NYSE:LPX - Louisiana-Pacific Stock Price, Price Target & More

Louisiana-Pacific trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LPX."

Louisiana-Pacific declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 4th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 18th will be given a dividend of $0.13 per share on Friday, June 1st. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 17th. View Louisiana-Pacific's Dividend History.

Louisiana-Pacific Co. (NYSE:LPX) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May, 7th. The construction company reported $0.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.71 by $0.08. The construction company had revenue of $691.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $702.19 million. Louisiana-Pacific had a return on equity of 25.35% and a net margin of 15.13%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 13.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.33 EPS. View Louisiana-Pacific's Earnings History.

Louisiana-Pacific is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Louisiana-Pacific.

9 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Louisiana-Pacific's shares. Their predictions range from $27.00 to $39.00. On average, they expect Louisiana-Pacific's stock price to reach $33.5714 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Louisiana-Pacific.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Louisiana-Pacific in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

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Press coverage about LPX stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Louisiana-Pacific earned a daily sentiment score of 0.01 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the construction company an impact score of 45.92 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

Louisiana-Pacific's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Montreal Can (0.28%), Boston Advisors LLC (0.18%), Dorsey Wright & Associates (0.15%), Clinton Group Inc. (0.14%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.10%) and James Investment Research Inc. (0.08%). Company insiders that own Louisiana-Pacific stock include Curtis M Stevens, Daniel K Frierson, Gary Cook, Kurt M Landgraf, Lizanne C Gottung, Michael Sims, Neil Sherman, Rebecca Anne Barckley and William Bradley Southern. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Louisiana-Pacific.

LPX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Clinton Group Inc., Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Boston Advisors LLC, Fox Run Management L.L.C. and Fortaleza Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Louisiana-Pacific company stock in the last year include Gary Cook, Michael Sims, Neil Sherman and Rebecca Anne Barckley. View Insider Buying and Selling for Louisiana-Pacific.

LPX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Capital One National Association, Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management, Dorsey Wright & Associates, New England Research & Management Inc., Columbus Macro LLC, James Investment Research Inc. and Hartford Investment Management Co.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Louisiana-Pacific.

Shares of LPX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LPX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $26.73.

Louisiana-Pacific has a market capitalization of $3.88 billion and generates $2.73 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $389.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.33 on an earnings per share basis. Louisiana-Pacific employs 5,000 workers across the globe.

Louisiana-Pacific's mailing address is 414 UNION STREET, NASHVILLE TN, 37219. The construction company can be reached via phone at 615-986-5600.