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Louisiana-Pacific (LPX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$73.18 +2.67 (+3.79%)
As of 03:04 PM Eastern

About Louisiana-Pacific Stock (NYSE:LPX)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$70.37
$73.67
50-Day Range
$67.06
$77.07
52-Week Range
$66.12
$102.86
Volume
423,185 shs
Average Volume
1.14 million shs
Market Capitalization
$5.11 billion
P/E Ratio
62.02
Dividend Yield
1.64%
Price Target
$97.25
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Louisiana-Pacific Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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91st Percentile Overall Score

LPX MarketRank™: 

Louisiana-Pacific scored higher than 91% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 21st out of 100 stocks in the construction sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Louisiana-Pacific has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.82, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 9 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Upside Potential

    Louisiana-Pacific has a consensus price target of $97.25, representing about 32.9% upside from its current price of $73.18.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Louisiana-Pacific has been the subject of 9 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Louisiana-Pacific's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Louisiana-Pacific are expected to grow by 105.50% in the coming year, from $2.00 to $4.11 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Louisiana-Pacific is 62.02, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.09.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Louisiana-Pacific is 62.02, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Construction sector average P/E ratio of about 18.13.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Louisiana-Pacific has a PEG Ratio of 1.77. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Louisiana-Pacific has a P/B Ratio of 2.96. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Louisiana-Pacific's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    8.01% of the float of Louisiana-Pacific has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Louisiana-Pacific has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.72, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Louisiana-Pacific has recently increased by 3.60%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • Dividend Yield

    Louisiana-Pacific pays a meaningful dividend of 1.70%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    Louisiana-Pacific has been increasing its dividend for 7 years.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of Louisiana-Pacific is 101.69%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, Louisiana-Pacific will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.20% next year. This indicates that Louisiana-Pacific will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Louisiana-Pacific's dividend.
  • News Sentiment

    Louisiana-Pacific has a news sentiment score of 0.35. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Construction companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Louisiana-Pacific this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    4 people have searched for LPX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Louisiana-Pacific insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $102,167.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    0.65% of the stock of Louisiana-Pacific is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    94.73% of the stock of Louisiana-Pacific is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Louisiana-Pacific's insider trading history.
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LPX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Louisiana-Pacific's stock was trading at $80.82 at the beginning of 2026. Since then, LPX stock has decreased by 9.5% and is now trading at $73.18.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE:LPX) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The building manufacturing company reported $0.38 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.24. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 20.7% on a year-over-year basis.
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Top institutional shareholders of Louisiana-Pacific include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.35%), Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. (1.11%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.82%) and Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.71%). Insiders that own company stock include William Bradley Southern, Michael W Blosser, Stephen E Macadam, F Nicholas Grasberger III, Ozey K Horton Jr, Lizanne C Gottung, Lizanne M Bruce and Derek Nelson Doyle.
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Shares of LPX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Louisiana-Pacific investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Adobe (ADBE), ServiceNow (NOW) and Arista Networks (ANET).

Company Calendar

Record date for 3/13 Dividend
2/27/2026
Ex-Dividend for 3/13 Dividend
2/27/2026
Dividend Payable
3/13/2026
Last Earnings
5/06/2026
Record date for 5/28 Dividend
5/14/2026
Ex-Dividend for 5/28 Dividend
5/14/2026
Today
5/26/2026
Dividend Payable
5/28/2026
Next Earnings (Estimated)
8/05/2026
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
BLDG PRD - WOOD
Sub-Industry
Forest Products
Current Symbol
NYSE:LPX
CIK
60519
Employees
4,300
Year Founded
1973

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$114.00
Low Price Target
$86.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+32.9%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.82
Research Coverage
11 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
$1.18
Trailing P/E Ratio
62.02
Forward P/E Ratio
36.59
P/E Growth
1.77
Net Income
$146 million
Net Margins
3.20%
Pretax Margin
4.49%
Return on Equity
7.03%
Return on Assets
4.64%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.20
Current Ratio
3.26
Quick Ratio
1.48

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$2.71 billion
Price / Sales
1.89
Cash Flow
$4.92 per share
Price / Cash Flow
14.88
Book Value
$24.76 per share
Price / Book
2.96

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
69,860,000
Free Float
69,411,000
Market Cap
$5.11 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.60

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This page (NYSE:LPX) was last updated on 5/26/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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