secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Leslie's, Inc. (LESL)
CIK:        0001821806
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-12T20:30:17+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-346961
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Leslie's Q3 sales down 8.4% to $458.5M; withdraws FY outlook, explores deleveraging
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- Sales $458.5M, down 8.4% YoY; comp sales -6.2%; gross margin 36.5% vs 39.6%.
- Adjusted EPS $3.96 vs $2.72; adjusted EBITDA $55.7M vs $81.6M.
- Withdraws FY2026 outlook citing macro softness and consumer uncertainty.
- Exploring strategic alternatives, possibly deleveraging with financing transactions.
- Nine-month net loss -$87.7M; closed 80 stores and 1 DC, impairment $8.3M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821806/000119312526346961/0001193125-26-346961-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1821806/000119312526346961/lesl-20260812.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-346961

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