Five Below Inc (FIVE), Target Corporation (TGT): Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) Is Jealous of This Retailer

However, deep down inside, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) has to be envious of the growth. It will never post 35% sales growth. Unlike Target offering up soft guidance a few weeks ago, Five Below is pushing its targets higher.

Sure, Five Below isn’t cheap. It was fetching 38 times next year’s profit target, and that was before the shares moved higher on its blowout report. Then again, those are the premiums that the fast and nimble command on Wall Street. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) won’t admit it, but it has to be a little jealous.

The article Wal-Mart Is Jealous of This Retailer originally appeared on Fool.com is written by Rick Munarriz.

Longtime Fool contributor Rick Munarriz has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of Big Lots. 

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