• Leggett & Platt annual report for 2025 outlined progress on balance sheet repair amid soft demand across residential end markets, which represent roughly half of revenue.
• Portfolio reshaping accelerated in 2025 with sale of Aerospace Products Group in late August, shifting focus toward scaled positions in Bedding, Automotive, and Textiles.
• Restructuring program launched in early 2024 was substantially completed in 2025, positioning manufacturing footprint for margin improvement when volumes recover.
• Capital allocation emphasis stayed on deleveraging in 2025, with management signaling a gradual pivot back toward organic investment, targeted acquisitions, dividends, and buybacks as leverage approaches long-term target of 2.0x.
• CEO Karl Glassman said company entered 2026 with a streamlined network, a strengthened balance sheet, and a pipeline of product innovation aimed at profitable growth.

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