Leslie's, Inc. (LESL)

Leslie's Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 6 analysts that cover Leslie's stock have a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $2.54, which forecasts a 149.02% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $0.50 and the highest is $4.00.

Price Target: $2.54 (+149.02%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$0.50	$2.54	$3.00	$4.00
Change	-50.98%	+149.02%	+194.12%	+292.16%

* Price targets were last updated on Feb 18, 2026.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Leslie's stock is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	7	6	8	7	5	5
Sell	1	1	1	2	2	1
Strong Sell	1	1	1	1	0	0
Total	9	8	10	10	7	6

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Simeon Gutman Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Sell Maintains $1.5 → $1	Sell	Maintains	$1.5 → $1	-1.96%	Feb 18, 2026
Simeon Gutman Morgan Stanley	Morgan Stanley	Hold → Sell Downgrades $3.5 → $1.5	Hold → Sell	Downgrades	$3.5 → $1.5	+47.06%	Jan 15, 2026
Jonathan Matuszewski Jefferies	Jefferies	Hold Maintains $7 → $3.75	Hold	Maintains	$7 → $3.75	+267.65%	Dec 3, 2025
David Bellinger Mizuho	Mizuho	Hold Maintains $5 → $4	Hold	Maintains	$5 → $4	+292.16%	Dec 3, 2025
Peter Benedict Baird	Baird	Hold Maintains $6.5 → $3	Hold	Maintains	$6.5 → $3	+194.12%	Dec 3, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

1.18B

Decreased by -4.82%

from 1.24B

Revenue Next Year

1.21B

Increased by 2.37%

from 1.18B

EPS This Year

-2.29

from -25.57

EPS Next Year

-1.01

from -2.29

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Oct 2, 2021	Oct 1, 2022	Sep 30, 2023	Sep 28, 2024	Oct 4, 2025	Oct 4, 2026	Oct 4, 2027
Revenue	1.34B	1.56B	1.45B	1.33B	1.24B	1.18B	1.21B
Revenue Growth	20.74%	16.32%	-7.10%	-8.34%	-6.63%	-4.82%	2.37%
EPS	13.40	17.00	2.95	-2.53	-25.57	-2.29	-1.01
EPS Growth	81.08%	26.87%	-82.65%	-	-	-	-
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	7	7

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027	2028
High	1.2B	1.3B
Avg	1.2B	1.2B
Low	1.1B	1.1B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027	2028
High	0.3%	7.7%
Avg	-4.8%	2.4%
Low	-9.5%	-3.6%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027	2028
High	-1.91	0.55
Avg	-2.29	-1.01
Low	-2.58	-1.64

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027	2028
High	-	-
Avg	-	-
Low	-	-

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.