Leslies Inc (NASDAQ:LESL) has a beta value of -96.93% and has seen 3.11 shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $91.30M, closed the last trade at $0.47 per share which meant it lost -$0.9 on the day or 0.49% during that session. The LESL stock price is -859.57% off its 52-week high price of $4.51 and 4.26% above the 52-week low of $0.45. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 3.27 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 1.77 shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Leslies Inc (LESL) is Hold stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 28.96. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 4 out of 4 have rated it as a Hold, with 0 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.36.
Leslies Inc (NASDAQ:LESL) trade information
Sporting 0.49% in the green 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 $0.47 or saw a rise of 18.97%. Year-to-date, Leslies Inc shares have moved -89.61%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -14.45%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Leslies Inc (NASDAQ:LESL) have changed -43.49%. Short interest in the company has seen 16.9 million shares shorted with days to cover at 7.18.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $3, which means that the shares’ value could jump 84.33% from current levels. The projected low price target is $3.0 while the price target rests at a high of $3.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -538.3% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -538.3% from current levels.
Leslies Inc (LESL) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have lost -79.48% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -0.32%.
11 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 564.8M for the current quarter. 11 have an estimated revenue figure of 407.61M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 569.64M and 397.86M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -0.85% for the current quarter and -0.32% for the next.
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 – – over the past 5 years.
LESL Dividends
Leslies Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-May-08 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
Insiders own 3.40% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 95.63% with a share float percentage of 98.99%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Leslies Inc having a total of 213.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC with over 36.6 million shares worth more than $153.36 million. As of 2024-06-30, ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC held 19.8023% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 28.53 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $119.54 million and represent 15.4354% of shares outstanding.
