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Leggett & Platt

Leggett & Platt's main office is based in Carthage. Leggett & Platt is mostly active in the diversified industrials sector. David S. Haffner is the company' CEO. Matthew C. Flanigan is as CFO financially responsible for the company. The global diversified companies gained over the past 10 years on average 53 percent. Measured since 2011 the sector is 240 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-December 2016) there is a plus of 53 percent.

The past year gave good returns for Leggett & Platt investors

Over the period from December 2015 till December 2016 the stock gained around 18 percent. Over the past 5 years the stock rose a massive 117,74 percent. Leggett & Platt's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were relatively steady and moved between 3,72 billion dollars and 3,92 billion dollars. Leggett & Platt's net results between 2011 and 2015 were very fluctuating and moved between 156,4 million dollars and 328 million dollars.

Over the past 5 years the American company paid out dividends. Over the past 5 years the stock delivered an average dividend return of 5,9 percent.

Leggett & Platt' balance mostly consists of equity

At the end of 2015 the American company's balance sheet was worth 2,97 billion dollars. The total debt of the diversified company was at the end of 2015 1,88 billion dollars, which equals around 63,42 percent of the total balance sheet. At the end of 2016 the American company was traded with a price/earnings-ratio of around 18. So investors paid 18 times the company's 2015's EPS. We could say that based on it's price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

The diversified company's market capitalization (the number of shares outstanding times the market value) equaled around 5,57 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 135,6 million stocks listed.

All Leggett & Platt's annual reports can be found here. More information about Leggett & Platt can be found it's website. .