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accession: "0000950170-25-066997"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LESL"
cik: "0001821806"
company_name: "Leslie's, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T05:22:34.537194+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Leslie's Q2 net loss widens to $51.3M; sales fall 6.1%; reaffirms FY guidance

## Summary
- Sales $177.1M, down 6.1% YoY; comparable sales down 6.7%.
- Net loss $51.3M ($0.28 diluted loss per share) vs loss $34.6M ($0.19) prior year.
- Adjusted EBITDA loss $36.1M vs loss $19.3M prior year; gross margin 24.8% vs 28.8%.
- Reaffirmed FY2025 guidance: sales $1,304M-$1,370M, adjusted EBITDA $96M-$116M.
- CEO cites weather impact on traffic and 'critical leadership changes' during quarter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-066997
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LESL
- cik: 0001821806
- company_name: Leslie's, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821806/000095017025066997/0000950170-25-066997-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821806/000095017025066997/lesl-20250508.htm

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