Five Below (FIVE) Competitors

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) and MINISO Group (NYSE:MNSO) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FIVE or MNSO?

17.2% of MINISO Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Five Below shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 73.5% of MINISO Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend FIVE or MNSO?

Five Below presently has a consensus target price of $210.33, indicating a potential upside of 40.15%. MINISO Group has a consensus target price of $27.90, indicating a potential upside of 18.07%. Given Five Below's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Five Below is more favorable than MINISO Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Five Below	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76
MINISO Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FIVE or MNSO?

Five Below received 909 more outperform votes than MINISO Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.69% of users gave Five Below an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave MINISO Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Five Below	Outperform Votes 915 69.69%	Underperform Votes 398 30.31%
MINISO Group	Outperform Votes 6 33.33%	Underperform Votes 12 66.67%

Is FIVE or MNSO more profitable?

MINISO Group has a net margin of 16.28% compared to Five Below's net margin of 8.46%. MINISO Group's return on equity of 25.43% beat Five Below's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Five Below	8.46%	20.80%	8.33%
MINISO Group	16.28%	25.43%	16.45%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, FIVE or MNSO?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Five Below	$3.56B	2.33	$301.11M	$5.42	27.69
MINISO Group	$1.58B	4.72	$89.55M	$1.02	23.17

Which has more volatility and risk, FIVE or MNSO?

Five Below has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MINISO Group has a beta of 0.27, indicating that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FIVE or MNSO?

In the previous week, Five Below had 19 more articles in the media than MINISO Group. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Five Below and 3 mentions for MINISO Group. MINISO Group's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Five Below's score of 0.50 indicating that MINISO Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Five Below	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
MINISO Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Five Below beats MINISO Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.