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 announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 4th. Investors 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 1.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 17th. View Louisiana-Pacific's Dividend History.

Louisiana-Pacific Co. (NYSE:LPX) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May, 7th. The construction company reported $0.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' 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 net margin of 15.13% and a return on equity of 25.35%. Louisiana-Pacific's revenue was up 13.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm 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 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Louisiana-Pacific's shares. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $39.00. On average, they expect Louisiana-Pacific's share price to reach $33.5714 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.8% 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 trended somewhat negative on Monday, Accern reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Louisiana-Pacific earned a news sentiment score of -0.05 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the construction company an impact score of 46.74 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Louisiana-Pacific's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.28%), Dorsey Wright & Associates (0.15%), Clinton Group Inc. (0.14%), Capital One National Association (0.04%), New England Research & Management Inc. (0.03%) and Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management (0.03%). 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.. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital One National Association, Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management, Dorsey Wright & Associates, New England Research & Management Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Cerebellum GP LLC and Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB. 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 $28.49.

Louisiana-Pacific has a market capitalization of $4.01 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.