LPX vs. THO, BCC, AWI, KBH, GTES, TMHC, MTH, KNF, RYN, and SKY
Should you be buying Louisiana-Pacific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Louisiana-Pacific include THOR Industries (THO), Boise Cascade (BCC), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), KB Home (KBH), Gates Industrial (GTES), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Meritage Homes (MTH), Knife River (KNF), Rayonier (RYN), and Skyline Champion (SKY). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) and THOR Industries (NYSE:THO) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability and risk.
Louisiana-Pacific pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. THOR Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Louisiana-Pacific pays out 42.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. THOR Industries pays out 38.1% 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. THOR Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Louisiana-Pacific has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, THOR Industries has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Louisiana-Pacific currently has a consensus target price of $74.75, indicating a potential upside of 0.61%. THOR Industries has a consensus target price of $104.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.03%. Given THOR Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe THOR Industries is more favorable than Louisiana-Pacific.
THOR Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Louisiana-Pacific. THOR Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Louisiana-Pacific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
94.7% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.7% of THOR Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of THOR Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
THOR Industries received 230 more outperform votes than Louisiana-Pacific when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.44% of users gave THOR Industries an outperform vote while only 56.01% of users gave Louisiana-Pacific an outperform vote.
Louisiana-Pacific has a net margin of 6.90% compared to THOR Industries' net margin of 2.62%. Louisiana-Pacific's return on equity of 15.65% beat THOR Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, Louisiana-Pacific had 6 more articles in the media than THOR Industries. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Louisiana-Pacific and 7 mentions for THOR Industries. Louisiana-Pacific's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat THOR Industries' score of 0.27 indicating that Louisiana-Pacific is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
THOR Industries beats Louisiana-Pacific on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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