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Louisiana-Pacific (LPX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$114.85 -0.70 (-0.61%)
As of 01/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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About Louisiana-Pacific Stock (NYSE:LPX)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$114.26
$118.46
50-Day Range
$103.14
$120.27
52-Week Range
$63.76
$122.87
Volume
827,135 shs
Average Volume
585,953 shs
Market Capitalization
$8.07 billion
P/E Ratio
19.80
Dividend Yield
0.91%
Price Target
$108.38
Consensus Rating
Hold

Company Overview

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides building solutions primarily for use in new home construction, repair and remodeling, and outdoor structure markets. It operates through Siding, Oriented Strand Board, LP South America, and Other segments. The Siding segment offers LP SmartSide trim and siding products, LP SmartSide ExpertFinish trim and siding products, LP BuilderSeries lap siding products, and LP Outdoor Building Solutions; and engineered wood siding, trim, soffit, and fascia products. Its Oriented Strand Board segment manufactures and distributes oriented strand board structural panel products comprising LP TechShield radiant barriers, LP WeatherLogic air and water barriers, LP Legacy premium sub-flooring products, LP NovaCore, LP FlameBlock fire-rated sheathing products, and LP TopNotch sub-flooring products. The LP South America segment manufactures and distributes oriented strand board structural panel and siding products. This segment distributes and sells related products for the region's transition to wood frame construction. It offers timber and timberlands and other products and services. sells its products primarily to retailers, wholesalers, and homebuilding and industrial businesses in North America and South America, Asia, Australia, and Europe. The company was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

Louisiana-Pacific Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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66th Percentile Overall Score

LPX MarketRank™: 

Louisiana-Pacific scored higher than 66% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 62nd out of 103 stocks in the construction sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Louisiana-Pacific has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.11, and is based on 3 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Louisiana-Pacific has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Louisiana-Pacific's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Louisiana-Pacific are expected to decrease by -3.94% in the coming year, from $5.59 to $5.37 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Louisiana-Pacific is 19.80, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 111.80.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Louisiana-Pacific is 19.80, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Construction sector average P/E ratio of about 27.47.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Louisiana-Pacific has a PEG Ratio of 1.27. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Louisiana-Pacific has a P/B Ratio of 5.32. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Louisiana-Pacific's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.53% of the float of Louisiana-Pacific has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Louisiana-Pacific has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Louisiana-Pacific has recently decreased by 26.78%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Louisiana-Pacific has a dividend yield of 0.90%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Louisiana-Pacific does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Louisiana-Pacific is 17.93%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Louisiana-Pacific will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.37% next year. This indicates that Louisiana-Pacific will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Louisiana-Pacific's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    2.53% of the float of Louisiana-Pacific has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Louisiana-Pacific has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Louisiana-Pacific has recently decreased by 26.78%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Louisiana-Pacific has a news sentiment score of 0.90. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.64 average news sentiment score of Construction companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Louisiana-Pacific this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 2 people have searched for LPX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -60% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    4 people have added Louisiana-Pacific to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Louisiana-Pacific insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $317,773.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 1.26% of the stock of Louisiana-Pacific is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    94.73% of the stock of Louisiana-Pacific is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Louisiana-Pacific's insider trading history.
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LPX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Louisiana-Pacific's stock was trading at $103.55 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, LPX stock has increased by 10.9% and is now trading at $114.85.
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Louisiana-Pacific Co. (NYSE:LPX) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 7th. The building manufacturing company reported $2.09 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.86 by $0.23. Louisiana-Pacific's revenue was up 33.2% on a year-over-year basis.

Louisiana-Pacific's top institutional investors include Strong Tower Advisory Services (0.08%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.08%), Miracle Mile Advisors LLC (0.06%) and Baker Ellis Asset Management LLC (0.05%). Insiders that own company stock include William Bradley Southern, Michael W Blosser, Ozey K Horton Jr, Lizanne C Gottung and Derek Nelson Doyle.
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Shares of LPX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Louisiana-Pacific investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Adobe (ADBE), ServiceNow (NOW) and Arista Networks (ANET).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
8/07/2024
Ex-Dividend for 11/27 Dividend
11/20/2024
Dividend Payable
11/27/2024
Today
1/20/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
2/12/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Lumber & wood products, except furniture
Sub-Industry
Forest Products
CUSIP
54634710
Employees
4,100
Year Founded
1973

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$108.38
High Stock Price Target
$135.00
Low Stock Price Target
$75.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-5.6%
Consensus Rating
Hold
Rating Score (0-4)
2.11
Research Coverage
9 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$178 million
Pretax Margin
18.09%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$2.92 billion
Cash Flow
$5.33 per share
Book Value
$21.59 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
69,163,000
Market Cap
$8.07 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.94

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This page (NYSE:LPX) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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