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Leslie's, Inc. (LESL)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Leslie's, Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q3 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Leslie's, Inc.

Leslie's, Inc. operates as a direct-to-consumer retailer specializing in pool and spa care products and services in the United States. The company offers a wide range of professional-grade products, including chemicals, equipment, and maintenance supplies, along with installation, repair, and weekly maintenance services for residential and commercial customers. Leslie's serves individual pool owners, pool professionals, and large commercial property operators through over 1,000 retail locations and an integrated digital platform.

Snapshot

Revenue
$1.24B
Revenue growth (YoY)
-6.6%
Net income
$-237.0M
Diluted EPS
$-25.57
Gross margin
35.4%
Operating margin
-13.7%
Net margin
-19.1%
FCF margin
-1.3%
ROE
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$5.0M
Long-term debt / equity
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended October 4, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Leslie's

  • Revenue fell 6.6% to $1.2B in FY2025, after a 8.3% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is now a 13.7% loss in FY2025, from 15.6% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q3 FY2026: revenue $458M, down 8.4% from Q3 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was negative $17M in FY2025.
  • Net loss widened to $237M in FY2025, from $23M in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Leslie's’s fundamentals sit among the 403 Consumer Discretionary companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin35.4%
51st percentile of 275
Operating margin-13.7%
12th percentile of 348
Net margin-19.1%
9th percentile of 377
FCF margin-1.3%
18th percentile of 351
Revenue growth (YoY)-6.6%
18th percentile of 394
Short interest1.00d
1st percentile of 401

Leslie's’s net margin of -19.1% ranks in the 9th percentile of the 377 Consumer Discretionary companies reporting it. Leslie's’s operating margin of -13.7% ranks in the 12th percentile of the 348 Consumer Discretionary companies reporting it.

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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 3 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+3 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
2
1 new, 1 added
Reduced / exited
2
1 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$999,014
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$427,58942.1KReduced
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$290,82828.7KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$280,59727.6KNew

No longer held by: Millennium Management (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
1.8M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
+54.0%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
1.00
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
2.6M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-141.8M+54.0%1.00
2026-07-311.2M-24.2%1.00
2026-07-151.6M+65.2%1.00
2026-06-30957.2K-16.5%2.64
2026-06-151.1M+6.5%1.77
2026-05-291.1M-38.7%2.16
2026-05-151.8M+79.7%1.00
2026-04-30976.6K-5.1%5.25

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$1.24B$1.33B$1.45B$1.56B$1.34B
Gross profit$439.6M$476.8M$548.2M$673.7M$595.2M
Operating income$-169.9M$57.1M$102.2M$238.8M$209.1M
Net income$-237.0M$-23.4M$27.2M$159.0M$126.6M
Diluted EPS$-25.57$-2.53$2.95$17.00$13.40

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$8.8M$107.5M$6.5M$66.6M$169.3M
Capital expenditure$25.5M$47.2M$38.6M$31.7M$28.9M
Free cash flow$-16.7M$60.2M$-32.1M$34.9M$140.3M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q3 FY2026$458.5M-8.4%$47.8M$5.01
Q2 FY2026$184.7M4.3%$-52.5M$-5.63
Q1 FY2026$147.1M-16.0%$-83.0M$-8.92
Q4 FY2025$389.2M-2.2%$-162.8M$-17.54
Q3 FY2025$500.3M-12.2%$21.7M$2.34
Q2 FY2025$177.1M-6.1%$-51.3M$-5.54
Q1 FY2025$175.2M0.7%$-44.6M$-4.82
Q4 FY2024$397.9M-8.0%$-9.9M

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorConsumer Discretionary
SIC industryRetail-Retail Stores, NEC
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended October 4, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ3 FY2026 (ended July 4, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2020
SEC CIK1821806

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-08-12
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10-Q2026-05-13
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10-Q2026-02-18
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8-K2026-08-12
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8-K2026-06-01
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8-K2026-05-13
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8-K2026-03-27
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.