001177609-22-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177609/000117760922000021/five-20220831.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001177609-22-000021
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001177609-22-000021.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001177609-22-000021.txt

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