Leslie's Ownership | Who Owns Leslie's?

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Leslie's Ownership Summary

Leslie's is owned by 81.13% institutional investors, 3.64% insiders, and 15.24% retail investors. Ariel investments is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 32.88% of LESL shares. Ariel Fund Investor is the top mutual fund, with 17.30% of its assets in Leslie's shares.

LESL Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Leslie's	81.13%	3.64%	15.24%
Sector	Consumer Cyclical Stocks	60.36%	14.27%	25.37%
Industry	Home Improvement Stocks	63.69%	16.20%	20.11%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Ariel investments	60.90M	32.88%	$25.57M
Blackrock	28.53M	15.45%	$119.54M
Clarkston capital partners	14.04M	7.58%	$5.89M
Vanguard group	11.00M	5.96%	$24.54M
Lind value ii aps	9.09M	4.91%	$3.82M
State street	7.81M	4.23%	$32.70M
Goldman sachs group	5.12M	2.77%	$11.41M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	4.39M	2.37%	$1.84M
Geode capital management	4.23M	2.29%	$9.43M
Renaissance	3.44M	1.86%	$7.66M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Lind value ii aps	9.09M	1.68%	$3.82M
Jade capital advisors	342.60K	1.01%	$1.44M
Private management group	2.52M	0.41%	$10.55M
Ariel investments	60.90M	0.29%	$25.57M
Clarkston capital partners	14.04M	0.13%	$5.89M
Contrarian capital management	887.11K	0.11%	$372.50K
Kerrisdale advisers	476.24K	0.10%	$199.97K
Oasis management	2.15M	0.10%	$902.54K
King street capital management	1.50M	0.06%	$629.85K
Atom investors lp	1.56M	0.06%	$653.82K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Ariel investments	60.90M	0.29%	2.73M
Renaissance	3.44M	0.01%	2.66M
Oasis management	2.15M	0.10%	2.15M
King street capital management	1.50M	0.06%	1.50M
Bnp paribas arbitrage, snc	1.24M	0.00%	1.24M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Clarkston capital partners	14.04M	0.13%	-9.15M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	4.39M	-	-8.71M
Davenport	-	-	-5.22M
Vanguard group	11.00M	0.00%	-5.12M
T. rowe price investment management	-	-	-5.11M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Oasis management	2.15M	0.10%	2.15M	$902.54K
King street capital management	1.50M	0.06%	1.50M	$629.85K
Bnp paribas arbitrage, snc	1.24M	0.00%	1.24M	$2.77M
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	546.18K	0.00%	546.18K	$229.34K
Qube research	118.58K	0.00%	118.58K	$49.79K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Sjs investment consulting	-1.00
Cullen/frost bankers	-2.00
Dinuzzo private wealth	-5.00
Larson financial group	-9.00
Jfs wealth advisors	-13.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2025	131	-19.14%	150,291,007	-14.40%	81	0.90%	67	-15.19%	50	-19.35%
Mar 31, 2025	6	-97.25%	5,877,609	-96.98%	3	0.03%	4	-96.61%	2	-97.01%
Dec 31, 2024	205	-11.64%	180,749,179	-7.13%	97	0.88%	109	-6.03%	64	-17.95%
Sep 30, 2024	231	-3.35%	194,621,115	-10.23%	105	0.76%	115	-6.50%	78	-1.27%
Jun 30, 2024	239	1.27%	216,810,386	6.93%	117	0.97%	123	-0.81%	79	27.42%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Ariel Fund Investor	32.00M	17.30%	6.61M
Clarkston Capital SMID Composite	13.44M	7.25%	-8.43M
Janus Henderson Triton D	6.42M	3.47%	-
Janus Henderson US SMID Cap Growth	6.42M	3.47%	-
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	5.32M	2.87%	-
Clarkston Partners Founders	5.07M	2.73%	-3.35M
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	3.62M	1.95%	-79.08K
Virtus KAR Small-Cap Value I	3.21M	1.74%	-
Vanguard Small Cap Growth Index Inv	2.34M	1.26%	-10.34K
Allspring Select SMID Cap Equity	2.28M	1.23%	188.23K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
May 13, 2025	Iskander Anthony A	See Remarks	Buy	$49.92K
May 13, 2025	Strain John	-	Buy	$118.50K
May 13, 2025	OFarrell Susan C	-	Buy	$25.20K
May 13, 2025	Naylor Maile	-	Buy	$9.96K
Sep 06, 2024	Daniel Yolanda	-	Buy	$18.54K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q3	-	-
2025 Q2	4	-
2025 Q1	-	-
2024 Q4	-	-
2024 Q3	6	-

LESL Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Leslie's?

Leslie's shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 81.13%, followed by 3.64% insiders and 15.23% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Leslie's's industry, Home Improvement Stocks , is 63.69%, which Leslie's exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Leslie's?

Leslie's’s largest shareholders are Ariel investments (60.9M shares, 32.88%), Blackrock (28.53M shares, 15.45%), and Clarkston capital partners (14.04M shares, 7.58%). Together, they hold 55.91% of Leslie's’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Leslie's?

Yes, BlackRock owns 15.45% of Leslie's, totaling 28.53M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 119.54M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -306K shares, a -1.06% change.

Who is Leslie's’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Lind value ii aps is Leslie's’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 1.68% of its assets in 9.09M Leslie's shares, valued at 3.82M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Leslie's shares?

Ariel Fund Investor is the top mutual fund holder of Leslie's shares, with 17.30% of its total shares outstanding invested in 32M Leslie's shares.

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