After A 5.84% Gain In Share Price, Is Leslies Inc (NASDAQ:LESL) A Better Trade Than Others?

In last trading session, Leslies Inc (NASDAQ:LESL) saw 5.84 million shares changing hands with its beta currently measuring 1.09. Company’s recent per share price level of $1.54 trading at $0.08 or 5.84% at ring of the bell on the day assigns it a market valuation of $285.25M. That closing price of LESL’s stock is at a discount of -422.73% from its 52-week high price of $8.05 and is indicating a premium of 9.09% from its 52-week low price of $1.40.

For Leslies Inc (LESL), analysts’ consensus is at an average recommendation of Hold while assigning it a mean rating of 3.08. Splitting up the data highlights that, out of 4 analysts covering the stock, 0 rated the stock as a Sell while 0 recommended an Overweight rating for the stock. 4 suggested the stock as a Hold whereas 0 see the stock as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) advised it as an Underweight. The company is expected to be making an EPS of -0.24 in the current quarter.

Leslies Inc (NASDAQ:LESL) trade information

Upright in the green during last session for gaining 5.84%, in the last five days LESL remained trading in the red while hitting it’s week-highest on Thursday, 02/13/25 when the stock touched $1.54 price level, adding 11.75% to its value on the day. Leslies Inc’s shares saw a change of -30.94% in year-to-date performance and have moved -12.00% in past 5-day. Leslies Inc (NASDAQ:LESL) showed a performance of -28.70% in past 30-days.

Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of 3.25 to the stock, which implies a rise of 52.62% to its current value. Analysts have been projecting 3 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of 4. It follows that stock’s current price would drop -94.81% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a loss of -94.81% for stock’s current value.

Leslies Inc (LESL) estimates and forecasts

This year revenue growth is estimated to rise 0.97% from the last financial year’s standing.

11 industry analysts have given their estimates about the company’s current quarter revenue by setting an average figure of 184.92M for the same. And 11 analysts are in estimates of company making revenue of 572.14M in the next quarter. Company posted 188.66M and 569.64M of sales in current and next quarters respectively a year earlier.

Leslies Inc (NASDAQ:LESL)’s Major holders

ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC is the top institutional holder at LESL for having 36.6 million shares of worth $153.36 million. And as of 2024-06-30, it was holding 19.8247 of the company’s outstanding shares.

The second largest institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., which was holding about 28.53 million shares on 2024-06-30. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 15.4529 of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $119.54 million.

On the other hand, Ariel Fund and iShares Core S&P Smallcap ETF are the top two Mutual Funds which own company’s shares. As of Sep 30, 2024 , the former fund manager was holding 25.39 shares of worth $39.1 million or 13.71% of the total outstanding shares. The later fund manager was in possession of 11.99 shares on Nov 30, 2024 , making its stake of worth around $18.46 million in the company or a holder of 6.47% of company’s stock.