NYSE:LEG - Leggett & Platt Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Leggett & Platt announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.38 per share on Friday, July 13th. This represents a $1.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.44%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 14th. This is a positive change from Leggett & Platt's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36. View Leggett & Platt's Dividend History.

Leggett & Platt, Inc. (NYSE:LEG) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The company reported $0.57 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.02. The business earned $1.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.03 billion. Leggett & Platt had a net margin of 7.09% and a return on equity of 27.92%. Leggett & Platt's revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.62 earnings per share. View Leggett & Platt's Earnings History.

Leggett & Platt is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Leggett & Platt.

Leggett & Platt updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.60-$2.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.76. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.3-$4.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.25 billion.

6 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Leggett & Platt's shares. Their forecasts range from $46.00 to $66.00. On average, they anticipate Leggett & Platt's stock price to reach $51.8333 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Leggett & Platt.

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Media coverage about LEG stock has been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to Accern. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Leggett & Platt earned a media sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company an impact score of 45.99 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Leggett & Platt's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.53%), Epoch Investment Partners Inc. (2.27%), Thomaspartners Inc. (1.93%), US Bancorp DE (1.46%), Sarasin & Partners LLP (1.22%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.18%). Company insiders that own Leggett & Platt stock include David M Desonier, Dennis S Park, 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 Franklin Resources Inc., United Capital Financial Advisers LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Swiss National Bank, Northern Trust Corp and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, UBS Group AG, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Stifel Financial Corp and Thomaspartners 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 $44.15.

Leggett & Platt has a market capitalization of $5.82 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]