Louisiana-Pacific (LPX) – Investment Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates

Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE: LPX) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

• 2/24/2025 – Louisiana-Pacific had its price target lowered by analysts at Loop Capital from $117.00 to $110.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 2/20/2025 – Louisiana-Pacific had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada. They now have a $125.00 price target on the stock.
• 2/20/2025 – Louisiana-Pacific had its price target raised by analysts at BMO Capital Markets from $105.00 to $108.00. They now have a “market perform” rating on the stock.
• 2/20/2025 – Louisiana-Pacific had its price target lowered by analysts at TD Securities from $123.00 to $117.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 2/20/2025 – Louisiana-Pacific had its price target lowered by analysts at DA Davidson from $125.00 to $123.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/6/2025 – Louisiana-Pacific had its price target raised by analysts at Truist Financial Co. from $117.00 to $135.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.

Louisiana-Pacific Price Performance

Shares of LPX stock opened at $95.17 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.69, a current ratio of 2.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. Louisiana-Pacific Co. has a twelve month low of $71.39 and a twelve month high of $122.87. The company has a market cap of $6.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.18, a P/E/G ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 1.95. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $109.36 and a 200 day simple moving average of $106.85.

Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 19th. The building manufacturing company reported $1.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.79 by $0.24. Louisiana-Pacific had a return on equity of 25.35% and a net margin of 14.31%. The business had revenue of $681.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $666.75 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.71 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.5% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Louisiana-Pacific Co. will post 5.27 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Louisiana-Pacific Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 13th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 27th will be issued a $0.28 dividend. This represents a $1.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.18%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. This is a boost from Louisiana-Pacific’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.26. Louisiana-Pacific’s dividend payout ratio is presently 19.05%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Lizanne C. Gottung sold 2,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $113.50, for a total value of $283,750.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 18,513 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,101,225.50. This represents a 11.90 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 1.26% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Louisiana-Pacific

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in LPX. Pacer Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of Louisiana-Pacific by 11,417.9% in the third quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 1,106,410 shares of the building manufacturing company’s stock valued at $118,895,000 after buying an additional 1,096,804 shares during the period. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. grew its stake in Louisiana-Pacific by 1,736.2% during the fourth quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 891,351 shares of the building manufacturing company’s stock worth $92,299,000 after purchasing an additional 842,809 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Louisiana-Pacific during the fourth quarter worth approximately $78,181,000. FMR LLC grew its stake in Louisiana-Pacific by 25.2% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 3,167,946 shares of the building manufacturing company’s stock worth $340,427,000 after purchasing an additional 638,058 shares during the period. Finally, Palestra Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Louisiana-Pacific during the fourth quarter worth approximately $34,521,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.73% of the company’s stock.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides building solutions primarily for use in new home construction, repair and remodeling, and outdoor structure markets. It operates through Siding, Oriented Strand Board, LP South America, and Other segments. The Siding segment offers LP SmartSide trim and siding products, LP SmartSide ExpertFinish trim and siding products, LP BuilderSeries lap siding products, and LP Outdoor Building Solutions; and engineered wood siding, trim, soffit, and fascia products.