Leslies Inc (NASDAQ: LESL) kicked off on Friday, up 11.15% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $2.87. Over the past 52 weeks, LESL has traded in a range of $2.42-$8.21.
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A company in the Consumer Cyclical sector has jumped its sales by 12.45% annually for the last half of the decade. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -71.25%. With a float of $176.99 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $184.33 million.
In an organization with 4100 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 36.18%, operating margin of 5.07%, and the pretax margin is -0.09%.
Leslies Inc (LESL) Insider Updates
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Specialty Retail Industry. The insider ownership of Leslies Inc is 4.29%, while institutional ownership is 105.59%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 06 ’24, was worth 18,540. In this transaction Director of this company bought 6,000 shares at a rate of $3.09, taking the stock ownership to the 32,015 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 03 ’24, when Company’s Director bought 17,200 for $2.90, making the entire transaction worth $49,880. This insider now owns 24,680 shares in total.
Leslies Inc (LESL) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 6/30/2024, the organization reported 0.14 earnings per share (EPS), lower than consensus estimate (set at 0.17) by -0.03. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.19 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -71.25% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 10.72% during the next five years compared to 9.95% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Leslies Inc (NASDAQ: LESL) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Leslies Inc’s (LESL) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.54. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.48. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 6.89.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.02, a number that is poised to hit 0.11 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.18 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Leslies Inc (LESL)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 5.2 million. That was better than the volume of 4.26 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 50.63%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.21.
During the past 100 days, Leslies Inc’s (LESL) raw stochastic average was set at 42.90%, which indicates a significant decrease from 90.91% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 82.00% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 106.65% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $2.85, while its 200-day Moving Average is $4.33. However, in the short run, Leslies Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $3.30. Second resistance stands at $3.41. The third major resistance level sits at $3.61. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $3.00, it is likely to go to the next support level at $2.80. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $2.69.
Leslies Inc (NASDAQ: LESL) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 655.64 million has total of 184,913K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 1,451 M in contrast with the sum of 27,240 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 569,640 K and last quarter income was 60,650 K.
