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LEG
Leggett & Platt, Incorporated
~5 min film100% real numbersplain English
WHAT DOES THIS COMPANY DO?
Leggett & Platt, Incorporated. What it actually does.

Designs and manufactures engineered components and products. Offers steel rods, drawn wires, and foam chemicals for bedding applications. Now — the numbers.

on the stock market since 1980
16K employees
$1.3B market value
Revenue last year:
$4.1B
The net profit left over:
$235.4M
Out of every $100 in sales, $6 stays as net profit.
THE SLICE THAT TURNS INTO PROFIT: 6%

This is an established company with proven profits.

Cash on hand:
$587.4M
Total debt:
$1.7B
The debt outweighs the cash.

The gap is $1.1B. In times of high interest rates, a gap like that can squeeze a company.

THE PRICE TAG
MARKET VALUE / ANNUAL PROFIT
5.3×

The market pays 5.3× for every dollar of annual profit — cheap, which is either an opportunity or a warning.

Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 92% of them.

Analysts' average target sits 9% above today's price.

What executives did with their own stock over the last 12 months:
449 buy66 sell

Executives buying with their own money is usually read as confidence in the company’s future.

INSIDE THE REPORT CARD

We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.

A score of 50 means class average.

BUSINESS QUALITY
59
average

Profit indicators sit around the sector average.

FINANCIAL STRENGTH
71
strong

A solid grade overall — yet the debt outweighs the cash. The strength here comes from earnings power.

VALUATION
92
very strong

The price looks reasonable next to what the company earns.

GROWTH
49
weak

Clearly below the class average.

PRICE MOMENTUM
40
weak

Clearly below the class average.

WORTH WATCHING

Price Momentum: The stock has lagged the market in recent months; investor interest is weak right now.

Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.

THE FIVE-YEAR JOURNEY
A long and steep decline.

An investor who bought at the very peak is down 81% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.

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THE BRIGHT SIDE · 1/2
Executives are buying their own stock

Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 449 buys and 66 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.

2
THE BRIGHT SIDE · 2/2
Pays a steady dividend

It pays out $0.20 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.

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THE RISKS · 1/3
Sales are shrinking

Over the last 4 years, sales fell about 5% a year on average. Profit is holding up, but a shrinking business is a risk worth watching.

2
THE RISKS · 2/3
The stock has lost its spark

Buyers haven’t stepped back in yet; the price hasn’t found its footing. Report-card grade: 40/100. For a turnaround signal, the stock first needs to close the gap with the market.

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THE RISKS · 3/3
Growth trails the sector

The growth engine is running at low revs right now. Report-card grade: 49/100.

FINALE · THE GRADE
grade pending

We don’t have a report card for this stock yet — the data isn’t mature enough to grade. No grade is information too: it means the evidence is thin.

One-line summary: few numbers, an untested story. Keep watching.

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Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.

This was a film — not investment advice.
Data: FMP & company filings
Sep 11, 2026 · stockexpertai.com · Stock Film