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 paid a dividend of $0.13 per share on Friday, June 1st. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.94%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 17th. View Louisiana-Pacific's Dividend History.

Louisiana-Pacific Co. (NYSE:LPX) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May, 7th. The construction company reported $0.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.71 by $0.08. The construction company earned $691.30 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $702.19 million. Louisiana-Pacific had a net margin of 15.13% and a return on equity of 25.35%. The firm's revenue was up 13.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $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 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Louisiana-Pacific's shares. Their forecasts range from $27.00 to $39.00. On average, they anticipate Louisiana-Pacific's share price to reach $33.00 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Louisiana-Pacific.

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News coverage about LPX stock has been trending positive on Friday, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. 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 media sentiment score of 0.26 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the construction company an impact score of 46.39 out of 100, meaning that recent news 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 variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (11.94%), Millennium Management LLC (4.05%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.92%), Prudential Financial Inc. (1.90%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (1.66%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.57%). 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 Van ECK Associates Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wells Fargo & Company MN, American Century Companies Inc., BlackRock Inc., GSA Capital Partners LLP, Quantbot Technologies LP and Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware. 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 Millennium Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., WBI Investments Inc., HL Financial Services LLC, NorthCoast Asset Management LLC, Gendell Jeffrey L and Point72 Asset Management L.P.. 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 $26.86.

Louisiana-Pacific has a market capitalization of $4.02 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.