BCC vs. LPX, BECN, GMS, ASPN, SGBX, MAS, RPM, JHX, ACM, and OC
Should you be buying Boise Cascade stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boise Cascade include Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), GMS (GMS), Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), Safe & Green (SGBX), Masco (MAS), RPM International (RPM), James Hardie Industries (JHX), AECOM (ACM), and Owens Corning (OC).
Boise Cascade vs.
Boise Cascade (NYSE:BCC) and Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Boise Cascade has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Louisiana-Pacific has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Boise Cascade had 4 more articles in the media than Louisiana-Pacific. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Boise Cascade and 7 mentions for Louisiana-Pacific. Boise Cascade's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Louisiana-Pacific's score of 1.06 indicating that Boise Cascade is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Boise Cascade presently has a consensus target price of $128.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.34%. Louisiana-Pacific has a consensus target price of $111.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.11%. Given Boise Cascade's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Boise Cascade is more favorable than Louisiana-Pacific.
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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Louisiana-Pacific received 70 more outperform votes than Boise Cascade when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.37% of users gave Boise Cascade an outperform vote while only 55.63% of users gave Louisiana-Pacific an outperform vote.
Louisiana-Pacific has a net margin of 14.31% compared to Boise Cascade's net margin of 5.60%. Louisiana-Pacific's return on equity of 25.35% beat Boise Cascade's return on equity.
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.
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 $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Boise Cascade pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Louisiana-Pacific pays out 19.0% 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.
Summary
Boise Cascade beats Louisiana-Pacific on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BCC) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
