In the latest trading session, 2.36 million Leslies Inc (NASDAQ:LESL) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.14. With the company’s most recent per share price at $1.35 changed hands at -$0.07 or -5.28% at last look, the market valuation stands at $249.13M. LESL’s current price is a discount, trading about -496.3% off its 52-week high of $8.05. The share price had its 52-week low at $1.40, which suggests the last value was -3.7% down since then.
Analysts gave the Leslies Inc (LESL) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, calculated at a mean rating of 3.08. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 4 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 4 recommended LESL as a Hold, 0 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Leslies Inc’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be -0.24.
Leslies Inc (NASDAQ:LESL) trade information
Instantly LESL was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action -13.78%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -39.69%, with the 5-day performance at -13.78% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Leslies Inc (NASDAQ:LESL) is -37.44% down.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 3.25, meaning bulls need an upside of 58.46% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, LESL’s forecast low is 3 with 4 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -196.3% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -122.22% for it to hit the projected low.
Leslies Inc (LESL) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 0.97% up from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 11 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 184.92M. 11 analysts are of the opinion that Leslies Inc’s revenue for the current quarter will be 572.14M. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 188.66M and 569.64M respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at -1.99%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at 0.44%. The 2025 estimates are for Leslies Inc earnings to increase by 405.08%.
Leslies Inc (NASDAQ:LESL)’s Major holders
BLACKROCK INC. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 15.4529% or 28.53 million shares worth $119.54 million as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Dec 31, 2024 were Ariel Fund and iShares Core S&P Smallcap ETF. With 32.0 shares estimated at $43.04 million under it, the former controlled 17.28% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, iShares Core S&P Smallcap ETF held about 6.47% of the shares, roughly 11.99 shares worth around $16.13 million.
