During the last session, Leslies Inc (NASDAQ:LESL)’s traded shares were 5.22 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.12. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $2.44, reflecting an intraday loss of -0.81% or -$0.02. The 52-week high for the LESL share is $8.21, that puts it down -236.48 from that peak though still a striking 9.84% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $2.20. The company’s market capitalization is $451.32M, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 7.61 million shares, and the average trade volume was 5.47 million shares over the past three months.

Leslies Inc (LESL) received a consensus recommendation of Hold from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 2.83. LESL has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 4 analysts who have looked at this stock. 4 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 0 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be -0.21.

Leslies Inc (NASDAQ:LESL) trade information

Leslies Inc (LESL) registered a -0.81% downside in the last session and has traded in the green over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -0.81% in intraday trading to $2.44, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is 9.91%, and it has moved by -16.15% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is -51.87%. The short interest in Leslies Inc (NASDAQ:LESL) is 22.52 million shares and it means that shorts have 4.92 day(s) to cover.

The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $3.25, which implies an increase of 24.92% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $3 and $4 respectively. As a result, LESL is trading at a discount of -63.93% off the target high and -22.95% off the low.

Leslies Inc (LESL) estimates and forecasts

Statistics show that Leslies Inc has outperformed its competitors in share price, compared to the industry in which it operates. Leslies Inc (LESL) shares have gone down -48.31% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate more than the industry average at 1,700.00% against -2.00. In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will increase 2.42% compared to the previous financial year.

As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 172.76M as predicted by 11 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 11 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 189.6M by the end of current fiscal year. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled 173.96M and 188.66M respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to shrink by -0.69% and then jump by 0.50% in the coming quarter.

While earnings are projected to return 1045.17% in 2024, the next five years will return 9.70% per annum.

LESL Dividends

Leslies Inc is due to release its next quarterly earnings in January. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance.

Leslies Inc (NASDAQ:LESL)’s Major holders

Leslies Inc insiders own 4.97% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 106.47%, with the float percentage being 112.04%. ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC is the largest shareholder of the company, while 300.0 institutions own stock in it. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 36.6 million shares (or 19.8247% of all shares), a total value of $153.36 million in shares.

The next largest institutional holding, with 28.53 million shares, is of BLACKROCK INC.’s that is approximately 15.4529% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $119.54 million.