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Leslies Inc (NASDAQ: LESL) closed the day trading at $0.36 down -2.83% from the previous closing price of $0.37. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.83 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.75 million shares were traded. LESL stock price reached its highest trading level at $0.3816 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $0.35.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of LESL, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 3.88 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 1.98. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.31 and its Current Ratio is at 1.56.
On February 18, 2025, BofA Securities Downgraded its rating to Underperform which previously was Buy and also lowered its target price recommendation from $2.65 to $1.40.
Telsey Advisory Group reiterated its Market Perform rating for the stock on November 26, 2024, while the target price for the stock was revised from $4 to $3.75.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 13 ’25 when Iskander Anthony A bought 63,995 shares for $0.78 per share. The transaction valued at 49,916 led to the insider holds 65,995 shares of the business.
Strain John bought 150,000 shares of LESL for $118,500 on May 13 ’25. The Director now owns 270,000 shares after completing the transaction at $0.79 per share. On May 13 ’25, another insider, OFarrell Susan C, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 31,500 shares for $0.80 each. As a result, the insider paid 25,200 and bolstered with 75,763 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LESL now has a Market Capitalization of 66900872 and an Enterprise Value of 1154877568. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.05. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.875 whereas that against EBITDA is 14.402.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LESL is 1.27, which has changed by -0.8731107 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.20277917 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LESL has reached a high of $3.63, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.37. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -34.89%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -75.00%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, LESL traded about 3.95M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, LESL traded about 5840050 shares per day. A total of 185.40M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 179.33M. Insiders hold about 3.37% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 89.45% stake in the company. Shares short for LESL as of 1752537600 were 11761550 with a Short Ratio of 2.98, compared to 1749772800 on 15347108. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 11761550 and a Short% of Float of 9.33.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
