secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     FIVE BELOW, INC (FIVE)
CIK:        0001177609
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-01-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001177609-24-000003
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Five Below holiday sales up 15.6% to $1.16B; comps up 3.6%; reaffirms Q4/FY guidance at upper half
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- Holiday period (Oct 29–Jan 6) net sales $1.16B, +15.6% YoY; comparable sales +3.6%.
- Q4 FY23 guidance reaffirmed: net sales upper half of $1.32–1.35B range, EPS $3.64–$3.80.
- Full-year FY23 guidance: net sales $3.54–$3.57B, comp sales ~2.5%, EPS $5.40–$5.56.
- Record 204 net new stores opened in fiscal 2023; 2024 pipeline described as strong.
- CEO cites broad-based strength across worlds and favorable holiday calendar.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177609/000117760924000003/0001177609-24-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177609/000117760924000003/five-20240108.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001177609-24-000003

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