Leggett & Platt (LEG) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $6.67 -0.15 (-2.20%) As of 02:05 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Leggett & Platt Short Interest DataLeggett & Platt (LEG) has a short interest of 8.68 million shares, representing 6.61% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -21.66% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.4, indicating that it would take 3.4 days of the average trading volume of 2.50 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest8,680,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest11,080,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-21.66%Dollar Volume Sold Short$68.62 millionShort Interest Ratio3.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateMarch 31, 2025Outstanding Shares134,734,000 sharesFloat Size131,380,000 sharesShort Percent of Float6.61%Today's Trading Volume885,588 sharesAverage Trading Volume2,499,715 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average35% Short Selling Leggett & Platt? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Leggett & Platt and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartLEG Short Interest Over TimeLEG Days to Cover Over TimeLEG Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads Leggett & Platt Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 3/31/20258,680,000 shares $68.62 million -21.7%6.6%3.4 $7.91 3/15/202511,080,000 shares $89.91 million +42.8%8.5%4.6 $8.12 2/28/20257,760,000 shares $71.04 million +27.6%5.9%3.8 $9.16 2/15/20256,080,000 shares $63.26 million +14.7%4.6%3.2 $10.41 1/31/20255,300,000 shares $55.94 million -2.0%4.0%2.9 $10.56 1/15/20255,410,000 shares $58.00 million +8.0%4.1%2.9 $10.72 12/31/20245,010,000 shares $48.10 million +13.4%3.8%2.8 $9.60 12/15/20244,420,000 shares $49.73 million +11.1%3.4%2.5 $11.25 11/30/20243,980,000 shares $50.11 million -11.8%3.0%2.4 $12.59 11/15/20244,510,000 shares $53.29 million -3.4%3.4%2.7 $11.82 Get the Latest News and Ratings for LEG and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Leggett & Platt and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 10/31/20244,670,000 shares $56.06 million -24.9%3.6%3 $12.01 10/15/20246,220,000 shares $81.67 million +0.5%4.7%3.9 $13.13 9/30/20246,190,000 shares $84.37 million -5.5%4.7%3.6 $13.63 9/15/20246,550,000 shares $83.84 million -11.0%5.0%3.3 $12.80 8/31/20247,360,000 shares $93.03 million -9.6%5.6%2.6 $12.64 8/15/20248,140,000 shares $101.67 million -11.4%6.2%2.5 $12.49 7/31/20249,190,000 shares $121.12 million -6.6%7.0%2.6 $13.18 7/15/20249,840,000 shares $119.21 million -5.9%7.5%2.6 $12.12 6/30/202410,460,000 shares $119.87 million +62.9%8.0%2.8 $11.46 6/15/20246,420,000 shares $71.07 million -9.5%4.9%1.8 $11.07 5/31/20247,090,000 shares $82.28 million +0.7%5.4%2.6 $11.61 5/15/20247,040,000 shares $85.61 million -29.4%5.4%3.1 $12.16 4/30/20249,970,000 shares $180.16 million +14.5%7.6%4.7 $18.07 4/15/20248,710,000 shares $153.30 million +4.9%6.6%5.1 $17.60 3/31/20248,300,000 shares $158.95 million +17.1%6.3%4.9 $19.15 3/15/20247,090,000 shares $132.16 million +58.6%5.4%4.5 $18.64 2/29/20244,470,000 shares $91.28 million -0.7%3.4%3 $20.42 2/15/20244,500,000 shares $90.29 million +32.4%3.4%3.1 $20.07 1/31/20243,400,000 shares $78.91 million +2.7%2.6%2.4 $23.21 1/15/20243,310,000 shares $84.21 million +1.5%2.5%2.3 $25.44 12/31/20233,260,000 shares $85.31 million -1.5%2.5%2.4 $26.17 12/15/20233,310,000 shares $87.19 million -9.1%2.5%2.5 $26.34 11/30/20233,640,000 shares $83.25 million -9.5%2.8%2.7 $22.87 11/15/20234,020,000 shares $95.48 million -18.3%3.1%3.1 $23.75 10/31/20234,920,000 shares $115.28 million -2.6%3.8%4.1 $23.43 10/15/20235,050,000 shares $126.20 million -20.5%3.9%3.6 $24.99 9/30/20236,350,000 shares $161.35 million +4.6%4.9%4.5 $25.41 9/15/20236,070,000 shares $159.09 million +3.6%4.6%4.2 $26.21 8/31/20235,860,000 shares $165.25 million -0.7%4.5%4.2 $28.20 8/15/20235,900,000 shares $167.29 million -12.9%4.5%4.4 $28.36Here’s How to Claim Your Stake in Elon’s Private Company, xAI (Ad)Even though xAI is a private company, tech legend and angel investor Jeff Brown found a way for everyday folks like you… To partner with Elon on what he believes will be the biggest AI project of the century… Starting with as little as $500.Click here to see how you could take a stake in Elon’s private company… 7/31/20236,770,000 shares $198.09 million -5.7%5.2%5.4 $29.26 7/15/20237,180,000 shares $212.17 million +2.4%5.5%7.3 $29.55 6/30/20237,010,000 shares $207.64 million +6.5%5.4%7.7 $29.62 6/15/20236,580,000 shares $206.48 million +14.6%5.0%8.1 $31.38 5/31/20235,740,000 shares $174.96 million -0.5%4.4%7.3 $30.48 5/15/20235,770,000 shares $188.39 million -4.2%4.4%7.1 $32.65 4/30/20236,020,000 shares $194.51 million -2.1%4.6%6.8 $32.31 4/15/20236,150,000 shares $193.66 million -5.0%4.7%6.9 $31.49 3/31/20236,470,000 shares $206.26 million -6.6%5.0%7.2 $31.88 3/15/20236,930,000 shares $213.37 million -13.2%5.3%7.6 $30.79 2/28/20237,980,000 shares $275.23 million -5.8%6.1%8.8 $34.49 2/15/20238,470,000 shares $293.15 million -1.5%6.5%9.8 $34.61 1/31/20238,600,000 shares $314.42 million +4.8%6.6%10 $36.56 1/15/20238,210,000 shares $290.22 million +1.0%6.3%10.1 $35.35 12/30/20228,130,000 shares $262.03 million -4.6%6.2%9.2 $32.23 12/15/20228,520,000 shares $275.79 million +12.0%6.5%9.8 $32.37 11/30/20227,610,000 shares $270.99 million -0.3%5.8%9.1 $35.61 11/15/20227,630,000 shares $274.68 million -11.4%5.8%9 $36.00 10/31/20228,610,000 shares $290.59 million +15.3%6.6%10.2 $33.75 10/15/20227,470,000 shares $238.37 million -0.7%5.7%7.9 $31.91 9/30/20227,520,000 shares $249.81 million +1.2%5.8%8.4 $33.22 9/15/20227,430,000 shares $273.05 million -1.3%5.7%8.6 $36.75 8/31/20227,530,000 shares $287.80 million -4.9%5.8%7.9 $38.22 8/15/20227,920,000 shares $325.27 million -5.0%6.1%8 $41.07 7/31/20228,340,000 shares $330.60 million -0.7%6.3%7.9 $39.64 7/15/20228,400,000 shares $309.62 million -0.5%6.4%7.5 $36.86 6/30/20228,440,000 shares $291.86 million No Change6.4%7.1 $34.58 6/15/20228,440,000 shares $296.33 million +2.2%6.4%6.8 $35.11 5/31/20228,260,000 shares $323.54 million -3.4%6.3%6.7 $39.17 5/15/20228,550,000 shares $320.97 million +8.5%6.5%6.6 $37.54 4/30/20227,880,000 shares $280.76 million +7.4%6.0%5.8 $35.63 4/15/20227,340,000 shares $263.29 million -16.9%5.6%5.2 $35.87 3/31/20228,830,000 shares $307.28 million +3.5%6.7%6.2 $34.80 3/15/20228,530,000 shares $309.64 million +0.2%6.5%5.6 $36.30 2/28/20228,510,000 shares $315.55 million +0.2%6.5%4.2 $37.08 2/15/20228,490,000 shares $332.55 million +14.3%6.4%4.2 $39.17 1/31/20227,430,000 shares $296.09 million +14.3%5.6%3.8 $39.85 1/15/20226,500,000 shares $269.62 million -15.9%4.9%3.7 $41.48 12/31/20217,730,000 shares $318.17 million +10.7%5.9%4.6 $41.16 12/15/20216,980,000 shares $289.46 million +7.7%5.3%4.4 $41.47 11/30/20216,480,000 shares $261.73 million +3.2%4.9%7.4 $40.39 11/15/20216,280,000 shares $279.84 million -11.7%4.8%8 $44.56 10/29/20217,110,000 shares $333.10 million +3.0%5.4%9.6 $46.85 10/15/20216,900,000 shares $315.47 million +16.6%5.2%10.1 $45.72 9/30/20215,920,000 shares $265.45 million +3.1%4.5%8.7 $44.84 9/15/20215,740,000 shares $270.76 million +8.9%4.4%8.4 $47.17 8/31/20215,270,000 shares $255.02 million No Change4.0%7.7 $48.39 8/13/20215,270,000 shares $262.18 million -7.7%4.0%7.7 $49.75 7/30/20215,710,000 shares $274.25 million +4.6%4.3%7.8 $48.03 7/15/20215,460,000 shares $267.27 million +2.6%4.2%7.4 $48.95Here’s How to Claim Your Stake in Elon’s Private Company, xAI (Ad)Even though xAI is a private company, tech legend and angel investor Jeff Brown found a way for everyday folks like you… To partner with Elon on what he believes will be the biggest AI project of the century… Starting with as little as $500.Click here to see how you could take a stake in Elon’s private company… 6/30/20215,320,000 shares $275.63 million -12.9%4.0%7 $51.81 6/15/20216,110,000 shares $319.31 million +9.3%4.6%7.9 $52.26 5/28/20215,590,000 shares $307.62 million -5.6%4.3%6.8 $55.03 5/14/20215,920,000 shares $332.76 million +2.4%N/A6.4 $56.21 4/30/20215,780,000 shares $292.12 million -4.0%N/A5.9 $50.54 4/15/20216,020,000 shares $288.66 million -7.8%N/A6.1 $47.95 3/31/20216,530,000 shares $301.62 million -4.1%5.0%6.6 $46.19 3/15/20216,810,000 shares $334.98 million +10.9%5.2%6.3 $49.19 2/26/20216,140,000 shares $263.41 million -1.4%4.7%5.8 $42.90 2/12/20216,230,000 shares $267.14 million +23.4%4.8%6.3 $42.88 1/29/20215,050,000 shares $213.87 million -0.8%3.9%4.9 $42.35 1/15/20215,090,000 shares $223.91 million +16.0%3.9%4.8 $43.99 12/31/20204,390,000 shares $194.26 million +23.3%3.4%4.3 $44.25 12/15/20203,560,000 shares $143.43 million +21.5%2.7%3.8 $40.29 11/30/20202,930,000 shares $129.80 million +24.2%2.2%2.9 $44.30 11/15/20202,360,000 shares $98.81 million -44.1%1.8%2.3 $41.87 10/30/20204,220,000 shares $174.96 million +7.9%3.2%4.2 $41.46 10/15/20203,910,000 shares $175.52 million +5.7%3.0%3.6 $44.89 9/30/20203,700,000 shares $152.33 million -47.7%2.8%3.2 $41.17 9/15/20207,070,000 shares $311.86 million +54.4%5.4%5.8 $44.11 8/31/20204,580,000 shares $187.78 million +5.8%3.5%3.8 $41.00 8/14/20204,330,000 shares $174.46 million -25.0%3.3%3 $40.29 7/31/20205,770,000 shares $231.32 million +3.4%4.4%3.7 $40.09 7/15/20205,580,000 shares $197.76 million +10.5%4.3%3.3 $35.44 6/30/20205,050,000 shares $174.78 million -8.2%3.9%2.9 $34.61 6/15/20205,500,000 shares $185.57 million -13.9%4.2%3.1 $33.74 5/29/20206,390,000 shares $195.47 million +0.5%4.9%3.5 $30.59 5/15/20206,360,000 shares $169.24 million +2.3%4.9%3.8 $26.61 4/30/20206,220,000 shares $218.51 million +12.1%4.8%4 $35.13 4/15/20205,550,000 shares $146.52 million -9.0%4.3%4 $26.40 LEG Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Leggett & Platt's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Leggett & Platt shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of March 31st, traders have sold 8,680,000 shares of LEG short. 6.61% of Leggett & Platt's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Leggett & Platt's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Leggett & Platt? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. LEG shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Leggett & Platt's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Leggett & Platt? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Leggett & Platt: IMC Chicago LLC, GTS Securities LLC, Wolverine Trading LLC, Group One Trading LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Gratia Capital LLC, Susquehanna International Group LLP, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, Capital Fund Management S.A., Simplex Trading LLC, and IMC Chicago LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Leggett & Platt? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 6.61% of Leggett & Platt's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Leggett & Platt's short interest increasing or decreasing? Leggett & Platt saw a drop in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 8,680,000 shares, a drop of 21.7% from the previous total of 11,080,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is Leggett & Platt's float size? Leggett & Platt currently has issued a total of 134,734,000 shares. Some of Leggett & Platt's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Leggett & Platt currently has a public float of 131,380,000 shares. How does Leggett & Platt's short interest compare to its competitors? 6.61% of Leggett & Platt's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Leggett & Platt: La-Z-Boy Incorporated (6.94%), Flexsteel Industries, Inc. (2.25%), Bassett Furniture Industries, Incorporated (0.74%), Hooker Furnishings Co. (2.68%), Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (3.02%), Mohawk Industries, Inc. (2.89%), Compass Diversified (0.69%), Sleep Number Co. (10.03%), Purple Innovation, Inc. (7.00%), Natuzzi S.p.A. (0.03%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($21.93 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.31 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($8.42 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.26 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($3.98 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.79 billion), TC Energy Co. ($3.43 billion), AppLovin Co. ($2.91 billion), and Schlumberger Limited ($2.89 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Leggett & Platt stock? Short selling LEG is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Leggett & Platt as its price is falling. LEG shares are trading down $0.15 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Leggett & Platt? A short squeeze for Leggett & Platt occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of LEG, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Leggett & Platt's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including LEG, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 31 2025. 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