LPX vs. BCC, TREX, KOP, ROL, NVR, LII, PHM, WY, WSO, and EME
Should you be buying Louisiana-Pacific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Louisiana-Pacific include Boise Cascade (BCC), Trex (TREX), Koppers (KOP), Rollins (ROL), NVR (NVR), Lennox International (LII), PulteGroup (PHM), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Watsco (WSO), and EMCOR Group (EME).
Louisiana-Pacific vs.
Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) and Boise Cascade (NYSE:BCC) 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, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.
Louisiana-Pacific has a beta of 1.95, suggesting that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boise Cascade has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Louisiana-Pacific pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Boise Cascade pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Louisiana-Pacific pays out 17.7% 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.
Louisiana-Pacific presently has a consensus price target of $108.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.34%. Boise Cascade has a consensus price target of $139.60, suggesting a potential upside of 30.49%. Given Boise Cascade's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Boise Cascade is more favorable than Louisiana-Pacific.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Louisiana-Pacific had 17 more articles in the media than Boise Cascade. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Louisiana-Pacific and 23 mentions for Boise Cascade. Louisiana-Pacific's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Boise Cascade's score of -0.09 indicating that Louisiana-Pacific is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Louisiana-Pacific beats Boise Cascade on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LPX) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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