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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-221746"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LESL"
cik: "0001821806"
company_name: "Leslie's, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-13T20:30:18+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-13T21:45:09.507924+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Leslie's Q2 sales up 4.3%, adjusted EBITDA improves to -$26.8M, reiterates FY guidance

## Summary
- Revenue $184.7M (+4.3% YoY); comparable sales +6.6%; customer count +8%.
- Gross margin expanded to 28.9% from 24.8%; net loss $52.5M vs $51.3M.
- Adjusted EBITDA improved to -$26.8M from -$36.1M; adjusted diluted EPS -$5.36 vs -$5.21.
- Full year FY2026 guidance reiterated: sales $1.1B-$1.25B, adjusted EBITDA $55M-$75M.
- Closed 80 stores in H1; non-cash impairment charge $9.0M for H1 period.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-221746
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LESL
- cik: 0001821806
- company_name: Leslie's, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-13T20:30:18+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821806/000119312526221746/0001193125-26-221746-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821806/000119312526221746/lesl-20260513.htm

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