Discount retailer Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) will be reporting earnings tomorrow after the bell. Here’s what investors should know.
Five Below beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 5.8% last quarter, reporting revenues of $843.7 million, up 14.6% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EPS estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Five Below’s revenue to grow 3% year on year to $1.38 billion, slowing from the 19.1% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $3.37 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Five Below has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates four times over the last two years.
Looking at Five Below’s peers in the discount retailer segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. TJX posted flat year-on-year revenue, beating analysts’ expectations by 1%, and Burlington reported revenues up 4.8%, topping estimates by 0.9%. TJX’s stock price was unchanged after the results, while Burlington was up 1.3%.
Read our full analysis of TJX’s results here and Burlington’s results here.
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