---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-208773"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEG"
cik: "0000058492"
company_name: "LEGGETT & PLATT INC"
filed_at: "2022-08-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T06:41:02.937992+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Leggett & Platt Q2 sales record $1.33B but lowers full-year guidance; EPS $0.70

## Summary
- Q2 sales record $1.33B (+5% YoY); EPS $0.70 (down $0.12 YoY).
- Full-year 2022 guidance lowered: sales $5.2-5.4B (prev $5.3-5.6B), EPS $2.65-2.80 (prev $2.70-3.00).
- Bedding Products volume down 15% from demand softness; EBIT fell $31M partly from non-recurrence of prior-year gain.
- Dividend raised to $0.44/share (+2 cents YoY); repurchased 1.0M shares at avg $35.01.
- Operating cash flow $90M, up $49M YoY; total liquidity $1.3B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-208773
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEG
- cik: 0000058492
- company_name: LEGGETT & PLATT INC
- filed_at: 2022-08-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312522208773/0001193125-22-208773-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312522208773/d371518d8k.htm

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