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. Investors of record on Friday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.38 per share on Friday, July 13th. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The company reported $0.57 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $1.03 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.03 billion. Leggett & Platt had a net margin of 7.09% and a return on equity of 27.92%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.62 EPS. 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 issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.60-$2.80 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS 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 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Leggett & Platt's stock. Their forecasts range from $46.00 to $66.00. On average, they anticipate Leggett & Platt's share price to reach $51.60 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Leggett & Platt.

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Media stories about LEG stock have been trending somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Leggett & Platt earned a media sentiment score of 0.08 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the company an impact score of 46.11 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Leggett & Platt's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 purchased 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 $43.38.

Leggett & Platt has a market capitalization of $5.74 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]