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Louisiana-Pacific (LPX) Competitors

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$98.90
+0.24 (+0.24%)
(As of 10/31/2024 ET)

LPX vs. BCC, TREX, KOP, EVA, NVR, PHM, ROL, WY, LII, 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), Enviva (EVA), NVR (NVR), PulteGroup (PHM), Rollins (ROL), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Lennox International (LII), and EMCOR Group (EME).

Louisiana-Pacific vs.

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

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

In the previous week, Louisiana-Pacific had 2 more articles in the media than Boise Cascade. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Louisiana-Pacific and 11 mentions for Boise Cascade. Boise Cascade's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Louisiana-Pacific's score of 0.34 indicating that Boise Cascade is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Louisiana-Pacific received 69 more outperform votes than Boise Cascade when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.42% of users gave Boise Cascade an outperform vote while only 55.82% of users gave Louisiana-Pacific an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Boise CascadeOutperform Votes
281
58.42%
Underperform Votes
200
41.58%
Louisiana-PacificOutperform Votes
350
55.82%
Underperform Votes
277
44.18%

Boise Cascade presently has a consensus price target of $135.75, suggesting a potential upside of 1.96%. Louisiana-Pacific has a consensus price target of $93.56, suggesting a potential downside of 5.40%. Given Boise Cascade's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Boise Cascade is more favorable than Louisiana-Pacific.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Boise Cascade
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Louisiana-Pacific
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.10

Boise Cascade pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Louisiana-Pacific pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Boise Cascade pays out 7.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Louisiana-Pacific pays out 28.6% 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.

Boise Cascade has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Louisiana-Pacific has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Boise Cascade$6.92B0.76$483.66M$11.4711.61
Louisiana-Pacific$2.93B2.42$178M$3.6427.17

Louisiana-Pacific has a net margin of 15.22% compared to Boise Cascade's net margin of 6.60%. Louisiana-Pacific's return on equity of 27.09% beat Boise Cascade's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Boise Cascade6.60% 20.17% 12.71%
Louisiana-Pacific 15.22%27.09%17.45%

Summary

Louisiana-Pacific beats Boise Cascade on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LPX vs. The Competition

MetricLouisiana-PacificLumber & wood products, except furniture IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.09B$3.89B$9.01B$19.17B
Dividend Yield1.00%0.91%1.78%3.52%
P/E Ratio16.0822.9433.9231.74
Price / Sales2.422.332.2817.87
Price / Cash20.4113.4419.7820.46
Price / Book4.584.216.275.38
Net Income$178M$76.07M$516.25M$984.37M
7 Day Performance-4.52%0.94%-0.11%-0.54%
1 Month Performance-7.97%-1.44%-0.32%-0.97%
1 Year Performance92.86%5.89%53.81%29.31%

Louisiana-Pacific Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LPX
Louisiana-Pacific
3.0238 of 5 stars
$98.90
+0.2%
$93.56
-5.4%
+92.5%$7.09B$2.93B16.084,100Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
BCC
Boise Cascade
3.4442 of 5 stars
$131.80
-4.9%
$135.75
+3.0%
+43.0%$5.20B$6.92B11.497,300Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
TREX
Trex
3.1975 of 5 stars
$68.02
+2.3%
$80.38
+18.2%
+27.6%$7.39B$1.09B28.111,765Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
KOP
Koppers
4.557 of 5 stars
$34.56
-0.7%
$65.75
+90.2%
-5.6%$732.67M$2.12B9.472,108Short Interest ↑
EVA
Enviva
1.8635 of 5 stars
$0.42
+2.2%
$5.00
+1,091.0%
-88.0%$31.27M$1.13B-0.091,386
NVR
NVR
3.3408 of 5 stars
$8,950.00
-3.8%
$8,783.33
-1.9%
+68.0%$27.57B$9.31B18.306,300Insider Selling
PHM
PulteGroup
4.9085 of 5 stars
$126.43
-5.6%
$145.00
+14.7%
+80.4%$25.93B$17.32B9.326,382Options Volume
ROL
Rollins
3.5435 of 5 stars
$47.44
+0.4%
$49.80
+5.0%
+27.1%$22.98B$3.07B49.4219,031Analyst Revision
WY
Weyerhaeuser
4.4649 of 5 stars
$31.03
-2.9%
$36.33
+17.1%
+11.1%$22.57B$7.67B41.939,318Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
LII
Lennox International
4.618 of 5 stars
$604.08
-1.4%
$583.92
-3.3%
+64.3%$21.52B$5.15B33.5012,600Insider Selling
Analyst Revision
EME
EMCOR Group
2.8793 of 5 stars
$430.90
-0.2%
$430.00
-0.2%
+110.7%$20.25B$13.75B24.6838,300Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
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