LPX vs. BCC, TREX, KOP, EVA, ROL, WY, WSO, LII, WSO.B, and EME
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), Enviva (EVA), Rollins (ROL), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Watsco (WSO), Lennox International (LII), Watsco (WSO.B), and EMCOR Group (EME).
Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) and Boise Cascade (NYSE:BCC) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, Louisiana-Pacific had 2 more articles in the media than Boise Cascade. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Louisiana-Pacific and 7 mentions for Boise Cascade. Boise Cascade's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Louisiana-Pacific's score of 0.41 indicating that Boise Cascade is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Louisiana-Pacific presently has a consensus target price of $90.50, indicating a potential downside of 7.27%. Boise Cascade has a consensus target price of $126.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.66%. Given Louisiana-Pacific's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Louisiana-Pacific is more favorable than Boise Cascade.
Louisiana-Pacific has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boise Cascade has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its share price is 50% 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. 1.3% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Boise Cascade shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Louisiana-Pacific received 67 more outperform votes than Boise Cascade when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.53% of users gave Boise Cascade an outperform vote while only 55.83% of users gave Louisiana-Pacific an outperform vote.
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.
Louisiana-Pacific has a net margin of 9.74% compared to Boise Cascade's net margin of 7.08%. Boise Cascade's return on equity of 22.00% beat Louisiana-Pacific's return on equity.
Louisiana-Pacific pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Boise Cascade pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Louisiana-Pacific pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boise Cascade pays out 6.5% 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 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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