Leggett & Platt
LEG Home Furnishings Financials FY2016βFY2025
Leggett & Platt's revenue fell 7.5% to $4.1 billion in fiscal 2025. Its net margin was 5.8%, up from β11.7% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $281 million, up 25.4%. It paid out $29 million in dividends and buybacks, 10% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 1.8%.
About these figures. Return on capital for fiscal 2025 is blank: the 10-K's structured data doesn't include short-term borrowings. Piotroski F-score for fiscal 2025 is blank: the 10-K's structured data doesn't include short-term borrowings.
What Leggett & Platt does
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- Legal name
- LEGGETT & PLATT INC
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- β
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0000058492-26-000107
0000058492
Revenue and margins
Leggett & Platt had $4.1B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 7.5% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew β5.3% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $281M in fiscal 2025, 6.9% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Leggett & Platt returned $29.4M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 10% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 1.8%.
Value Leggett & Platt yourself
Change the assumptions and see what they imply per share. These are models, not forecasts or price targets β the answer depends entirely on what you put in.
Discounted cash flow
Value per share
β
Adds net cash of β and divides by 139.7M diluted shares. Ten years of cash flows plus a terminal value, discounted to today.
Earnings multiple
Value per share
β
Reference multiples: today β Β· peers 15.8x Β· sector 17.8x.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Leggett & Platt can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $362M | $317M | $366M | $350M | $587M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $2.1B | $2.4B | $2.2B | $2.2B | β |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.2x | 3.1x | 19.1x | β | β |
| Debt / equity | 1.3x | 1.4x | 1.6x | 3.2x | β |
| Interest coverage | 7.8x | 5.7x | β1.0x | β4.9x | 5.0x |
| Current ratio | 1.6x | 2.0x | 1.5x | 2.0x | 2.3x |
| Quick ratio | 0.8x | 1.1x | 0.8x | 1.1x | 1.5x |
| Total assets | $5.3B | $5.2B | $4.6B | $3.7B | $3.5B |
| Total liabilities | $3.7B | $3.5B | $3.3B | $3.0B | $2.5B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.6B | $1.6B | $1.3B | $689M | $1.0B |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $1.7B | $2.0B | $1.8B | $1.9B | β |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β |
| F-score | 4 / 9 | 4 / 9 | β / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | β12.9% | β19.7% | β2.9% |
| Altman Z'' | 3.05 | 2.82 | 5.01 |
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| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leggett & Platt LEG | β | β7.5% | β | 6.9% | β | β | β | |
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10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $4.1B | $4.2B | $4.3B | $4.8B | $4.3B | $5.1B | $5.2B | $4.7B | $4.4B | $4.1B |
| Gross profit | $902M | $882M | $889M | $1.0B | $904M | $1.0B | $977M | $854M | $749M | $744M |
| Interest expense | $38.8M | $43.5M | $60.9M | $90.7M | $82.7M | $76.5M | $85.5M | $88.4M | $85.9M | $72.9M |
| Pretax income | $487M | $432M | $384M | $404M | $328M | $522M | $404M | β$173M | β$509M | $290M |
| Income tax | $120M | $138M | $78.3M | $89.4M | $74.8M | $120M | $93.7M | β$36.6M | $2.2M | $54.3M |
| Net income | $386M | $293M | $306M | $314M | $253M | $402M | $310M | β$137M | β$512M | $235M |
| Diluted EPS | $2.76 | $2.13 | $2.26 | $2.32 | $1.86 | $2.94 | $2.27 | β$1.00 | β$3.73 | $1.69 |
| Diluted shares | 0.14B | 0.14B | 0.14B | 0.14B | 0.14B | 0.14B | 0.14B | 0.14B | 0.14B | 0.14B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $553M | $444M | $440M | $668M | $603M | $271M | $441M | $497M | $306M | $338M |
| Capital expenditure | $124M | $159M | $160M | $143M | $66.2M | $107M | $100M | $114M | $81.6M | $57.2M |
| Free cash flow | $429M | $284M | $281M | $525M | $536M | $165M | $341M | $383M | $224M | $281M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $115M | $126M | $136M | $192M | $189M | $187M | $180M | $180M | $134M | $121M |
| Stock-based compensation | $37.1M | $36.6M | $35.5M | $33.0M | $29.2M | $34.2M | $30.1M | $27.6M | $26.5M | $19.6M |
| Acquisitions | $29.5M | $39.1M | $109M | $1.3B | $0.0M | $153M | $83.3M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share buybacks | $198M | $158M | $112M | $16.4M | $10.6M | $9.8M | $60.3M | $6.0M | $4.9M | $2.4M |
| Dividends paid | $177M | $186M | $194M | $205M | $212M | $218M | $229M | $239M | $136M | $27.0M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $375M | $343M | $306M | $221M | $222M | $228M | $290M | $245M | $141M | $29.4M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $282M | $526M | $268M | $248M | $349M | $362M | $317M | $366M | $350M | $587M |
| Total debt | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.2B | $2.2B | $1.9B | $2.1B | $2.4B | $2.2B | $2.2B | β |
| Finance lease liabilities | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $4.2M | $3.6M | $3.7M | $4.2M | $4.0M | $3.7M | $3.9M |
| Current assets | $1.3B | $1.8B | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.7B | $2.1B | $2.0B | $1.9B | $1.7B | $1.7B |
| Current liabilities | $707M | $976M | $816M | $928M | $1.0B | $1.3B | $968M | $1.3B | $846M | $775M |
| Inventory | $520M | $571M | $634M | $637M | $692M | $993M | $908M | $820M | $723M | $623M |
| Property and equipment, net | $566M | $664M | $729M | $831M | $785M | $782M | $772M | $781M | $724M | $664M |
| Total assets | $3.0B | $3.6B | $3.4B | $4.9B | $4.8B | $5.3B | $5.2B | $4.6B | $3.7B | $3.5B |
| Total liabilities | $1.9B | $2.4B | $2.2B | $3.5B | $3.4B | $3.7B | $3.5B | $3.3B | $3.0B | $2.5B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.4B | $1.6B | $1.6B | $1.3B | $689M | $1.0B |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 21.9% | 20.8% | 20.5% | 21.3% | 20.9% | 20.2% | 18.8% | 18.1% | 17.1% | 18.4% |
| EBITDA margin | 15.5% | 14.2% | 13.4% | 14.3% | 13.9% | 15.3% | 12.9% | 2.0% | β6.6% | 11.9% |
| Net margin | 9.4% | 6.9% | 7.1% | 6.5% | 5.8% | 7.8% | 6.0% | β2.9% | β11.7% | 5.8% |
| FCF margin | 10.4% | 6.7% | 6.5% | 10.9% | 12.4% | 3.2% | 6.6% | 8.1% | 5.1% | 6.9% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | 20.1% | 16.6% | 17.3% | 14.1% | 10.1% | 14.5% | 10.6% | β2.0% | β11.7% | β |
| Return on capital employed | 23.2% | 19.6% | 17.3% | 15.2% | 10.6% | 15.4% | 11.9% | β2.2% | β13.7% | 13.0% |
| Return on equity | 35.4% | 25.7% | 26.1% | 25.4% | 18.5% | 26.2% | 18.8% | β9.2% | β50.6% | 27.5% |
| Return on assets | 13.0% | 9.0% | 8.8% | 7.6% | 5.2% | 8.0% | 5.9% | β2.8% | β12.3% | 6.5% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β5.9% | 2.8% | 2.3% | 11.0% | β10.1% | 18.6% | 1.4% | β9.2% | β7.2% | β7.5% |
| Net income growth | 18.7% | β24.2% | 4.6% | 2.7% | β19.4% | 59.1% | β23.0% | β144.2% | β | β |
| EPS growth | 21.1% | β22.8% | 6.1% | 2.7% | β19.8% | 58.1% | β22.8% | β144.1% | β | β |
| FCF growth | 67.5% | β33.7% | β1.3% | 87.0% | 2.2% | β69.3% | 107.1% | 12.4% | β41.6% | 25.4% |
| Share count change | β2.0% | β1.9% | β1.5% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.6% | β0.2% | β0.2% | 0.7% | 1.8% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.4x | 1.2x | 1.7x | 2.8x | 2.6x | 2.2x | 3.1x | 19.1x | β | β |
| Debt / equity | 1.1x | 1.1x | 1.1x | 1.7x | 1.3x | 1.3x | 1.4x | 1.6x | 3.2x | β |
| Interest coverage | 13.6x | 10.9x | 7.3x | 5.5x | 5.0x | 7.8x | 5.7x | β1.0x | β4.9x | 5.0x |
| Current ratio | 1.9x | 1.8x | 1.9x | 1.7x | 1.7x | 1.6x | 2.0x | 1.5x | 2.0x | 2.3x |
| Quick ratio | 1.1x | 1.2x | 1.1x | 1.0x | 1.0x | 0.8x | 1.1x | 0.8x | 1.1x | 1.5x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 3.0% | 3.8% | 3.7% | 3.0% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2.4% | 1.9% | 1.4% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Payouts / FCF | 87.6% | 120.7% | 109.1% | 42.1% | 41.4% | 138.5% | 84.9% | 64.0% | 63.0% | 10.5% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | 7.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | β |
| Altman Z'' | 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 5.0 |
| Accruals ratio | β5.6% | β4.6% | β3.9% | β8.6% | β7.2% | 2.6% | β2.5% | β12.9% | β19.7% | β2.9% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000058492). Data updated October 19, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.