Five Below, Inc. (NASDAQ:FIVE) Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call August 30, 2023 4:30 PM ET

Company Participants

Christiane Pelz - VP, IR and Treasury

Joel Anderson - President and CEO

Kenneth Bull - COO

Kristy Chipman - CFO

Conference Call Participants

Jeremy Hamblin - Craig-Hallum Capital Group

Seth Sigman - Barclays

Brian Nagel - Oppenheimer

Chuck Grom - Gordon Haskett

Matthew Boss - JPMorgan

John Heinbockel - Guggenheim Securities

Simeon Gutman - Morgan Stanley

Edward Kelly - Wells Fargo

Paul Lejuez - Citi

Michael Lasser - UBS

Joe Feldman - Telsey Advisory Group

Michael Montani - Evercore

Brad Thomas - KeyBanc Capital Markets

Jason Haas - Bank of America

Daniel Silverstein - Credit Suisse

Anthony Chukumba - Loop Capital Markets

Krisztina Katai - Deutsche Bank

Phillip Blee - William Blair

Operator

Good day, and welcome to the Five Below Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] After today’s presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. Please note, this event is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to Christiane Pelz, VP of Investor Relations and Treasury. Please go ahead.

Christiane Pelz

Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone, and thanks for joining us today for Five Below's second quarter 2023 financial results conference call. On today's call are Joel Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer; Ken Bull, Chief Operating Officer; and Kristy Chipman, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer.

After management has made their formal remarks, we will open the call to questions. Please limit yourself to one question to enable us to accommodate everyone in the queue.

I need to remind you that certain comments made during this call may constitute forward-looking statements and are made pursuant to and within the meaning of the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 as amended. Such forward-looking statements are subject to both known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements.

Those risks and uncertainties are described in the press release and our SEC filings. The forward-looking statements made today are as of the date of this call, and we do not undertake any obligation to update our forward-looking statements. If you do not have a copy of today's press release, you may obtain one by visiting the Investor Relations page of our website at fivebelow.com.