---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001177609-24-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FIVE"
cik: "0001177609"
company_name: "FIVE BELOW, INC"
filed_at: "2024-12-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T08:16:17.455372+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Five Below Q3 net sales +14.6% to $843.7M, comps +0.6%; GAAP EPS $0.03, adj $0.42; guides up

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $843.7M (+14.6% YoY); comparable sales +0.6%; GAAP diluted EPS $0.03 (down from $0.26).
- Adjusted diluted EPS of $0.42, excluding retention awards and cost-optimization items.
- Opened 82 new stores in quarter; total 1,749 stores in 44 states (+18.1% YoY).
- Appointed Winnie Park CEO effective Dec 16, 2024; Ken Bull resumes COO; Tom Vellios remains Exec Chairman.
- Full year FY2024 guidance raised: net sales $3.84-3.87B, adj EPS $4.78-4.96 (prior not given).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001177609-24-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FIVE
- cik: 0001177609
- company_name: FIVE BELOW, INC
- filed_at: 2024-12-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- 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/1177609/000117760924000029/0001177609-24-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1177609/000117760924000029/five-20241204.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001177609-24-000029
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001177609-24-000029.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001177609-24-000029.txt

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