Five Below IncFIVE
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Exceptional same-store sales growth averaging 8% year-on-year indicates strong end-customer demand.

Five Below has opened new stores at a 12.7% annual rate over the last two years, reaching 1,970 locations, while posting exceptional same-store sales growth averaging 8% year-on-year. These strengths are tempered by a five-year average return on invested capital of 10.7%, which lags the 25%-plus levels of top consumer retail peers. The stock trades at 21.3 times forward earnings, or $192.50 per share, after gaining 5.7% over the past six months and underperforming the S&P 500's 10.9% return.
Five Below IncExceptional same-store sales growth averaging 8% year-on-year indicates strong end-customer demand.