Leslie’s Inc. (NASDAQ:LESL) does about 3.17M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 1772423 shares change hands in Monday trading. The company now has a market cap of 2.53B USD. Its current market price is $14.38, marking an increase of 3.01% compared to the previous close of $13.96. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $21.99 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $11.43. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $14.40 and a low of $13.97.
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Leslie’s Inc. (LESL) has a 20-day trading average at $13.10 and the current price is -34.61% off the 52-week high compared with 25.81% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $13.64 and its 200-day simple moving average is $15.61. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 3.89%, which decreases to 3.42% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 64.09 to suggest the stock is neutral.
13 analysts observing the Leslie’s Inc. (LESL) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $14.00 and $20.00. The consensus objective for the share price is $16.00, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 10.12% over the period. The median price target is 4.13% away from the current levels at $15.00.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 13 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 7 analysts have rated it as a buy and 6 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Overweight and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Moderate Buy the stock.
The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on December 01, 2022 when Stifel downgraded the stock to “Hold” and issued a price target of between $17 and $15. Robert W. Baird also downgraded the stock to “Neutral” from Outperform on November 15, 2022 at a price target of $18-$16. MKM Partners initiated its price target at $14.
The current price level is 10.70%, 5.47%, and -8.04% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the LESL price moving above the 50-day SMA on January 23. Leslie’s Inc. (LESL) stock is up 1.99% over the week and 19.83% over the past month. Its price is 17.77% year-to-date and -30.77% over the past year.
The stock last released its quarterly earnings report for quarter ended 9/29/2022, with the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of $0.35 above consensus estimates by $0.04. The company’s next earnings report is expected on 05/04/2023, with forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at -$0.12 and $0.82 for whole year. LESL’s earnings per share are forecast to shrink by -13.70% this year and 13.40% over next year. Expected sales for next quarter are $225.72 million, which analysts say will come at $1.62 billion for the current fiscal year and next year at $1.72 billion. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $179.79 million.
Its 12-month price target is $15.00. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 10.12 percent from here. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $14.00, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $20.00.
Outstanding shares total 183.27M with insiders holding 3.90% of the shares and institutional holders owning 117.52% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 32.20% and return on equity of -52.00%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 16.68 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 15.51. Price to sales ratio is 1.62.
According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing, iShares Core S&P Small Cap ETF has reduced its position in Leslie’s Inc. (LESL) to 10,948,723 shares, mirroring a recent drop by -0.24%. iShares Core S&P Small Cap ETF dumped 26857.0 shares of Leslie’s Inc. common stock bringing its total worth to about $133.68 million at the end of recent close, SEC documents show. iShares Core S&P Small Cap ETF isn’t the only investment manager who changed stakes and is followed by Champlain Mid Cap Fund, which added 0.15 million shares to end up with 5,655,000 shares worth $69.05 million. American Funds Small Cap World Fu cut their holdings by -21.10% in the company over the course of the most recent quarter. It now holds a 3.01% position in Leslie’s Inc. thanks to 5.52 million shares amounting to $67.37 million.
