Boise Cascade (BCC) Competitors

Boise Cascade (NYSE:BCC) and Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BCC or LPX?

96.2% of Boise Cascade shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Boise Cascade shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BCC or LPX?

Boise Cascade has higher revenue and earnings than Louisiana-Pacific. Boise Cascade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Louisiana-Pacific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Boise Cascade	$6.84B	0.60	$483.66M	$10.22	10.47
Louisiana-Pacific	$2.94B	2.36	$178M	$5.88	16.80

Does the media refer more to BCC or LPX?

In the previous week, Louisiana-Pacific had 16 more articles in the media than Boise Cascade. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Louisiana-Pacific and 23 mentions for Boise Cascade. Louisiana-Pacific's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Boise Cascade's score of -0.09 indicating that Louisiana-Pacific is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Boise Cascade	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Louisiana-Pacific	14 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BCC or LPX a better dividend stock?

Boise Cascade pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Louisiana-Pacific pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Boise Cascade pays out 8.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Louisiana-Pacific pays out 17.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BCC or LPX?

Louisiana-Pacific received 73 more outperform votes than Boise Cascade when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.35% of users gave Boise Cascade an outperform vote while only 55.71% of users gave Louisiana-Pacific an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Boise Cascade	Outperform Votes 283 58.35%	Underperform Votes 202 41.65%
Louisiana-Pacific	Outperform Votes 356 55.71%	Underperform Votes 283 44.29%

Which has more risk and volatility, BCC or LPX?

Boise Cascade has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Louisiana-Pacific has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BCC or LPX?

Boise Cascade presently has a consensus target price of $139.60, indicating a potential upside of 30.49%. Louisiana-Pacific has a consensus target price of $108.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.34%. Given Boise Cascade's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Boise Cascade is more favorable than Louisiana-Pacific.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boise Cascade	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Louisiana-Pacific	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.11

Is BCC or LPX more profitable?

Louisiana-Pacific has a net margin of 14.31% compared to Boise Cascade's net margin of 5.95%. Louisiana-Pacific's return on equity of 25.35% beat Boise Cascade's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boise Cascade	5.95%	18.24%	11.42%
Louisiana-Pacific	14.31%	25.35%	16.49%

Summary

Louisiana-Pacific beats Boise Cascade on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.