Is Leggett Platt stock a buy?
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Interesting Questions and Easy Answers!
Yes, Leggett Platt pays dividends. Last time was Wednesday 15th of January 2025 where the investors holding the stock on Friday 13th of December 2024 were paid $0.05 per share. Over the last 152 times between 1987 and 2024, Leggett Platt has paid $34.8204 with an average of $0.23 per share.
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We cannot find data for Leggett Platt 10 years ago, but if you had invested on Friday 22nd of November 2019 when the price was $52.33, you would have made a loss of $-41.05 per share or -78.44%
Yes, the average daily trading liquidity for Leggett Platt is $1.60 million. You should therefore be able to get in and out of your positions relatively fast.
Leggett Platt has much of the business financed by loans. This puts the company at high risk in periods of high inflation where borrowing costs usually go up. With a normal cash flow to debt ratio of 0.17, the company's ability to pay off the debt is normal. The company is still not profitable, and high inflation will make it harder to become profitable as costs increase and consumer spending decreases.
We have calculated the inflation risk for Leggett Platt to be high [0.75 of 1]
US inflation for August 2024 was 0.19%. Over the last 12 months, the US inflation is 2.59%. The 10-year treasury yield that indicates the future interest level is currently 4.41 and is up 0.05 over the last 30 days.