Leslies Inc (NASDAQ:LESL) has a beta value of 1.14 and has seen 5.03 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $524.66M, closed the last trade at $2.84 per share which meant it lost -$0.1 on the day or -3.40% during that session. The LESL stock price is -189.08% off its 52-week high price of $8.21 and 14.79% above the 52-week low of $2.42. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 8.38 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 5.42 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Leslies Inc (LESL) is Hold stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.85. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 2 out of 2 have rated it as a Hold, with 0 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.
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Leslies Inc (NASDAQ:LESL) trade information
Sporting -3.40% in the red in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the LESL stock price touched $2.84 or saw a rise of 32.7%. Year-to-date, Leslies Inc shares have moved -58.90%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -30.56%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Leslies Inc (NASDAQ:LESL) have changed -35.16%. Short interest in the company has seen 31.06 million shares shorted with days to cover at 6.68.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $6, which means that the shares’ value could jump 52.67% from current levels. The projected low price target is $3 while the price target rests at a high of $36. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -1167.61% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -5.63% from current levels.
Leslies Inc (LESL) estimates and forecasts
Figures show that Leslies Inc shares have underperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have lost -60.11% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -64.29%, compared to 1.20% for the industry.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 9.95% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest -58.84% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 9.70%.
LESL Dividends
Leslies Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in August this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
Leslies Inc (NASDAQ:LESL)’s Major holders
Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Leslies Inc top two institutional holders are BLACKROCK INC. with over 28.84 million shares worth more than $187.44 million. As of 2024-03-31, BLACKROCK INC. held 15.6394% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC, with the holding of over 24.98 million shares as of 2024-03-31. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $162.39 million and represent 13.5494% of shares outstanding.