Investigating a stock’s 52-week price history, covering the range of low and high prices, can provide significant information about its present state and future potential. Leggett & Platt, Inc’s current trading price is -62.59% away from its 52-week high, while its distance from the 52-week low is 4.35%. The stock’s price range during this period has varied between $6.66 and $18.58. The company, active in the Consumer Cyclical sector, saw a trading volume of around 3.29 million for the day, considerably higher average daily volume of 2.57 million observed over the last three months.
The market performance of Leggett & Platt, Inc has been somewhat unstable. Over the past year, the company’s stock achieved a high of $18.58 on 04/11/24, with the lowest value for the same timeframe being $6.66, recorded on 04/09/25.
How Financial Performance Impacts Market Capitalization
Leggett & Platt, Inc (LEG) has experienced a quarterly decline of -29.23% in its revenues when compared to the same period in the previous year. Presently, the company has a total market capitalization of 937.93M and boasts a workforce of 17700 employees.
The Role of Moving Averages and Trading Volume in Technical Analysis
Based on Barchart.com data, the company’s moving average over the 100-day period was 9.89, with a change in price of -5.22. Similarly, Leggett & Platt, Inc recorded 2,339,551 in trading volume during the last 100 days, posting a change of -42.89%.
How LEG’s Debt-to-Equity Ratio Affects Financial Health
A company’s financial condition and market reputation can be evaluated using the debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio. This ratio, calculated by dividing a company’s total liabilities by its shareholders’ equity, indicates the proportion of debt a company employs to back its assets in relation to its shareholders’ equity. At the time of writing, the total D/E ratio for LEG stands at 2.97. Similarly, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio is also 2.89.
LEG Stock Stochastic Average
As of today, the raw stochastic average of Leggett & Platt, Inc over the last 50 days is at 6.03%. This shows a declinee from the raw stochastic average of the previous 20 days, which was recorded at 14.87%. Further, the company’s Stochastic %K and %D values for the last 20 days were 21.91% and 23.26%, respectively.
LEG Stock Price Performance Analysis
Investors’ outlook regarding the stock price performance over the year has been split, with some feeling optimistic and others feeling pessimistic, as it’s been a mixed bag. Year to date metric has recorded a loss of -27.60%.However, over the last six months, we can see a stronger performance of -46.99%. Over the last 30 days, the price of LEG has leaped by -14.62%. And in the last five days, it has fallen by -6.46%.
