Leslies Inc (LESL)’s Pretax Margin and Net Margin Explained

Leslies Inc [LESL] stock is trading at $0.28, down -4.27%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The LESL shares have lost -21.23% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -35.54%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Leslies Inc [NASDAQ: LESL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 25, 2025, when Stifel upgraded its rating to a Hold. Previously, BofA Securities downgraded its rating to Underperform on February 18, 2025, and dropped its price target to $1.40. On November 26, 2024, Telsey Advisory Group reiterated its Market Perform rating and revised its price target to $3.75 on the stock. Telsey Advisory Group reiterated its Market Perform rating and decreased its price target to $4 on July 18, 2024. Stifel downgraded its rating to a Sell and reduced its price target to $2.50 on July 18, 2024. Mizuho started tracking with a Neutral rating for this stock on March 19, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $7. In a note dated November 29, 2023, Telsey Advisory Group reiterated an Market Perform rating on this stock and revised its target price from $7.50 to $6.

Leslies Inc [LESL] stock has fluctuated between $0.27 and $3.63 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $8.09 within the next 12 months. Leslies Inc [NASDAQ: LESL] shares were valued at $0.28 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 2789.29% based on the average LESL price forecast.

Analyzing the LESL fundamentals

Leslies Inc [NASDAQ:LESL] reported sales of 1.25B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -12.16%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.35% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.01%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.05%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.07%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -0.08, Equity is 0.37 and Total Capital is 0.01. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of-4.2.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 0.2674 points at the first support level, and at 0.2589 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 0.2906, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 0.3053.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Leslies Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.47. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.43, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.16. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.04.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Iskander Anthony A, that happened on May 13 ’25 when 63995.0 shares were purchased. Director, Strain John completed a deal on May 13 ’25 to buy 0.15 million shares. Meanwhile, Director OFarrell Susan C bought 31500.0 shares on May 13 ’25.

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