NYSE:LPX - Louisiana-Pacific Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 stock has decreased by 20.0% and is now trading at $17.59. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Louisiana-Pacific in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Louisiana-Pacific.

Louisiana-Pacific is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Louisiana-Pacific.

Louisiana-Pacific Co. (NYSE:LPX) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 11th. The building manufacturing company reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.05. The building manufacturing company had revenue of $537 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $561.45 million. Louisiana-Pacific had a positive return on equity of 3.79% and a negative net margin of 0.22%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 8.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.19 EPS. View Louisiana-Pacific's earnings history.

Louisiana-Pacific announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 7th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.145 per share on Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $0.58 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.30%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. This is a positive change from Louisiana-Pacific's previous quarterly dividend of $0.14. View Louisiana-Pacific's dividend history.

Louisiana-Pacific declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback program on Tuesday, August 7th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $150,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 3.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

6 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Louisiana-Pacific's shares. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $34.00. On average, they expect Louisiana-Pacific's share price to reach $28.79 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 63.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Louisiana-Pacific.

Media headlines about LPX stock have trended extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Louisiana-Pacific earned a news sentiment score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the building manufacturing company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutLouisiana-Pacific.

Louisiana-Pacific saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 3,804,900 shares, an increase of 9.0% from the February 27th total of 3,490,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,340,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.8 days. Approximately 3.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Louisiana-Pacific's Current Options Chain.

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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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of New York Mellon Corp (5.66%), State Street Corp (3.16%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.70%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.70%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.48%) and Norges Bank (1.95%). Company insiders that own Louisiana-Pacific stock include Gary Cook, Lizanne C Gottung, Michael Emory Kinney, Neil Sherman, Stephen E Macadam 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 Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, NorthCoast Asset Management LLC, Royce & Associates LP, State Street Corp, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC, Gabelli Funds LLC, UBS Group AG, and Van ECK Associates Corp. View insider buying and selling activity for Louisiana-Pacific.

LPX stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Castle Hook Partners LP, Macquarie Group Ltd., Macquarie Group Ltd., AJO LP, Castleark Management LLC, and FMR LLC. Company insiders that have bought Louisiana-Pacific stock in the last two years include Stephen E Macadam, and William Bradley Southern. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of LPX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.59.

Louisiana-Pacific has a market capitalization of $1.97 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 4,800 workers across the globe. View additional information about Louisiana-Pacific.

The official website for Louisiana-Pacific is http://www.lpcorp.com/.

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.