Take off with Leslies Inc (LESL): Get ready for trading

With 8.72 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 3.34 million shares. During the session, the Specialty Retail company that operates in wider Consumer Cyclical sector, reached to the highest price of $5.135 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $4.76. The 52-week range on LESL shows that it touched its highest point at $11.68 and its lowest point at $3.79 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $6.56. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.10.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of LESL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 24.94%, but this was down by -8.57% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -35.56% while six-month performance fell -4.10%. The stock lost -55.04% in the past year, while it has lost -28.94% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LESL yields 0.10 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.41. For the next quarter, that number is -0.18. This implies an EPS growth rate of 0.75% for this year and 43.83% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 9.70% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 9.95%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 184.33 million LESL shares are outstanding with a float of 175.91 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-04-15, short shares totaled 19.45 million, which was 1053.9999599999999 higher than short shares on 1710460800. In addition to Mr. Michael R. Egeck as the firm’s CEO & Director, Mr. Scott Justin Bowman serves as its CFO & Treasurer.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 1.15444 of LESL’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2023-12-30, LESL reported revenue of $173960000.0 and operating income of -$36470000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was -$28140000.0 and diluted EPS was -$0.21.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for LESL since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.