Five Below, Inc.: shareholders and insiders

FIVENASDAQConsumer defensive · Retail-Variety Stores

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$246.68

November 13, 2026Market cap $13.6B

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Insiders and their shares

Purchases and sales by officers and directors, from their own Form 4 filings.

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Major holders (over 5%)

Whoever comes to own more than 5% of a class of shares reports it to the SEC on Schedule 13D or 13G. Here is each holder's latest filing.

1 Holders over 5%Apr 29, 2026 Latest filing
  • Vanguard Capital Management
    Share of class5.24%
Fell to 5% or less (3)

Holders whose latest filing says they hold 5% or less. After it they need not file again, so what they hold today is not known.

  • The Vanguard Group0.00%Mar 26, 202613G/A
  • T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.0.00%Nov 14, 202513G/A
  • D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.3.90%Nov 14, 202513G/A

From the Schedule 13D and 13G filed with the SEC since Dec 18, 2024, when they became structured data. A holder who has filed nothing since then is not shown here. A 13D is updated within two business days of any material change, a 13G up to 45 days after the quarter of the change, so the shares are those of the filing. The large managers also appear in the 13Fs.

Well-known managers

Which of the about 30 investment managers we track held the shares at the quarter end, and what they changed from the quarter before.

Sep 30, 2026 quarter end
  • Renaissance Technologies
    In the quarter+65%
  • AQR Capital
    In the quarter-0.2%
  • Bridgewater (Dalio)
    In the quarter+109%
  • Point72 (Cohen)
    In the quarter+1.5%
  • Millennium Mgmt (Englander)
    In the quarter-24%
  • D.E. Shaw
    In the quarter-55%
  • Citadel Advisors (Griffin)
    In the quarter-20%

From the 13Fs managers file with the SEC up to 45 days after each quarter end. They show only long positions on that day, not short sales or what has changed since. No recent 13F: Pershing Square (Ackman), Scion (Burry).

Short interest

How many of the company's shares have been sold borrowed and not yet bought back, twice a month.

On Oct 15, 2026, 5.21% of its shares outstanding were held short, -1.0% since the report before.

Shares held short
2.88M
5.21%
Since the report before2.91M on Sep 30, 2026
-1.0%
3.0
967.4K
More days to cover thanof 4,578 US-listed companies with enough volume
35%
Report date
Oct 15, 2026
  • Oct 31, 2023: Shares held short 5.03M
  • Nov 15, 2023: Shares held short 5.46M
  • Nov 30, 2023: Shares held short 5.51M
  • Dec 15, 2023: Shares held short 5.48M
  • Dec 29, 2023: Shares held short 5.32M
  • Jan 12, 2024: Shares held short 5.31M
  • Jan 31, 2024: Shares held short 5.02M
  • Feb 15, 2024: Shares held short 4.63M
  • Feb 29, 2024: Shares held short 4.48M
  • Mar 15, 2024: Shares held short 4.19M
  • Mar 28, 2024: Shares held short 4.03M
  • Apr 15, 2024: Shares held short 3.13M
  • Apr 30, 2024: Shares held short 2.69M
  • May 15, 2024: Shares held short 2.95M
  • May 31, 2024: Shares held short 2.60M
  • Jun 14, 2024: Shares held short 3.43M
  • Jun 28, 2024: Shares held short 4.17M
  • Jul 15, 2024: Shares held short 4.32M
  • Jul 31, 2024: Shares held short 3.77M
  • Aug 15, 2024: Shares held short 4.27M
  • Aug 30, 2024: Shares held short 4.43M
  • Sep 13, 2024: Shares held short 4.74M
  • Sep 30, 2024: Shares held short 4.62M
  • Oct 15, 2024: Shares held short 4.54M
  • Oct 31, 2024: Shares held short 4.78M
  • Nov 15, 2024: Shares held short 4.13M
  • Nov 29, 2024: Shares held short 3.83M
  • Dec 13, 2024: Shares held short 3.98M
  • Dec 31, 2024: Shares held short 4.32M
  • Jan 15, 2025: Shares held short 4.49M
  • Jan 31, 2025: Shares held short 5.32M
  • Feb 14, 2025: Shares held short 4.83M
  • Feb 28, 2025: Shares held short 5.06M
  • Mar 14, 2025: Shares held short 4.69M
  • Mar 31, 2025: Shares held short 4.93M
  • Apr 15, 2025: Shares held short 5.97M
  • Apr 30, 2025: Shares held short 4.63M
  • May 15, 2025: Shares held short 4.87M
  • May 30, 2025: Shares held short 3.35M
  • Jun 13, 2025: Shares held short 3.33M
  • Jun 30, 2025: Shares held short 3.62M
  • Jul 15, 2025: Shares held short 3.37M
  • Jul 31, 2025: Shares held short 3.64M
  • Aug 15, 2025: Shares held short 3.23M
  • Aug 29, 2025: Shares held short 3.08M
  • Sep 15, 2025: Shares held short 3.09M
  • Sep 30, 2025: Shares held short 3.13M
  • Oct 15, 2025: Shares held short 3.87M
  • Oct 31, 2025: Shares held short 3.32M
  • Nov 14, 2025: Shares held short 2.93M
  • Nov 28, 2025: Shares held short 2.69M
  • Dec 15, 2025: Shares held short 2.27M
  • Dec 31, 2025: Shares held short 2.37M
  • Jan 15, 2026: Shares held short 2.36M
  • Jan 30, 2026: Shares held short 2.14M
  • Feb 13, 2026: Shares held short 2.16M
  • Feb 27, 2026: Shares held short 2.15M
  • Mar 13, 2026: Shares held short 1.61M
  • Mar 31, 2026: Shares held short 2.22M
  • Apr 15, 2026: Shares held short 2.32M
  • Apr 30, 2026: Shares held short 2.09M
  • May 15, 2026: Shares held short 2.14M
  • May 29, 2026: Shares held short 2.48M
  • Jun 15, 2026: Shares held short 2.55M
  • Jun 30, 2026: Shares held short 2.33M
  • Jul 15, 2026: Shares held short 2.27M
  • Jul 31, 2026: Shares held short 1.86M
  • Aug 14, 2026: Shares held short 1.73M
  • Aug 31, 2026: Shares held short 1.92M
  • Sep 15, 2026: Shares held short 2.45M
  • Sep 30, 2026: Shares held short 2.91M
  • Oct 15, 2026: Shares held short 2.88M

As brokers report them to the regulator twice a month, mid-month and at month end, published about eight business days later. A short position is shares sold borrowed and not yet bought back. The share count is the one the company's market value is figured on, from its filings. Days to cover is the shares held short over the average daily volume of the weeks between two reports.

Short sales in daily trading48.2% of the shares in the last 14 sessions' reported trades were short sales.

In the last 14 sessions, 48.2% of the shares in the reported trades were short sales, against 49.7% in the 14 before.

Last 14 sessionsOct 27, 2026 – Nov 13, 2026
48.2%
The 14 beforeOct 7, 2026 – Oct 26, 2026
49.7%
Change
-1.5 pts
Short sales a dayon average, of 294.1K shares
141.9K
More than atof 3,649 US-listed companies, same days
43%
Median of alleight in ten from 34.6% to 63.4%
50.1%
  • Oct 7, 2026: Short sales 50.3%
  • Oct 8, 2026: Short sales 63.2%
  • Oct 9, 2026: Short sales 39.6%
  • Oct 12, 2026: Short sales 41.3%
  • Oct 13, 2026: Short sales 39.6%
  • Oct 14, 2026: Short sales 47.4%
  • Oct 15, 2026: Short sales 59.9%
  • Oct 16, 2026: Short sales 58%
  • Oct 19, 2026: Short sales 57.7%
  • Oct 20, 2026: Short sales 55.6%
  • Oct 21, 2026: Short sales 42.8%
  • Oct 22, 2026: Short sales 30.1%
  • Oct 23, 2026: Short sales 46.6%
  • Oct 26, 2026: Short sales 50.5%
  • Oct 27, 2026: Short sales 49%
  • Oct 28, 2026: Short sales 50.7%
  • Oct 29, 2026: Short sales 41.7%
  • Oct 30, 2026: Short sales 56.6%
  • Nov 2, 2026: Short sales 47.2%
  • Nov 3, 2026: Short sales 52.9%
  • Nov 4, 2026: Short sales 42.4%
  • Nov 5, 2026: Short sales 48.4%
  • Nov 6, 2026: Short sales 50.4%
  • Nov 9, 2026: Short sales 44.1%
  • Nov 10, 2026: Short sales 50.6%
  • Nov 11, 2026: Short sales 41.6%
  • Nov 12, 2026: Short sales 56.6%
  • Nov 13, 2026: Short sales 48.8%

This is not the number of shares sold short today: it measures short sales within each day's trading, and only trades made off the exchanges. Much of it is market makers, who sell shares they do not have to fill buyers' orders and cover soon after, so for a heavily traded stock the share is often around half.

The ETFs that hold it

Which of the 269 US equity ETFs we track hold the stock, and at what weight, from the funds' N-PORT filings.

32 ETFs holding it1.37% The largest weight (XMMO)
  • XMMOInvesco S&P MidCap Momentum ETF
    Weight in the fund1.37%
  • XRTState Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Retail ETF
    Weight in the fund1.24%
  • SCHASchwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF
    Weight in the fund0.29%
  • VBKVanguard Small-Cap Growth Index Fund
    Weight in the fund0.28%
  • SPMDState Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio S&P 400(TM) Mid Cap ETF
    Weight in the fund0.27%
  • IJHiShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF
    Weight in the fund0.27%
  • MDYState Street SPDR S&P MidCap 400SM ETF Trust
    Weight in the fund0.27%
  • AVLVAvantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF
    Weight in the fund0.22%
  • FELCFidelity Enhanced Large Cap Core ETF
    Weight in the fund0.20%
  • VBVanguard Small-Cap Index Fund
    Weight in the fund0.12%

32 of the 269 ETFs we track, not of every ETF on the market. The ten largest weights. Positions as each fund filed them in its latest N-PORT.

Institutional investors by quarter

Every manager that reports positions to the SEC (Form 13F), quarter by quarter: how many hold the stock, how many shares and dollars between them, and who entered, left, added or trimmed during the quarter.

612 Managers, Q2 2026$10.0B Value of their positions
  • Q3 2025: Managers 505
  • Q4 2025: Managers 554
  • Q1 2026: Managers 637
  • Q2 2026: Managers 612

Institutional investors by quarter

The fund managers holding FIVE, quarter by quarter, from Q1 2013 to Q2 2025, 50 more quarters

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Q2 2026: 612 managers held 55.37M shares, worth $10.0B. During the quarter 92 opened a position, 117 closed one, 187 added and 249 trimmed.

The largest holders, Q2 2026

  • BlackRock
    In the quarter+7.1%
  • Vanguard Capital Management
    In the quarter+0.9%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management
    In the quarter-0.9%
  • AQR Capital
    In the quarter-0.2%
  • Wellington Management Group
    In the quarter+54%
  • State Street
    In the quarter+3.1%
  • Two Sigma Investments
    In the quarter+12%
  • Marshall Wace
    In the quarter+15%
  • Federated Hermes
    In the quarter-13%
  • Geode Capital Management
    In the quarter+2.6%

From the SEC's Form 13F data sets, Q3 2025 to Q2 2026: the long positions of every manager with more than $100 million under management, as filed up to 45 days after each quarter end. Short positions and options are not in them. Shares as reported each quarter, not adjusted for splits. The stock is matched by its CUSIP, through the SEC's fails-to-deliver files.

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The full analysis

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Questions about FIVE's shareholders

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Which well-known managers hold FIVE?

7 of the managers we track held the shares on Sep 30, 2026. The largest position was AQR Capital's, worth $340M.

Is every insider transaction a purchase or a sale?

No. Many are part of their pay: share awards, option exercises and shares the company keeps for the tax. Only code P is a purchase with their own money, and code S a sale on the market.

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