Louisiana-Pacific Corporation

Company Profile

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation had its IPO on 1982-01-04 under the ticker symbol LPX.

The company operates in the Industrials sector and Building Products & Equipment industry. Louisiana-Pacific Corporation has a staff strength of 4,300 employees.

Stock update

Shares of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation opened at $59.54 at the start of the last trading session i.e. 2023-09-12.

The stocks traded within a range of $59.43 - $60.1, and closed at $59.63.

This is a -0.15% slip from the previous day's closing price.

A total volume of 589,207 shares were traded at the close of the day’s session.

In the last one week, shares of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation have slipped by -7.23%.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation's Key Ratios

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation has a market cap of $4.31 billion, indicating a price to book ratio of 3.3663 and a price to sales ratio of 0.9766.

In the last 12-months Louisiana-Pacific Corporation’s revenue was $2.75 billion with a gross profit of $1.50 billion and an EBITDA of $443 million. The EBITDA ratio measures Louisiana-Pacific Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure its profitability.

In the trailing 12-month period, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation’s operating margin was 11.52% while its return on assets stood at 8.17% with a return of equity of 8.12%.

In Q2, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation’s quarterly earnings growth was a negative -94.8% while revenue growth was a negative 45.9%.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation’s PE and PEG Ratio

Forward PE

12.7877

Trailing PE

27.5207

PEG

1.6808

Its diluted EPS in the last 12-months stands at $2.17 per share while it has a forward price to earnings multiple of 12.7877 and a PEG multiple of 1.6808. A low price to earnings ratio can mean the stock is attractively valued while a high ratio suggests the stock may be overvalued.

The PEG on the other hand provides a broader view compared to the P/E ratio and gives greater insight into Louisiana-Pacific Corporation’s profitability.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation stock is trading at a EV to sales ratio of 0.974 and a EV to EBITDA ratio of 2.7619. Its price to sales ratio in the trailing 12-months stood at 0.9766.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation stock pays annual dividends of $0.92 per share, indicating a yield of 1.6% and a payout ratio of 29.19%.

Balance sheet and cash flow metrics

Total Assets

$2.30 billion

Total Liabilities

$267.00 million

Operating Cash Flow

$-158000000.00

Capital Expenditure

$74 million

Dividend Payout Ratio

29.19%

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation ended 2024 with $2.30 billion in total assets and $0 in total liabilities. Its intangible assets were valued at $2.30 billion while shareholder equity stood at $1.42 billion.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation ended 2024 with $127.00 million in deferred long-term liabilities, $267.00 million in other current liabilities, 88000000.00 in common stock, $1.34 billion in retained earnings and $19.00 million in goodwill. Its cash balance stood at $71.00 million and cash and short-term investments were $71.00 million. The company’s total short-term debt was $0 while long-term debt stood at $377.00 million.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation’s total current assets stands at $671.00 million while long-term investments were $6.00 million and short-term investments were $0. Its net receivables were $172.00 million compared to accounts payable of $262.00 million and inventory worth $407.00 million.

In 2024, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation's operating cash flow was $-158000000.00 while its capital expenditure stood at $74 million.

Comparatively, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation paid $0.29 in dividends in 2024.

Other key metrics

Current Trading Price

$59.63

52-Week High

$79.2611

52-Week Low

$47.4487

Analyst Target Price

$76

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation stock is currently trading at $59.63 per share. It touched a 52-week high of $79.2611 and a 52-week low of $79.2611. Analysts tracking the stock have a 12-month average target price of $76.

Its 50-day moving average was $67.81 and 200-day moving average was $62.81 The short ratio stood at 1.91 indicating a short percent outstanding of 0%.

Around 149% of the company’s stock are held by insiders while 9127.4% are held by institutions.