Louisiana-Pacific (LPX) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, LPX or BCC?

Louisiana-Pacific has a beta of 2.02, meaning that its share price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boise Cascade has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer LPX or BCC?

Louisiana-Pacific presently has a consensus target price of $111.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.06%. Boise Cascade has a consensus target price of $128.50, suggesting a potential upside of 26.74%. Given Boise Cascade's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Boise Cascade is more favorable than Louisiana-Pacific.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Louisiana-Pacific	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.11
Boise Cascade	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Is LPX or BCC a better dividend stock?

Louisiana-Pacific pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Boise Cascade pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Louisiana-Pacific pays out 19.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boise Cascade pays out 8.8% 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 media refer more to LPX or BCC?

In the previous week, Boise Cascade had 2 more articles in the media than Louisiana-Pacific. MarketBeat recorded 9 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 news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Louisiana-Pacific	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Boise Cascade	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, LPX or BCC?

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
Louisiana-Pacific	$2.94B	2.26	$178M	$5.88	16.20
Boise Cascade	$6.72B	0.57	$376.35M	$9.56	10.61

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LPX or BCC?

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

Is LPX or BCC more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Louisiana-Pacific	14.31%	25.35%	16.49%
Boise Cascade	5.60%	17.04%	10.68%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LPX or BCC?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Louisiana-Pacific	Outperform Votes 356 55.63%	Underperform Votes 284 44.38%
Boise Cascade	Outperform Votes 286 58.37%	Underperform Votes 204 41.63%

Summary

Boise Cascade beats Louisiana-Pacific on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.