Leslie's (LESL) Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Leslie's in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" LESL shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LESL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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8 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Leslie's' stock. Their LESL share price forecasts range from $11.00 to $20.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $14.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 43.9% from the stock's current price.
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Leslie's' stock was trading at $12.21 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, LESL stock has decreased by 15.3% and is now trading at $10.34.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, August 4th 2023.
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Leslie's, Inc. (NASDAQ:LESL) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The company reported ($0.15) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.13) by $0.02. The company had revenue of $212.84 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $221.36 million. Leslie's had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 54.83% and a net margin of 7.65%.

ETFs with the largest weight of Leslie's (NASDAQ:LESL) stock in their portfolio include Schwab Ariel ESG ETF (SAEF), Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Discretionary ETF (PSCD), SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT), Direxion Daily Retail Bull 3X Shares (RETL), Syntax Stratified SmallCap ETF (SSLY), BlackRock Future Innovators ETF (BFTR), iShares Factors US Growth Style ETF (STLG) and iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (IJT).

Leslie's updated its FY23 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.78-$0.86 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $0.80. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.560-$1.640 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.62 billion.

(LESL) raised $600 million in an IPO on Thursday, October 29th 2020. The company issued 40,000,000 shares at a price of $14.00-$16.00 per share. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and BofA Securities served as the underwriters for the IPO.

Leslie's trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "LESL."

Leslie's' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (10.95%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (8.47%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (6.30%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (3.42%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.39%) and River Road Asset Management LLC (2.80%). Insiders that own company stock include Brad Gazaway, Investor Aggregator L Bubbles, John Strain, Michael R Egeck, Moyo Labode, Paula Baker, Steven L Ortega, Steven M Weddell and Steven M Weddell.
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Shares of LESL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of LESL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $10.34.

Leslie's (NASDAQ:LESL) has a market capitalization of $1.90 billion and generates $1.56 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $159.03 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.65 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,200 workers across the globe.

The official website for the company is lesliespool.com. The company can be reached via phone at 602-366-3999 or via email at investorrelations@lesl.com.