Leggett & Platt, Incorporated
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
7.177.116.466.00
Price/Sales ratio
0.270.260.260.25
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$1.29$1.3$1.43$1.54

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
61.4818.2117.4722.1815.7320.5223.7613.9414.15-26.07-1.5920.52
Price/Sales ratio
1.591.511.791.641.121.441.401.100.850.750.281.44
Price/Book Value ratio
5.215.396.165.454.155.224.323.402.672.671.775.22
Price/Cash Flow ratio
15.7716.4812.1914.6210.9310.259.9720.679.937.173.9810.25
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
20.9323.1315.7222.8317.1413.0511.2034.0612.859.305.2113.05
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-1.240.070.82-0.952.602.34-0.950.23-0.620.18-0.282.34
Dividend Yield
2.78%2.89%2.63%2.85%4.02%2.98%3.51%3.89%5.22%6.71%6.38%4.02%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
20.89%23.56%23.97%22.00%20.81%22.10%20.89%20.46%18.97%18.06%16.76%22.10%
Operating Profit Margin
8.52%12.38%11.99%11.36%10.37%10.80%9.35%11.74%9.42%6.78%5.50%10.80%
Pretax Profit Margin
7.81%11.48%12.98%10.95%9.00%9.04%7.49%10.29%7.84%-3.66%-20.71%9.04%
Net Profit Margin
2.59%8.29%10.28%7.41%7.16%7.02%5.91%7.93%6.01%-2.89%-18.52%7.02%
Effective Tax Rate
23.79%27.07%24.63%32.03%20.36%22.36%22.81%22.88%23.21%21.10%10.59%22.36%
Return on Assets
3.12%10.95%12.92%8.31%9.04%6.93%5.32%7.58%5.97%-2.95%-21.77%6.93%
Return On Equity
8.48%29.61%35.26%24.57%26.42%25.43%18.19%24.40%18.87%-10.26%-81.69%25.43%
Return on Capital Employed
15.00%21.40%19.74%17.40%17.26%13.20%10.68%15.00%11.49%9.50%9.37%13.20%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
1.441.861.871.801.861.651.60N/AN/AN/A1.481.65
Quick Ratio
0.951.151.131.231.090.970.960.801.080.840.830.97
Cash ratio
0.330.360.390.550.320.260.340.270.320.280.230.26
Days of Sales Outstanding
50.4948.4747.3655.0748.8645.4548.0646.8747.8749.2252.4248.86
Days of Inventory outstanding
58.7561.5166.5267.7668.4362.7769.5889.8579.4377.2874.4568.43
Operating Cycle
109.25109.98113.89122.84117.30108.23117.65136.73127.30126.50126.87117.30
Days of Payables Outstanding
45.1137.4544.9551.0650.2445.6959.5355.5345.3750.5550.9250.24
Cash Conversion Cycle
64.1372.5368.9371.7867.0562.5458.1281.2081.9275.9575.9467.05
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.300.310.320.350.340.470.400.430.410.440.510.34
Debt Equity Ratio
0.830.860.871.051.001.731.391.381.291.532.601.00
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.390.460.460.470.500.620.570.540.550.550.680.50
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.450.460.460.510.500.630.580.580.560.600.720.50
Interest Coverage Ratio
7.7111.8012.4910.307.275.705.15N/AN/AN/A2.925.70
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.390.370.570.350.370.290.310.110.200.240.170.29
Company Equity Multiplier
2.712.702.722.952.923.663.413.213.153.475.102.92
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.100.090.140.110.100.140.140.050.080.100.070.14
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.750.710.770.640.630.780.890.600.770.770.740.63
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.390.370.570.350.370.290.310.110.200.240.170.29
Short Term Coverage Ratio
1.89105.61153.52.88366.917.386.450.787.491.360.927.38
Dividend Payout Ratio
170.91%52.78%45.98%63.43%63.32%61.29%83.59%54.24%73.98%-175%-23.20%61.29%