Five Below Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Five Below's CEO is Ken Bull, appointed in Mar 2023, has a tenure of 1.67 years. total yearly compensation is $4.19M, comprised of 17.2% salary and 82.8% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.2% of the company’s shares, worth €9.56M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 2.6 years and 8.5 years respectively.

Key information

Ken Bull

Chief executive officer

US$4.2m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	17.2%
CEO tenure	1.7yrs
CEO ownership	0.2%
Management average tenure	2.6yrs
Board average tenure	8.5yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Ken Bull's remuneration changed compared to Five Below's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Aug 03 2024	n/a	n/a	US$281m
May 04 2024	n/a	n/a	US$295m
Feb 03 2024	US$4m	US$718k	US$301m
Oct 28 2023	n/a	n/a	US$270m
Jul 29 2023	n/a	n/a	US$272m
Apr 29 2023	n/a	n/a	US$266m
Jan 28 2023	US$2m	US$655k	US$262m
Oct 29 2022	n/a	n/a	US$230m
Jul 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$238m
Apr 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$262m
Jan 29 2022	US$3m	US$641k	US$279m
Oct 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$263m
Jul 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$259m
May 01 2021	n/a	n/a	US$224m
Jan 30 2021	US$4m	US$572k	US$123m
Oct 31 2020	n/a	n/a	US$110m
Aug 01 2020	n/a	n/a	US$100m
May 02 2020	n/a	n/a	US$99m
Feb 01 2020	US$1m	US$532k	US$175m
Nov 02 2019	n/a	n/a	US$154m
Aug 03 2019	n/a	n/a	US$157m
May 04 2019	n/a	n/a	US$154m
Feb 02 2019	US$1m	US$495k	US$150m
Nov 03 2018	n/a	n/a	US$128m
Aug 04 2018	n/a	n/a	US$124m
May 05 2018	n/a	n/a	US$116m
Feb 03 2018	US$1m	US$480k	US$102m

Compensation vs Market: Ken's total compensation ($USD4.19M) is about average for companies of similar size in the German market ($USD3.31M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Ken's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.

CEO

Ken Bull (61 yo)

1.7yrs

Tenure

US$4,185,840

Compensation

Mr. Kenneth R. Bull, also known as Ken, is Interim President, Interim CEO & COO of Five Below, Inc. from July 16, 2024. Mr. Bull was Chief Operating Officer of Five Below, Inc. from July 17, 2023 to July 1...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Thomas Vellios	Co-Founder & Executive Chairman	22.8yrs	US$498.46k	0.67% € 32.2m
Kenneth Bull	Interim President	1.7yrs	US$4.19m	0.20% € 9.6m
Kristy Chipman	CFO & Treasurer	1.3yrs	US$1.43m	0.036% € 1.8m
Eric Specter	Chief Administrative Officer	10.3yrs	US$2.02m	0.10% € 5.0m
Michael Romanko	Chief Merchandising Officer	9.8yrs	US$4.17m	0.059% € 2.9m
George Hill	Chief Retail Officer	2.6yrs	US$2.77m	0.080% € 3.9m
Amit Jhunjhunwala	Chief Information Officer	1.8yrs	no data	0.044% € 2.1m
Christiane Pelz	Vice President of Investor Relations	no data	no data	no data
Felipe Zardo	Senior Vice President of Digital	no data	no data	no data
Ronald Masciantonio	Secretary	no data	no data	0.019% € 943.8k

2.6yrs

Average Tenure

58yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: 6F1's management team is considered experienced (2.6 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Thomas Vellios	Co-Founder & Executive Chairman	22.8yrs	US$498.46k	0.67% € 32.2m
Ronald Sargent	Independent Director	20.8yrs	US$249.85k	0.19% € 9.1m
Thomas Ryan	Independent Director	13.8yrs	US$249.85k	0.21% € 10.1m
Richard Markee	Independent Director	8.5yrs	US$249.85k	0.022% € 1.1m
Michael Devine	Independent Director	11.7yrs	US$274.85k	0.032% € 1.5m
Karen Bowman	Independent Director	less than a year	US$62.98k	0.0033% € 157.9k
Kathleen Barclay	Independent Director	9.7yrs	US$269.85k	0.013% € 643.5k
Mimi Vaughn	Independent Director	1.2yrs	US$129.81k	0.0040% € 195.6k
Dinesh Lathi	Independent Director	6.7yrs	US$279.85k	0.018% € 890.0k
Zuhairah Washington	Independent Director	4.2yrs	US$249.85k	0.0085% € 409.7k
Bernard Kim	Independent Director	2.4yrs	US$249.85k	0.0067% € 324.0k

8.5yrs

Average Tenure

66yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: 6F1's board of directors are considered experienced (8.5 years average tenure).

Five Below Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Five Below, Inc. Announces Chief Executive Officer Changes

Five Below, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 11, 2024

Five Below, Inc. Appoints Karen Bowman to its Board of Directors

Co-Founder & Non-Executive Chairman recently sold €1.7m worth of stock

Five Below, Inc. Announces the Appointment of Mimi Eckel Vaughn as Independent Member

Five Below, Inc. Names Kristy Chipman as Treasurer

Recent updates

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 19%

Second quarter 2025 earnings released: EPS: US$0.60 (vs US$0.84 in 2Q 2024)

Five Below, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Third Quarter and Full Year of Fiscal 2024

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 18%

Five Below, Inc. to Report Q2, 2025 Results on Aug 28, 2024

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Five Below, Inc

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 23%

Five Below, Inc. Announces Chief Executive Officer Changes

First quarter 2025 earnings released: EPS: US$0.57 (vs US$0.67 in 1Q 2024)

Five Below, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2024 and Updates Earnings Guidance for the Full Year of Fiscal 2024

Five Below, Inc. to Report Q1, 2025 Results on Jun 05, 2024

Five Below, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 11, 2024

Now 20% undervalued after recent price drop

Five Below, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the First Quarter and Full Year of 2024

Full year 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$5.43 (vs US$4.71 in FY 2023)

Five Below, Inc. to Report Q4, 2024 Results on Mar 20, 2024

Five Below, Inc. Appoints Karen Bowman to its Board of Directors

Co-Founder & Non-Executive Chairman recently sold €1.7m worth of stock

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.26 (vs US$0.29 in 3Q 2023)

Five Below, Inc. (NasdaqGS:FIVE) announces an Equity Buyback for $100 million worth of its shares.

Five Below, Inc. to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Nov 29, 2023

Five Below, Inc. Announces the Appointment of Mimi Eckel Vaughn as Independent Member

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.84 (vs US$0.74 in 2Q 2023)

Five Below, Inc. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Aug 30, 2023

Five Below, Inc. Names Kristy Chipman as Treasurer

Five Below, Inc. Announces Executive Changes

Five Below, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter and Full Year of Fiscal 2023

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.67 (vs US$0.59 in 1Q 2023)

Five Below, Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on Jun 01, 2023

Five Below, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 13, 2023

Independent Director recently sold €1.9m worth of stock

Chief Retail Officer recently sold €478k worth of stock

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$4.71 (vs US$4.98 in FY 2022)

Five Below, Inc. Announces Resignation of Judy Werthauser, Chief Experience Officer Effective February 3, 2023

Chief Merchandising Officer recently sold €668k worth of stock

Co-Founder & Non-Executive Chairman recently sold €8.7m worth of stock

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.29 (vs US$0.43 in 3Q 2022)

Five Below, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year of Fiscal 2022

Five Below, Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Nov 30, 2022

Independent Director recently sold €77k worth of stock

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.74 (vs US$1.16 in 2Q 2022)

Five Below, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Third Quarter and Full Year Fiscal 2022

Five Below, Inc. to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Aug 31, 2022

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Five Below, Inc. (NasdaqGS:FIVE) announces an Equity Buyback for $100 million worth of its shares.

Five Below, Inc. Appoints Bernard Kim as Director

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.59 (vs US$0.89 in 1Q 2022)

Five Below, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter and Full Year of Fiscal 2022

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Five Below, Inc. to Report Q1, 2023 Results on Jun 08, 2022

Five Below, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 14, 2022

Insufficient new directors

Now 23% undervalued

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$4.98 (vs US$2.21 in FY 2021)

Five Below, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the First Quarter and Full Year of Fiscal 2022

Now 22% undervalued after recent price drop

Five Below, Inc. to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Mar 30, 2022

Five Below, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year Ended January 2, 2021

Five Below, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year of Fiscal of 2021

Third quarter 2022 earnings: EPS in line with analyst expectations despite revenue beat

Insufficient new directors

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS US$1.16 (vs US$0.53 in 2Q 2021)

Insufficient new directors

Five Below, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter of 2021

Five Below, Inc. Do Not Provide Earnings Guidance for the Full Year of Fiscal 2021

Five Below, Inc. Provides Earnings Guidance for the First Quarter of Fiscal 2021

New 90-day high: €166

Five Below, Inc. to Report Q4, 2021 Results on Mar 17, 2021

Five Below Announces New Collection in Collaboration with Andrea Pippins: Artist, Designer and Author