FIVE

Five Below, Inc.

Sector: consumer cyclicalDiscount StoresNASDAQMarket Cap: $12.14B

Discount retailer with minimal federal exposure but recent net congressional buys from two R House members.

Govt Dependence

0/100

Regulatory Density

8/100

Lobbying Intensity

0/100

Political Signal

MODERATE BULLISH

BusinessWhat FIVE does

Five Below, Inc. (FIVE) is a discount stores operator in the consumer cyclical sector on NASDAQ, generating revenue from retail sales of low-priced goods with no government contractor status per company metadata.

12 months past · 3 months futureFIVE activity timeline

Congress

buy sell

Insider · Form 4

open-market buy

Hedge fund · 13F

opened + added − trimmed closed holds

Bills

past action (this ticker) upcoming markup (sector) ★ carveout (this ticker)

240 trading days · 11 congressional trades shown · 0 insider buys · 13 13F filings · 0 past bill actions · 0 upcoming markups

Lifetime Government AwardsFIVE federal contracts

FIVE doesn't hold direct federal contracts.

Verified via USASpending.gov: $0 reported in direct prime-contract awards. Companies in this position typically sell federal services indirectly through prime contractors and integrators (e.g., Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen, Microsoft Azure) or through commercial channels that don't appear in USASpending data.

Smart Money · 13F HoldingsHedge funds holding FIVE

$2.41B

Total FIVE held by tracked 13F funds

Funds with FIVE positions

+33

Funds opened this quarter

D.E. Shaw & Co. $378M opened 2025-06-30

D.E. Shaw & Co. $361M opened 9 overlap 2025-12-31

D.E. Shaw & Co. $321M opened 2025-09-30

Citadel Advisors $203M opened 9 overlap 2025-12-31

Two Sigma Investments $124M opened 2025-06-30

D.E. Shaw & Co. $117M opened 2024-09-30

Citadel Advisors $115M opened 2025-09-30

D.E. Shaw & Co. $114M opened 2024-12-31

25 more 13F positions tracked · quarterly delta charts available in member dashboard

Politicians Trading FIVEMembers of Congress with recent FIVE positions

2 politicians traded FIVE across 11 disclosed transactions totaling $989K (last 730 days). Greed score = composite of trade frequency, volume & recency across the politician's entire history (not just FIVE). 0-30 LOW · 30-60 MID · 60+ HIGH.

Tony Wied R-Wisconsin · house 3 buys $925K 2025-10-27 LOW · 0 Lisa C. McClain R-Michigan · house 4 buys 4 sells $64K 2025-10-31 LOW · 0

Congressional TradesWho in Congress is trading FIVE

2025-10-31 Lisa C. McClain R-Michigan · house sale $1,001 - $15,000

2025-10-30 Lisa C. McClain R-Michigan · house Sale $1,001 - $15,000

2025-10-30 Lisa C. McClain R-Michigan · house Purchase $1,001 - $15,000

2025-10-31 Lisa C. McClain R-Michigan · house Sale $1,001 - $15,000

2025-10-30 Lisa C. McClain R-Michigan · house purchase $1,001 - $15,000

2025-10-30 Lisa C. McClain R-Michigan · house sale $1,001 - $15,000

2025-10-27 Tony Wied R-Wisconsin · house Purchase $100,001 - $250,000

2025-10-27 Tony Wied R-Wisconsin · house purchase $250,001 - $500,000

2025-10-27 Tony Wied R-Wisconsin · house Purchase $250,001 - $500,000

2025-06-11 Lisa C. McClain R-Michigan · house purchase $1,001 - $15,000 63d late

2025-06-11 Lisa C. McClain R-Michigan · house Purchase $1,001 - $15,000 63d late

2023-02-28 Josh Gottheimer D-New Jersey · house sale $1,001 - $15,000

30+ trades on file · most recent 2025-11-21

Corporate Insiders · Form 4What CEOs, CFOs, and directors are doing with their own stock

No Form 4 activity recorded in the last 180 days.

Political ProfileWhere FIVE sits in Washington

Net congressional buys (7 buys vs 4 sells, buy_max_total $1.31M) by two R House members per get_sector_political_positioning, despite zero influence score, lobbying, or government precedent per get_political_influence and get_government_precedent.

Capitol Hill AlliesChampions & critics

Congressional champions

Lisa C. McClain (R-House) — buyer per get_sector_political_positioning
Tony Wied (R-House) — buyer per get_sector_political_positioning

Congressional critics

No specific congressional critics identified.

Member intelligence layer

Live signals + predictions for FIVE — for Founders

The free page above gives you the public record. Members see the real-time intelligence layer on top of it:

Live 7-layer signal scores when Congress trades FIVE
Bill Pass Index v2 odds for every bill on the watch list
Iron Triangle alerts (committee × donor × trade)
SEC Form 4 cluster detection (CEO + CFO + director buys)
Whale-Opportunity expected-value ranking
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Frequently AskedAbout FIVE & political exposure

Does Five Below, Inc. (FIVE) hold federal contracts?

No direct prime contracts reported in USASpending.gov for Five Below, Inc.. Companies in the semiconductor and AI hardware sectors often sell to the federal government via prime contractors and cloud resellers (Microsoft Azure, AWS, Lockheed Martin systems integration) rather than as direct primes.

Has Congress traded FIVE stock?

63 congressional trades by 10 unique members of Congress, most recently on 2025-10-31. See the Congressional Trading panel for politician-by-politician breakdown.

What is FIVE political risk profile?

Government dependence: 0/100. Lobbying intensity: 0/100. Political signal: moderate-bullish.

How does GovGreed track FIVE political activity?

GovGreed integrates STOCK Act congressional trade disclosures, FEC contributions, OGE executive-branch disclosures, USASpending federal contracts, Senate LDA lobbying filings, and SEC Form 4 corporate insider trades into a single queryable graph. FIVE data is updated daily from these official federal sources.