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Leslies Inc (NASDAQ: LESL) closed the day trading at $0.33 up 1.30% from the previous closing price of $0.32. In other words, the price has increased by $1.30 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.94 million shares were traded. LESL stock price reached its highest trading level at $0.3339 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $0.315.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of LESL, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.43 and its Current Ratio is at 1.47.
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 60916548 and an Enterprise Value of 1052909632. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.05. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.842 whereas that against EBITDA is 19.883.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LESL is 1.26, which has changed by -0.89907694 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1716845 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 $0.27. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -17.38%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -71.84%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, LESL traded about 4.15M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, LESL traded about 1687390 shares per day. A total of 185.58M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 179.46M. Insiders hold about 3.31% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 73.63% stake in the company. Shares short for LESL as of 1755216000 were 11754092 with a Short Ratio of 2.83, compared to 1752537600 on 11761550. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 11754092 and a Short% of Float of 9.32.
Earnings Estimates
The market rating of Leslies Inc (LESL) is currently shaped by the ongoing analysis conducted by 8.0 analysts closely monitoring its performance.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.21, with high estimates of -$0.2 and low estimates of -$0.24.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.19 and -$0.22 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.21. EPS for the following year is -$0.09, with 7.0 analysts recommending between $0.03 and -$0.16.
Revenue Estimates
9 analysts predict $371.57M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $380M to a low estimate of $361.9M. As of the current estimate, Leslies Inc’s year-ago sales were $397.86MFor the next quarter, 9 analysts are estimating revenue of $170.39M. There is a high estimate of $178.56M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $163.8M.
A total of 9 analysts have provided revenue estimates for LESL’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $1.23B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1.21B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $1.22B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $1.33BBased on 8 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1.22B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $1.26B and the low estimate is $1.2B.
