Boise Cascade (BCC) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BCC or LPX?

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
Boise Cascade	$6.62B	0.50	$376.35M	$8.01	10.97
Louisiana-Pacific	$2.94B	2.14	$178M	$5.70	15.86

Is BCC or LPX a better dividend stock?

Boise Cascade pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Louisiana-Pacific pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Boise Cascade pays out 10.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Louisiana-Pacific pays out 19.6% 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 increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Louisiana-Pacific has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Louisiana-Pacific is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media favor BCC or LPX?

In the previous week, Louisiana-Pacific had 1 more articles in the media than Boise Cascade. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Louisiana-Pacific and 7 mentions for Boise Cascade. Boise Cascade's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Louisiana-Pacific's score of 0.88 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Louisiana-Pacific	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, BCC or LPX?

Boise Cascade has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Louisiana-Pacific has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BCC or LPX?

Louisiana-Pacific received 71 more outperform votes than Boise Cascade when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.54% of users gave Boise Cascade an outperform vote while only 55.83% of users gave Louisiana-Pacific an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Boise Cascade	Outperform Votes 288 58.54%	Underperform Votes 204 41.46%
Louisiana-Pacific	Outperform Votes 359 55.83%	Underperform Votes 284 44.17%

Do analysts recommend BCC or LPX?

Boise Cascade presently has a consensus target price of $125.00, suggesting a potential upside of 42.27%. Louisiana-Pacific has a consensus target price of $107.38, suggesting a potential upside of 18.80%. Given Boise Cascade's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
Louisiana-Pacific	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BCC or LPX?

96.2% of Boise Cascade shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.7% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Boise Cascade shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is BCC or LPX 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
Boise Cascade	5.60%	17.04%	10.68%
Louisiana-Pacific	14.31%	25.35%	16.49%

Summary

Louisiana-Pacific beats Boise Cascade on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.