Five Below
FIVE · Specialty Stores
$223.24
1.2%Upbound Group
UPBD · Computer & Electronics Retail
$17.08
1.7%The short version
- Five Below is the larger business, with $4.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $4.7B for Upbound Group.
- Five Below grew revenue faster (22.9%, against 8.7%).
- Five Below kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (9.6% operating margin, against 4.8% operating margin).
- Five Below turned more of its sales into free cash flow (8.6% FCF margin, against 5.1% FCF margin).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Five Below’s earnings: a P/E of 20.0x against 11.1x for Upbound Group.
| Latest fiscal year | FIVE · FY25 | UPBD · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $12.4B | $1.0B |
| Revenue | $4.8B | $4.7B |
| Free cash flow | $412M | $239M |
| Net income | $359M | $73.2M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 22.9% | 8.7% |
| 5-year growth | 19.4% | 10.8% |
| Share count change | 0.5% | 4.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 36.0% | 48.4% |
| Operating margin | 9.6% | 4.8% |
| Net margin | 7.5% | 1.6% |
| FCF margin | 8.6% | 5.1% |
| Return on capital | 26.9% | — |
| Return on equity | 17.9% | 11.1% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$932M | — |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −1.4x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $0.0M | $87.9M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 20.0x | 11.1x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | — |
FY16
FIVE $1.0B
UPBD $3.0B
FY17
FIVE $1.3B
UPBD $2.7B
FY18
FIVE $1.6B
UPBD $2.7B
FY19
FIVE $1.8B
UPBD $2.7B
FY20
FIVE $2.0B
UPBD $2.8B
FY21
FIVE $2.8B
UPBD $4.6B
FY22
FIVE $3.1B
UPBD $4.2B
FY23
FIVE $3.6B
UPBD $4.0B
FY24
FIVE $3.9B
UPBD $4.3B
FY25
FIVE $4.8B
UPBD $4.7B
FIVE
UPBD
FY16
FIVE 11.4%
UPBD −2.3%
FY17
FIVE 12.3%
UPBD −2.3%
FY18
FIVE 12.0%
UPBD 2.1%
FY19
FIVE 11.8%
UPBD 9.5%
FY20
FIVE 7.9%
UPBD 8.4%
FY21
FIVE 13.3%
UPBD 6.1%
FY22
FIVE 11.2%
UPBD 3.5%
FY23
FIVE 10.8%
UPBD 4.1%
FY24
FIVE 8.4%
UPBD 6.8%
FY25
FIVE 9.6%
UPBD 4.8%
FIVE
UPBD
FY16
FIVE $61.8M
UPBD $293M
FY17
FIVE $99.6M
UPBD $45.1M
FY18
FIVE $70.4M
UPBD $200M
FY19
FIVE −$25.3M
UPBD $194M
FY20
FIVE $166M
UPBD $202M
FY21
FIVE $39.8M
UPBD $330M
FY22
FIVE $63.0M
UPBD $407M
FY23
FIVE $165M
UPBD $147M
FY24
FIVE $107M
UPBD $48.5M
FY25
FIVE $412M
UPBD $239M
FIVE
UPBD
FY16
FIVE 44.4%
UPBD −9.5%
FY17
FIVE 51.9%
UPBD —
FY18
FIVE 59.4%
UPBD —
FY19
FIVE 44.3%
UPBD —
FY20
FIVE 25.7%
UPBD —
FY21
FIVE 46.2%
UPBD —
FY22
FIVE 29.8%
UPBD —
FY23
FIVE 27.7%
UPBD —
FY24
FIVE 20.2%
UPBD —
FY25
FIVE 26.9%
UPBD —
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