Leggett & Platt Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:LEG)

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

Leggett & Platt declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.40 per share on Tuesday, October 15th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 12th. View Leggett & Platt's Dividend History.

Leggett & Platt, Inc. (NYSE:LEG) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July, 29th. The company reported $0.64 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.01. The business earned $1.21 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.28 billion. Leggett & Platt had a return on equity of 27.47% and a net margin of 6.44%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.63 earnings per share. View Leggett & Platt's Earnings History.

Leggett & Platt is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Leggett & Platt.

Leggett & Platt updated its FY 2019 earnings guidance on Monday, July, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.40-2.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.47. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.7-4.85 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.94 billion.

3 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Leggett & Platt's shares. Their predictions range from $40.00 to $44.00. On average, they expect Leggett & Platt's stock price to reach $42.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Leggett & Platt.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Leggett & Platt in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Leggett & Platt.

News coverage about LEG stock has trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Leggett & Platt earned a media sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Leggett & Platt.

Leggett & Platt saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 15,163,300 shares, an increase of 13.6% from the July 15th total of 13,351,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,240,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 12.2 days. Currently, 11.7% of the company's shares 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 shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.02%), BlackRock Inc. (9.45%), BlackRock Inc. (9.45%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (3.21%), Invesco Ltd. (2.61%) and Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc. (2.51%). Company insiders that own Leggett & Platt stock include David M Desonier, Joseph W Mcclanathan, Karl G Glassman, Matthew C Flanigan, Robert Ted Enloe III, Russell J Iorio, Scott S Douglas, Susan R Mccoy 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 California Public Employees Retirement System, Prudential Financial Inc., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Royal Bank of Canada, Great Lakes Advisors LLC, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Pictet Asset Management Ltd. and JPMorgan Chase & Co.. Company insiders that have sold Leggett & Platt company stock in the last year include Joseph W Mcclanathan, Karl G Glassman, Russell J Iorio, Scott S Douglas and Susan R Mccoy. View Insider Buying and Selling for Leggett & Platt.

LEG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Capital Advisors Inc. OK, Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, US Bancorp DE, Becker Capital Management Inc. and Morgan Stanley. 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 $40.81.

Leggett & Platt has a market capitalization of $5.37 billion and generates $4.27 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $305.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.48 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]