Consumer Cyclical
Leggett & Platt, Incorporated(LEG)
Live Price
Offline$10.99
+2.04% today
1Y Change
+17.58%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 β Jun 17, 2026
- Market Cap
- $1.48B
- Revenue Growth
- -7.5%
- EPS Growth
- +145.7%
- Dividend Yield
- 1.8%
Coverage: 246 bars Β· Jun 25, 2025 β Jun 17, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Leggett & Platt, Incorporated (LEG) is a Consumer Cyclical stock with a market cap of $1.48B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $10.99 and up 17.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 β Jun 17, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -7.5%, EPS growth of +145.7%, a dividend yield of 1.8%. What stands out right now is revenue -7.5%, EPS +145.7%, free cash flow +25.4% with operating margin 5.9% and ROIC 6.9%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.8%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 6.5 and price/sales 0.4. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines LEG price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Cyclical peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-7.5% vs +7.5% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+5.9% vs +8.4% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
6.5 vs 18.1 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 27, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -7.5% and EPS is at +145.7%, with operating margin around 5.9%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 1.8%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -3.8% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS Ξ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 27, 2026 | β | -2.1% | -7.5% | -9.4% |
2026 Feb 11, 2026 | +0.0% | -7.7% | -1.8% | -17.7% |
2025 Oct 27, 2025 | -3.3% | +15.4% | -2.1% | +1.5% |
Benchmark Edge
LEG vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Normalized return
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
LEG Max Drawdown
-28.86%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for LEG and SPY.
Company Overview
Leggett & Platt, Incorporated
New York Stock Exchange
Leggett & Platt, Incorporated designs, manufactures, and markets engineered components and products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Bedding Products; Specialized Products; and Furniture, Flooring & Textile Products. The company offers steel rods, drawn wires, foam chemicals and additives, innersprings, specialty foams, private label finished mattresses, mattress foundations, wire forms for mattress foundations, adjustable beds, industrial sewing and quilting machines, and mattress packaging and glue drying equipment, as well as machines to produce innersprings for industrial users of steel rods and wires, manufacturers of finished bedding, big box and e-commerce retailers, bedding brands and mattress retailers, department stores, and home improvement centers. It also provides mechanical and pneumatic lumbar support and massage systems for automotive seating; seat suspension systems, motors and actuators, and cables; titanium, nickel, and stainless-steel tubing, formed tubes, tube assemblies, and flexible joint components for fluid conveyance systems; and engineered hydraulic cylinders to automobile OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, aerospace OEMs and suppliers, and mobile equipment OEMs. In addition, the company offers steel mechanisms and motion hardware for reclining chairs, sofas, sleeper sofas and lift chairs; springs and seat suspensions; components and private label finished goods for soft seating; and bases, columns, back rests, casters, and frames, as well as control devices for chairs. Further, it offers carpet cushion and hard surface flooring underlayment, structural fabrics, and geo components to manufacturers of upholstered and office furniture, flooring retailers and distributors, contractors, landscapers, road construction companies, retailers, government agencies, and mattress and furniture producers, as well as manufacturers of packaging, filtration, and draperies. The company was founded in 1883 and is based in Carthage, Missouri.
- Leadership
- Karl G. Glassman
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 17.7k
- Street Address
- No. 1 Leggett Road
- Mailing
- Carthage, MO, 64836
- Region
- Carthage, MO, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 417 358 8131
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 6.5
- EV/EBITDA
- 5.3
- Price/Sales
- 0.4
- Price/Book
- 1.5
Growth
- Revenue
- -7.5%
- EPS
- +145.7%
- Free Cash Flow
- +25.4%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 18.2%
- Operating Margin
- 5.9%
- Net Margin
- 5.8%
- ROE
- 26.1%
- ROIC
- 6.9%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.62
- Current Ratio
- 2.25
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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