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

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Leslie's in the last year. There are currently 11 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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12 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Leslie's' stock. Their LESL share price forecasts range from $6.00 to $14.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $8.06 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 60.5% from the stock's current price.
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Leslie's' stock was trading at $12.21 at the beginning of the year. Since then, LESL shares have decreased by 58.9% and is now trading at $5.02.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 29th 2023.
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Leslie's, Inc. (NASDAQ:LESL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 2nd. The company reported $0.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $610.89 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $611.08 million. Leslie's had a net margin of 4.60% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 37.02%.

Schwab Ariel ESG ETF holds 17,727 shares of LESL stock, representing 1.38% of its portfolio.

Leslie's issued an update on its FY23 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 2nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.28-$0.32 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $0.30. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.43-$1.45 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.44 billion.

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

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

Leslie's' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.48%), Ariel Investments LLC (9.02%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (8.37%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (6.00%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.95%) and State Street Corp (3.43%). 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 $5.02.

Leslie's (NASDAQ:LESL) has a market capitalization of $923.73 million and generates $1.56 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $159.03 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.37 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.