Five Below, Inc. (FIVE) is scheduled to release its fiscal 2015 second quarter earnings results after the market close on Wednesday. Analysts from most firms remain positive on the name heading into the print. They are on average expecting it to post $184.69 million in sales during the quarter. This would show a 20.16% increase from the Q115 revenue of $153.7 million and an increase of 21.11% from the same period in Q214. EPS in Q215 are expected to come in at $0.13, a decline rate of 13.33% from $0.15 per share a year earlier. Meanwhile, EarningsWhisper.com reports a whisper number of $0.14 per share.
As a quick reminder, FIVE reported Q115 EPS of $0.08, $0.01 better than the Street’s consensus estimate. Revs increased 21.98% year-over-year to $153.7 million versus the $151.41 million consensus.
On valuation measures, Five Below Inc. shares are currently changing hands at 41.68x this year’s forecasted earnings, compared to the industry’s 22.78x earnings multiple. Ticker has a t-12 price/sales ratio of 2.98. EPS for the same period registers at $0.90.
Shares of U.S.-based specialty value retailer have traded today between $37.47 and $38.05 with the price of the stock fluctuating between $28.51 to $47.89 over the last 52 weeks. Ticker has gained $0.33 to $37.80 in early trading on Wednesday, giving it a market cap of $2.06 billion.
FIVE traded as high as $47.89 in November 28, 2014.
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