Louisiana-Pacific Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street equities research 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 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Louisiana-Pacific stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in LPX, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
View analyst ratings for Louisiana-Pacific or view top-rated stocks.

Wall Street analysts have given Louisiana-Pacific a "Hold" rating, but there may be better buying opportunities in the stock market. Some of MarketBeat's past winning trading ideas have resulted in 5-15% weekly gains. MarketBeat just released five new stock ideas, but Louisiana-Pacific wasn't one of them. MarketBeat thinks these five companies may be even better buys.
View MarketBeat's top stock picks here.

Louisiana-Pacific is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 2nd 2021.
View our earnings forecast for Louisiana-Pacific.

Louisiana-Pacific Co. (NYSE:LPX) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August, 2nd. The building manufacturing company reported $4.74 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $4.25 by $0.49. The building manufacturing company had revenue of $1.33 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.22 billion. Louisiana-Pacific had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 91.77% and a net margin of 31.30%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 141.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.29 EPS.
View Louisiana-Pacific's earnings history.

Louisiana-Pacific's stock was trading at $22.00 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, LPX stock has increased by 177.5% and is now trading at $61.04.
View which stocks have been most impacted by COVID-19.

Louisiana-Pacific declared a quarterly dividend on Saturday, July 31st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 10th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Wednesday, September 1st. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.18%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 9th. This is a positive change from Louisiana-Pacific's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16.
View Louisiana-Pacific's dividend history.

Louisiana-Pacific pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.18%. The dividend payout ratio of Louisiana-Pacific is 16.71%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Louisiana-Pacific will have a dividend payout ratio of 11.32% next year. This indicates that Louisiana-Pacific will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
View Louisiana-Pacific's dividend history.

7 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Louisiana-Pacific's stock. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $100.00. On average, they expect Louisiana-Pacific's share price to reach $58.29 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.5%.
View analysts' price targets for Louisiana-Pacific or view top-rated stocks among Wall Street analysts.

24 employees have rated Louisiana-Pacific CEO Brad Southern on Glassdoor.com. Brad Southern has an approval rating of 65% among Louisiana-Pacific's employees.

Some companies that are related to Louisiana-Pacific include Vulcan Materials (VMC), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Ferrovial (FRRVY), Rollins (ROL), NVR (NVR), James Hardie Industries (JHX), Jacobs Engineering Group (J), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPXSF), Quanta Services (PWR), Alfa Laval AB (publ) (ALFVY), HeidelbergCement (HDELY), Atlantia (ATASY), Sekisui House (SKHSY), Masco (MAS) and Floor & Decor (FND).
View all of LPX's competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Louisiana-Pacific investors own include Intel (INTC), Pfizer (PFE), AT&T (T), Energy Transfer (ET), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Ford Motor (F), General Electric (GE), The Boeing (BA), D.R. Horton (DHI) and The Walt Disney (DIS).

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

Louisiana-Pacific's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.77%), BlackRock Inc. (9.56%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (3.51%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.02%), State Street Corp (2.75%) and FMR LLC (2.32%). Company insiders that own Louisiana-Pacific stock include Alan Haughie, Derek Nelson Doyle, Gary Cook, Jason Paul Ringbloom, Kurt M Landgraf, Lizanne C Gottung, Michael Sims, Neil Sherman, Stephen E Macadam 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 BlackRock Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Northern Trust Corp, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, State Street Corp, and Vanguard Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Louisiana-Pacific company stock in the last year include Derek Nelson Doyle, Jason Paul Ringbloom, Lizanne C Gottung, Michael Sims, and Neil Sherman.
View insider buying and selling activity for Louisiana-Pacific or view top insider-selling stocks.

LPX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jefferies Group LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, FMR LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, and Amundi. Company insiders that have bought Louisiana-Pacific stock in the last two years include Alan Haughie, Stephen E Macadam, and William Bradley Southern.
View insider buying and selling activity for Louisiana-Pacific or or view top insider-buying stocks.

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

One share of LPX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $61.04.

Louisiana-Pacific has a market capitalization of $5.81 billion and generates $2.79 billion in revenue each year. The building manufacturing company earns $499 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.31 on an earnings per share basis.

Louisiana-Pacific employs 4,500 workers across the globe.

Louisiana-Pacific was founded in 1973.

The official website for Louisiana-Pacific is www.lpcorp.com.

Louisiana-Pacific is headquartered at 414 UNION STREET SUITE 2000, NASHVILLE TN, 37219.

Louisiana-Pacific's mailing address is 414 UNION STREET SUITE 2000, NASHVILLE TN, 37219. The building manufacturing company can be reached via phone at (615) 986-5600 or via email at [email protected].