Louisiana-Pacific - LPX Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Louisiana-Pacific in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" LPX shares. 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.
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6 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Louisiana-Pacific's shares. Their LPX share price forecasts range from $56.00 to $82.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $67.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 35.9% from the stock's current price.
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Louisiana-Pacific's stock was trading at $78.35 at the beginning of the year. Since then, LPX shares have decreased by 36.6% and is now trading at $49.68.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 1st 2022.
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Louisiana-Pacific Co. (NYSE:LPX) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 9th. The building manufacturing company reported $4.19 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $4.38 by $0.19. The building manufacturing company earned $1.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.26 billion. Louisiana-Pacific had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 94.18% and a net margin of 30.50%. The company's revenue was down 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $4.74 earnings per share.

Louisiana-Pacific announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 5th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Thursday, September 1st. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.77%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 17th.
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Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.77%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 4 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 5.37%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LPX will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.69% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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24 employees have rated Louisiana-Pacific Chief Executive Officer Brad Southern on Glassdoor.com. Brad Southern has an approval rating of 65% among the company's employees.

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

Louisiana-Pacific's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Macquarie Group Ltd. (4.26%), FMR LLC (3.60%), State Street Corp (3.06%), Assetmark Inc. (1.31%), Natixis (1.29%) and Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC (1.12%). Insiders that own company 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.
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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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of LPX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.68.

Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) has a market capitalization of $3.67 billion and generates $4.55 billion in revenue each year. The building manufacturing company earns $1.38 billion in net income (profit) each year or $16.40 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,800 workers across the globe.

Louisiana-Pacific's mailing address is 414 UNION STREET SUITE 2000, NASHVILLE TN, 37219. The official website for the company is www.lpcorp.com. The building manufacturing company can be reached via phone at (615) 986-5600, via email at aaron.howald@lpcorp.com, or via fax at 877-523-7192.