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FIVE vs. ULTA, DKS, SIG, WINA, SBH, ODP, HZO, BGFV, TSCO, and SN

Should you be buying Five Below stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Five Below include Ulta Beauty (ULTA), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Signet Jewelers (SIG), Winmark (WINA), Sally Beauty (SBH), ODP (ODP), MarineMax (HZO), Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV), Tractor Supply (TSCO), and SharkNinja (SN). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Five Below vs. Its Competitors

Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) and Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and risk.

In the previous week, Ulta Beauty had 65 more articles in the media than Five Below. MarketBeat recorded 133 mentions for Ulta Beauty and 68 mentions for Five Below. Ulta Beauty's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Five Below's score of 0.86 indicating that Ulta Beauty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ulta Beauty
83 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Five Below
22 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ulta Beauty has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Five Below has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ulta Beauty has higher revenue and earnings than Five Below. Ulta Beauty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Five Below, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ulta Beauty$11.65B1.90$1.20B$26.0818.89
Five Below$3.88B2.06$253.61M$4.7730.42

90.4% of Ulta Beauty shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ulta Beauty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Five Below shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Ulta Beauty has a net margin of 10.31% compared to Five Below's net margin of 6.45%. Ulta Beauty's return on equity of 49.73% beat Five Below's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ulta Beauty10.31% 49.73% 20.08%
Five Below 6.45%17.13%7.01%

Ulta Beauty currently has a consensus target price of $534.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.53%. Five Below has a consensus target price of $143.56, suggesting a potential downside of 1.06%. Given Ulta Beauty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ulta Beauty is more favorable than Five Below.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ulta Beauty
1 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Five Below
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.35

Summary

Ulta Beauty beats Five Below on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FIVE vs. The Competition

MetricFive BelowRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.26B$12.36B$27.07B$9.84B
Dividend YieldN/A2.17%171.18%4.04%
P/E Ratio29.3717.1027.5326.61
Price / Sales2.061.923.81176.46
Price / Cash18.5411.1558.2659.65
Price / Book4.194.094.686.59
Net Income$253.61M$608.12M$872.89M$266.12M
7 Day Performance2.32%-0.97%0.23%0.17%
1 Month Performance4.46%9.04%2.46%3.03%
1 Year Performance92.36%11.36%16.00%19.98%

Five Below Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FIVE
Five Below
2.9683 of 5 stars
$145.10
-3.3%
$143.56
-1.1%
+85.5%$8.26B$3.88B29.3720,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ULTA
Ulta Beauty
3.578 of 5 stars
$524.37
-1.0%
$495.35
-5.5%
+34.0%$23.57B$11.30B20.4858,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DKS
DICK'S Sporting Goods
4.8021 of 5 stars
$228.01
+0.2%
$225.00
-1.3%
-9.7%$18.25B$13.44B16.3156,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SIG
Signet Jewelers
3.0236 of 5 stars
$85.20
-2.4%
$88.86
+4.3%
+3.8%$3.51B$6.70B92.6127,595Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
WINA
Winmark
1.9544 of 5 stars
$457.50
+1.9%
N/A+29.4%$1.62B$81.29M40.7480News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
SBH
Sally Beauty
2.9954 of 5 stars
$13.49
-0.6%
$12.88
-4.5%
+6.7%$1.33B$3.72B7.2527,000Positive News
ODP
ODP
3.9813 of 5 stars
$20.64
-3.2%
$19.00
-7.9%
-32.7%$620.85M$6.99B31.2719,000Positive News
HZO
MarineMax
4.1147 of 5 stars
$27.75
-1.1%
$33.25
+19.8%
-15.7%$595.67M$2.32B-20.714,050News Coverage
Insider Trade
BGFV
Big 5 Sporting Goods
0.3369 of 5 stars
$1.42
flat
N/A-23.2%$32.55M$795.47M-0.347,600News Coverage
TSCO
Tractor Supply
4.3159 of 5 stars
$61.52
-0.1%
$61.80
+0.5%
+12.8%$32.60B$14.88B30.1952,000Positive News
SN
SharkNinja
3.5564 of 5 stars
$115.95
-0.8%
$131.86
+13.7%
+27.3%$16.36B$5.88B31.683,688News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:FIVE) was last updated on 8/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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