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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Five Below (FIVE)

Five Below Q3 Sales Rise 14.6% as GAAP EPS Falls to $0.03; Full-Year Guidance Raised

Mixed Impact 4 of 5 earnings Written later

Five Below reported third-quarter fiscal 2024 net sales up 14.6% to $843.7 million, but GAAP operating results swung to a $0.6 million operating loss from $16.1 million income a year earlier, and GAAP diluted EPS was $0.03 versus $0.26. The company also raised its full-year 2024 guidance and named Winnie Park chief executive officer effective December 16, 2024.

Key points

  • Q3 net sales rose 14.6% to $843.7 million; comparable sales rose 0.6%
  • Q3 GAAP diluted EPS was $0.03 vs. $0.26 a year earlier; adjusted diluted EPS was $0.42
  • Full-year 2024 GAAP diluted EPS guidance is $4.34 to $4.52, with net sales of $3.84 billion to $3.87 billion
  • Winnie Park appointed CEO effective December 16, 2024; Ken Bull continues as COO

The filing

CompanyFive Below (FIVE)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECDec 4, 2024, 4:22 PM ET
Accession number0001177609-24-000029

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:12 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on December 04, 2024.

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