NYSE:LEG - Leggett & Platt Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Leggett & Platt trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LEG."

Leggett & Platt announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 11th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 24th will be given a dividend of $0.38 per share on Monday, October 15th. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 21st. View Leggett & Platt's Dividend History.

Leggett & Platt, Inc. (NYSE:LEG) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 26th. The company reported $0.63 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.61 by $0.02. The company earned $1.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.09 billion. Leggett & Platt had a net margin of 6.83% and a return on equity of 27.73%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 11.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.64 earnings per share. View Leggett & Platt's Earnings History.

Leggett & Platt is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Leggett & Platt.

Leggett & Platt updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 26th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.55-2.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.66. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.25-4.35 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.33 billion.

5 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Leggett & Platt's stock. Their predictions range from $46.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate Leggett & Platt's stock price to reach $48.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Leggett & Platt.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Leggett & Platt in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Leggett & Platt.

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Media stories about LEG stock have been trending somewhat positive on Friday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Leggett & Platt earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Leggett & Platt.

Leggett & Platt's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.35%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.30%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.33%), Epoch Investment Partners Inc. (2.76%), Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc. (2.08%) and US Bancorp DE (1.44%). Company insiders that own Leggett & Platt stock include David M Desonier, J Mitchell Dolloff, Joseph W Mcclanathan, Judy C Odom, Karl G Glassman, Matthew C Flanigan, Robert Ted Enloe III, Scott S Douglas and Tammy M Trent. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Leggett & Platt.

LEG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Sarasin & Partners LLP, BlackRock Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, GWM Advisors LLC, Northern Trust Corp, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. Company insiders that have sold Leggett & Platt company stock in the last year include David M Desonier, Karl G Glassman, Matthew C Flanigan, Robert Ted Enloe III, Scott S Douglas and Tammy M Trent. View Insider Buying and Selling for Leggett & Platt.

LEG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC, Raymond James & Associates, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc. and Tdam USA Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Leggett & Platt.

Shares of LEG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LEG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.65.

Leggett & Platt has a market capitalization of $6.00 billion and generates $3.94 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $292.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.46 on an earnings per share basis. Leggett & Platt employs 22,200 workers across the globe.

Leggett & Platt's mailing address is NO. 1 LEGGETT ROAD, CARTHAGE MO, 64836. The company can be reached via phone at 417-358-8131 or via email at [email protected]