Louisiana-Pacific - LPX Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 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 and 4 hold 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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5 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Louisiana-Pacific's stock. Their LPX share price forecasts range from $56.00 to $72.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $62.60 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.6%.
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Louisiana-Pacific's stock was trading at $59.20 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, LPX stock has increased by 19.6% and is now trading at $70.83.
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Louisiana-Pacific saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,370,000 shares, a decline of 22.0% from the December 15th total of 4,320,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 880,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.8 days. Approximately 4.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 21st 2023.
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Louisiana-Pacific will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 21st at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Louisiana-Pacific Co. (NYSE:LPX) released its earnings results on Monday, November, 1st. The building manufacturing company reported $3.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.42 by $0.45. The building manufacturing company earned $1.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.03 billion. Louisiana-Pacific had a net margin of 29.88% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 77.64%. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.56 earnings per share.

Louisiana-Pacific declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 28th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share on Thursday, December 1st. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.24%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 8th.
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Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.25%. 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 5.65%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, LPX will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.52% 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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Patten & Patten Inc. TN (0.32%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.20%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.16%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.15%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%) and Leuthold Group LLC (0.11%). Insiders that own company stock include Alan Haughie, Derek Nelson Doyle, 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 $70.83.

Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) has a market capitalization of $5.08 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 $15.58 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.