Leslie's
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2026)

2025202520262026
Price/Earnings ratio
0.830.830.750.63
Price/Sales ratio
0.040.030.030.03
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$0.38$0.38$0.42$0.5

Historical Multiples (2018 – 2024)

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
236.445.76K69.1430.1417.0538.19-22.5914.4623.59
Price/Sales ratio
4.534.363.642.841.730.710.391.312.28
Price/Book Value ratio
-4.55-4.56-4.89-17.54-13.69-6.44-2.98-9.18-13.36
Price/Cash Flow ratio
93.5670.0339.1522.5140.69160.824.91265.8230.83
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
279.38133.3048.9127.1477.66-32.408.77-85.5152.40
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
N/A-60.170.000.250.64-0.460.120.550.13
Dividend Yield
N/A0.03%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
40.01%40.91%41.42%44.31%43.12%37.77%35.84%42.71%43.72%
Operating Profit Margin
12.93%13.09%13.16%15.56%15.28%7.04%4.29%14.26%15.42%
Pretax Profit Margin
2.47%1.67%5.50%12.14%13.32%2.53%-0.99%11.92%12.73%
Net Profit Margin
1.91%0.07%5.26%9.42%10.18%1.87%-1.75%9.10%9.80%
Effective Tax Rate
22.33%95.48%4.29%22.37%23.58%25.85%-76.07%23.61%13.33%
Return on Assets
3.77%0.14%7.84%12.13%14.33%2.63%-2.22%13.30%9.98%
Return On Equity
-1.92%-0.07%-7.08%-58.20%-80.33%-16.88%13.19%-53.63%-55.92%
Return on Capital Employed
36.54%38.69%29.98%28.54%31.34%12.63%7.10%27.27%29.94%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/A1.44N/AN/AN/AN/A1.99N/A
Quick Ratio
0.810.790.861.290.510.480.760.190.90
Cash ratio
0.560.540.601.100.320.240.430.010.71
Days of Sales Outstanding
11.7313.3110.3310.5610.587.3912.4710.7610.44
Days of Inventory outstanding
97.6299.6483.4597.03148.60126.04100.21174.0690.24
Operating Cycle
109.36112.9693.78107.59159.18133.44112.68176.71100.69
Days of Payables Outstanding
41.9845.4851.7449.2864.2823.6628.9274.0650.51
Cash Conversion Cycle
67.3767.4742.0358.3194.90109.7783.76-20.3876.60
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
2.642.491.660.810.700.750.261.201.01
Debt Equity Ratio
-1.34-1.34-1.50-3.93-3.97-4.84-1.58-5.77-3.95
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
3.953.963.341.381.341.266.551.271.36
Total Debt to Capitalization
3.873.882.991.341.331.262.711.251.33
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/A1.74N/AN/AN/AN/A6.10N/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.030.040.080.190.080.000.380.000.14
Company Equity Multiplier
-0.50-0.54-0.90-4.79-5.60-6.41-5.92-4.77-4.78
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.040.060.090.120.040.000.080.000.08
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.330.520.800.820.52-4.960.56-3.100.67
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.030.040.080.190.080.000.380.000.14
Short Term Coverage Ratio
5.186.931.642.458.220.791.500.105.33
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/A176.63%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A