shares of five below inc five rallied more than 5 in the extended session wednesday after the discount retailer beat wall street expectations for its fiscal third quarter and said it continues to be on the offense to sell its wares five below earned 161 million or 29 cents a share in the quarter compared with 242 million or 43 cents a share in the yearago period sales rose 62 to 645 million the company said samestore sales fell 27 compared with the third quarter of fiscal 2021 analysts polled by factset expected five below to earn 15 cents a share on sales of 614 million the companys performance was driven by ticket and transaction metrics that improved throughout the quarter as well as disciplined expense management and other factors chief executive joel anderson said in a statement we are continuing to play offense and the progress we made across product experience and supply chain will all drive our holiday execution five below guided for full fiscal 2022 revenue between 3038 billion and 3063 billion based on opening about 150 new stores and assuming a 2 to 3 drop in comparable sales it said it guided for pershare earnings between 455 and 471 for the year the guidance is above factset consensus for eps of 441 on sales of 3 billion shares of five below ended the regular trading day up 25