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 twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Louisiana-Pacific stock.
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Louisiana-Pacific saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 29th, there was short interest totaling 5,890,000 shares, an increase of 20.4% from the January 14th total of 4,890,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,410,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.2 days. Currently, 5.4% of the company's shares are sold short.
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Louisiana-Pacific is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 4th 2021.
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Louisiana-Pacific Co. (NYSE:LPX) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February, 15th. The building manufacturing company reported $2.01 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.74 by $0.27. Louisiana-Pacific had a net margin of 7.79% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 26.04%.
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Louisiana-Pacific's stock was trading at $22.00 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LPX shares have increased by 116.4% and is now trading at $47.61.
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Louisiana-Pacific announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 12th. Investors of record on Monday, February 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.16 per share on Monday, March 8th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.34%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 19th. This is an increase from Louisiana-Pacific's previous quarterly dividend of $0.15.
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Louisiana-Pacific pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.36%. Louisiana-Pacific does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Louisiana-Pacific is 172.97%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, Louisiana-Pacific will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.53% next year. This indicates that Louisiana-Pacific will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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7 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Louisiana-Pacific's stock. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $58.00. On average, they anticipate Louisiana-Pacific's share price to reach $42.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.8%.
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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.

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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.64%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (4.94%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.69%), Northern Trust Corp (1.58%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.38%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.13%). Company insiders that own Louisiana-Pacific stock include Derek Nelson Doyle, Gary Cook, Jason Paul Ringbloom, Kurt M Landgraf, Michael Sims, Neil Sherman, Stephen E Macadam and William Bradley Southern.
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LPX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Impala Asset Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Owl Creek Asset Management L.P., Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, AJO LP, and Gabelli Funds LLC. Company insiders that have sold Louisiana-Pacific company stock in the last year include Derek Nelson Doyle, Jason Paul Ringbloom, Kurt M Landgraf, Michael Sims, and Neil Sherman.
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LPX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Sandbar Asset Management LLP, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Alliancebernstein L.P., Panagora Asset Management Inc., and Caption Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Louisiana-Pacific stock in the last two years include Stephen E Macadam, and William Bradley Southern.
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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.
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One share of LPX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.61.

Louisiana-Pacific has a market capitalization of $5.07 billion and generates $2.31 billion in revenue each year. The building manufacturing company earns $-5,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.37 on an earnings per share basis.

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

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]