---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-245611"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LEG"
cik: "0000058492"
company_name: "LEGGETT & PLATT INC"
filed_at: "2024-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T09:52:10.192638+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Leggett & Platt Q3 sales down 6% to $1.1B; lowers FY2024 adjusted EPS guidance to $1.00-$1.10

## Summary
- Q3 sales $1.1B (-6% YoY); adjusted EPS $0.32 (down from $0.36 in Q3 2023).
- FY2024 guidance lowered: sales $4.3-$4.4B, adjusted EPS $1.00-$1.10 (prior $1.10-$1.25).
- GAAP EPS guidance includes $4.61/sh goodwill impairment; Q3 restructuring charges $12M.
- Exploring potential sale of Aerospace business as part of portfolio simplification.
- Paid down $124M debt in Q3; net debt/EBITDA 3.78x; quarterly dividend cut to $0.05/sh.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-245611
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LEG
- cik: 0000058492
- company_name: LEGGETT & PLATT INC
- filed_at: 2024-10-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312524245611/0001193125-24-245611-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/58492/000119312524245611/d172033d8k.htm

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