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

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

Leggett & Platt announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 5th. Investors of record on Friday, December 13th will be given a dividend of $0.40 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.55%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 12th. View Leggett & Platt's Dividend History.

Leggett & Platt, Inc. (NYSE:LEG) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February, 3rd. The company reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.02. The firm earned $1.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.16 billion. Leggett & Platt had a return on equity of 27.79% and a net margin of 7.02%. Leggett & Platt's quarterly revenue was up 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.62 EPS. View Leggett & Platt's Earnings History.

Leggett & Platt is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Leggett & Platt.

Leggett & Platt issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, February, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.40-2.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.74. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.7-4.9 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.95 billion.

5 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Leggett & Platt's stock. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate Leggett & Platt's share price to reach $54.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.9% 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 5 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Leggett & Platt.

Press coverage about LEG stock has trended extremely negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Leggett & Platt earned a media sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Leggett & Platt.

Leggett & Platt saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 9,130,000 shares, an increase of 10.3% from the January 15th total of 8,280,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,300,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 7.0 days. Currently, 7.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Leggett & Platt's Current Options Chain.

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Leggett & Platt's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (10.99%), Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc. (2.71%), ProShare Advisors LLC (1.89%), US Bancorp DE (1.51%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.32%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.04%). Company insiders that own Leggett & Platt stock include Joseph W Mcclanathan, Judy C Odom, Karl G Glassman, Matthew C Flanigan, Phoebe A Wood, Robert Ted Enloe III, Russell J Iorio, Scott S Douglas and Susan R Mccoy. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Leggett & Platt.

LEG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, State Street Corp, First Trust Advisors LP, Villere ST Denis J & Co. LLC, Citigroup Inc., Capital Advisors Inc. OK, Becker Capital Management Inc. and US Bancorp DE. Company insiders that have sold Leggett & Platt company stock in the last year include Joseph W Mcclanathan, Judy C Odom, Karl G Glassman, Phoebe A Wood, Robert Ted Enloe III, Russell J Iorio, Scott S Douglas and Susan R Mccoy. View Insider Buying and Selling for Leggett & Platt.

LEG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Cipher Capital LP, Schroder Investment Management Group, Man Group plc, AQR Capital Management LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc. and Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co. Ltd.. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LEG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.06.

Leggett & Platt has a market capitalization of $5.93 billion and generates $4.75 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $333.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.57 on an earnings per share basis. Leggett & Platt employs 22,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Leggett & Platt.

The official website for Leggett & Platt is http://www.leggett.com/.

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]