Growth Metrics

Five Below (FIVE) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Five Below filings provide 15 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 11.7% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 246.0% to 11.7% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was 11.7%, a 246.0% increase, with the full-year FY2026 number at 12.41%, up 275.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 11.7% in Q1 2026 for Five Below, up from 10.92% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 16.77% in Q1 2022 to a low of 9.24% in Q1 2025.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 12.05% (2023), compared with a mean of 12.11%.
  • The widest YoY moves for Return on Capital Employed: up 822bps in 2022, down -481bps in 2022.
  • Five Below's Return on Capital Employed stood at 12.35% in 2022, then fell by -2bps to 12.05% in 2023, then dropped by -11bps to 10.72% in 2024, then increased by 2bps to 10.92% in 2025, then increased by 7bps to 11.7% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 11.7% (Q1 2026), 10.92% (Q4 2025), and 9.69% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.