Louisiana-Pacific (LPX) Competitors

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

Is LPX or BCC a better dividend stock?

Louisiana-Pacific pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Boise Cascade pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Louisiana-Pacific pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boise Cascade pays out 8.2% 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.

Do analysts rate LPX or BCC?

Louisiana-Pacific currently has a consensus price target of $108.38, suggesting a potential downside of 5.64%. Boise Cascade has a consensus price target of $139.60, suggesting a potential upside of 8.85%. Given Boise Cascade's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Is LPX or BCC more profitable?

Louisiana-Pacific has a net margin of 14.29% compared to Boise Cascade's net margin of 5.95%. Louisiana-Pacific's return on equity of 24.50% beat Boise Cascade's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Louisiana-Pacific	14.29%	24.50%	15.87%
Boise Cascade	5.95%	18.24%	11.42%

Which has higher 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	$2.58B	3.13	$178M	$5.80	19.80
Boise Cascade	$6.84B	0.72	$483.66M	$10.22	12.55

Which has more risk & volatility, LPX or BCC?

Louisiana-Pacific has a beta of 1.94, suggesting that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boise Cascade has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to LPX or BCC?

In the previous week, Boise Cascade had 7 more articles in the media than Louisiana-Pacific. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Boise Cascade and 7 mentions for Louisiana-Pacific. Louisiana-Pacific's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Boise Cascade's score of 0.26 indicating that Louisiana-Pacific is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Louisiana-Pacific	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Boise Cascade	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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. 1.5% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Boise Cascade shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LPX or BCC?

Louisiana-Pacific received 71 more outperform votes than Boise Cascade when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.35% of users gave Boise Cascade an outperform vote while only 55.75% of users gave Louisiana-Pacific an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Louisiana-Pacific	Outperform Votes 354 55.75%	Underperform Votes 281 44.25%
Boise Cascade	Outperform Votes 283 58.35%	Underperform Votes 202 41.65%

Summary

Louisiana-Pacific beats Boise Cascade on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.