LEG (Leggett & Platt) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate : 3.80% (As of Sep. 2024)

Competitive Comparison of Leggett & Platt's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances subindustry, Leggett & Platt's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Leggett & Platt's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances Industry

For the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Leggett & Platt's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Leggett & Platt's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.

Leggett & Platt 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation

This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Leggett & Platt  (NYSE:LEG) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Leggett & Platt's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Leggett & Platt was 1.31. The lowest was 0.55. And the median was 0.68.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Leggett & Platt Inc is 0.81, which seems too high.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Leggett & Platt Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Leggett & Platt's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Current Share Price is $11.25.
Leggett & Platt's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $0.61.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Leggett & Platt was 17.29%. The lowest was 2.43%. And the median was 3.57%.

Warning Sign:

Leggett & Platt Inc stock dividend yield is close to 1-year low.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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