Leslie's (LESL) Tax Rate (2020 - 2025)
Leslie's' Tax Rate was -1.01% in fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jul 4, 2026), down 59.66 percentage points from 58.65% a year earlier and down 0.15 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Leslie's (LESL) Tax Rate (2020 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Leslie's' Tax Rate was 0.84% through Jul 4, 2026, up 46.35 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Oct 4, 2025), it was -1.80%, up 74.27 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate shows a five-year change of -6.10 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier fiscal years, Tax Rate was -76.07% in FY2024 (-101.93 pp), 25.85% in FY2023 (+2.27 pp), 23.59% in FY2022 (+1.21 pp) and 22.37% in FY2021 (+18.08 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Tax Rate in data going back to fiscal Q1 2020.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate has declined for four straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -12.86 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was fiscal Q4 2024 (a gain of 182.56 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q4 2025 (a drop of 203.83 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, LESL's Tax Rate in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 was -0.86% (Q2 2026), -0.83% (Q1 2026) and 1.67% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon Com | 2,712.14 Bn | 2,228.84 Bn | 104.83 Bn | 22.51% |
| 2 | Home Depot | 282.27 Bn | 275.52 Bn | 16.12 Bn | 24.53% |
| 3 | Tjx Companies | 146.16 Bn | 123.70 Bn | 5.07 Bn | 24.68% |
| 4 | Lowes Companies | 101.42 Bn | 94.39 Bn | 8.58 Bn | 24.44% |
| 5 | Ross Stores | 73.06 Bn | 55.98 Bn | 2.12 Bn | 24.98% |
| 6 | Target | 70.86 Bn | 65.45 Bn | 8.94 Bn | 23.67% |
| 7 | Carvana | 70.11 Bn | 61.71 Bn | 1.38 Bn | 11.40% |
| 8 | O Reilly Automotive | 69.29 Bn | 68.38 Bn | 2.52 Bn | 22.62% |
| 9 | Autozone | 45.61 Bn | 44.51 Bn | 2.52 Bn | 21.12% |
| 10 | Leslie's | 1.40 Mn | -129.39 Mn | 167.13 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2025 | 58.65% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | 205.51% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 23.75% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 22.94% |
| Jul 1, 2023 | 26.07% |
| Oct 1, 2022 | 21.18% |
| Jul 2, 2022 | 25.66% |
| Oct 2, 2021 | 24.87% |
| Jul 3, 2021 | 24.89% |
| Oct 3, 2020 | 14.50% |
| Jun 27, 2020 | 21.42% |
API Access
Leslie's Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=LESL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "LESL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=LESL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();