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$87.52 +1.00 (+1.16%)
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LPX vs. BCC, TREX, KOP, NVR, PHM, LII, WY, EME, WSO.B, and WSO

Should you be buying Louisiana-Pacific stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Louisiana-Pacific include Boise Cascade (BCC), Trex (TREX), Koppers (KOP), NVR (NVR), PulteGroup (PHM), Lennox International (LII), Weyerhaeuser (WY), EMCOR Group (EME), Watsco (WSO.B), and Watsco (WSO).

Louisiana-Pacific vs.

Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) and Boise Cascade (NYSE:BCC) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Louisiana-Pacific received 69 more outperform votes than Boise Cascade when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.54% of users gave Boise Cascade an outperform vote while only 55.69% of users gave Louisiana-Pacific an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Louisiana-PacificOutperform Votes
357
55.69%
Underperform Votes
284
44.31%
Boise CascadeOutperform Votes
288
58.54%
Underperform Votes
204
41.46%

Boise Cascade has higher revenue and earnings than Louisiana-Pacific. Boise Cascade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Louisiana-Pacific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Louisiana-Pacific$2.94B2.07$178M$5.8814.88
Boise Cascade$6.72B0.54$376.35M$9.5610.05

Louisiana-Pacific has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boise Cascade has a beta of 1.52, suggesting that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

94.7% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Boise Cascade shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Boise Cascade shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Louisiana-Pacific has a net margin of 14.31% compared to Boise Cascade's net margin of 5.60%. Louisiana-Pacific's return on equity of 25.35% beat Boise Cascade's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Louisiana-Pacific14.31% 25.35% 16.49%
Boise Cascade 5.60%17.04%10.68%

Louisiana-Pacific currently has a consensus target price of $108.63, indicating a potential upside of 24.11%. Boise Cascade has a consensus target price of $125.00, indicating a potential upside of 30.14%. Given Boise Cascade's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Boise Cascade is more favorable than Louisiana-Pacific.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Louisiana-Pacific
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.11
Boise Cascade
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

In the previous week, Louisiana-Pacific had 7 more articles in the media than Boise Cascade. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Louisiana-Pacific and 12 mentions for Boise Cascade. Louisiana-Pacific's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Boise Cascade's score of 0.79 indicating that Louisiana-Pacific is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Louisiana-Pacific
16 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Boise Cascade
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Louisiana-Pacific pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Boise Cascade pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Louisiana-Pacific pays out 19.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boise Cascade pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Louisiana-Pacific beats Boise Cascade on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LPX vs. The Competition

MetricLouisiana-PacificLumber & wood products, except furniture IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.10B$4.36B$8.47B$19.22B
Dividend Yield1.29%1.28%2.14%4.00%
P/E Ratio14.8816.5616.0533.45
Price / Sales2.072.6472.9729.18
Price / Cash13.0015.0521.4017.52
Price / Book3.654.614.264.55
Net Income$178M$157.53M$535.55M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.07%2.60%2.74%2.18%
1 Month Performance-6.57%-4.57%65.03%-2.05%
1 Year Performance18.51%-21.91%80.04%5.45%

Louisiana-Pacific Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LPX
Louisiana-Pacific
4.1083 of 5 stars
$87.52
+1.2%
$108.63
+24.1%
+18.6%$6.10B$2.94B14.884,300Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
BCC
Boise Cascade
4.864 of 5 stars
$95.50
0.0%
$125.00
+30.9%
-29.8%$3.63B$6.72B9.996,780Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
TREX
Trex
3.4451 of 5 stars
$57.50
-0.4%
$77.18
+34.2%
-34.9%$6.17B$1.15B26.261,640Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
KOP
Koppers
4.4622 of 5 stars
$25.22
-0.3%
$64.00
+153.8%
-51.9%$516.66M$2.09B7.162,120Upcoming Earnings
NVR
NVR
4.4704 of 5 stars
$7,059.00
-0.2%
$9,023.33
+27.8%
-5.3%$20.96B$10.61B13.916,550Positive News
PHM
PulteGroup
4.9751 of 5 stars
$102.51
+0.6%
$134.69
+31.4%
-9.0%$20.75B$17.89B6.976,520Dividend Announcement
Options Volume
LII
Lennox International
3.9607 of 5 stars
$531.22
+0.7%
$577.00
+8.6%
+22.4%$18.85B$5.37B23.5713,200
WY
Weyerhaeuser
4.1724 of 5 stars
$25.56
+3.0%
$33.75
+32.0%
-14.4%$18.55B$7.12B46.479,260Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
EME
EMCOR Group
3.2954 of 5 stars
$410.54
+0.1%
$497.25
+21.1%
+16.1%$18.50B$14.57B20.8535,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
WSO.B
Watsco
N/A$456.64
-10.0%
N/A+5.1%$18.45B$7.58B34.467,280News Coverage
Gap Down
WSO
Watsco
3.102 of 5 stars
$455.93
0.0%
$480.83
+5.5%
+2.5%$18.42B$7.58B34.417,280

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This page (NYSE:LPX) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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