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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-029734"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEG"
cik: "0000058492"
company_name: "LEGGETT & PLATT INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T10:51:12.500916+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Leggett & Platt reports record Q4 sales $1.33B, FY sales $5.07B, 2022 guidance $5.3-5.6B

## Summary
- Q4 sales record $1.333B (+13% YoY); EPS $0.77 (-$0.02 YoY).
- 2021 sales record $5.073B (+19%); EPS record $2.94; adjusted EPS record $2.78.
- 2022 guidance: sales $5.3-5.6B, EPS $2.70-3.00, EBIT margin 10.5-11.0%.
- Dividend increased for 50th consecutive year; annual indicated $1.68/share.
- Issued $500M 30-year 3.5% notes; net debt 2.29x trailing EBITDA.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-029734
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEG
- cik: 0000058492
- company_name: LEGGETT & PLATT INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312522029734/0001193125-22-029734-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312522029734/d305352d8k.htm

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