Leggett & Platt, Inc. | LEG

Daily Technical Analysis of Leggett & Platt, Inc.

Leggett & Platt had a nice pop today and is currently up 5.60% -- which is pretty good. Investors have a more positive outlook for the company and future revenue. It looks like LEG may be interacting with a slightly angled support line. This area could represent a pivot point that it moves up from. In addition to being near an angled support line LEG is near a weak support line. We'll see if it bounces off or heads lower. Leggett & Platt hasn't been that impressive in terms of its 3 month momentum, we'll see if it can turn things around and start heading up or continue its slide down.

If we get a reversal off of support and Leggett & Platt starts moving up, it can probably get to $10.775 at which point it'll need to break through that resistance level in order to keep moving higher. There aren't very obvious support levels beneath this point. So put those stop losses on, this thing has room to fall if buyers don't come in at this level.

Analyst Ratings for Leggett & Platt By Price Target And Rating

The analysts are pretty neutral on Leggett & Platt right now, so not much useful information here. The current Analysts Sentiment Score is -0.34. Most companies range between (-200 to 200).

Here's a break down of the latest rating changes. Truist Financial decided to move down their price target on 2024-02-13 to $18.00 which is a -25% decrease. On 2023-11-01 The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their price target by -11.11% to $24.00. Piper Sandler announced a lowering of their price target to $18.00 from $21.00 on 2023-11-01.

Earnings Per Share (EPS) Estimates By Year and Quarter

Short interest for Leggett & Platt

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Social Sentiment for Leggett & Platt

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