Analytical Overview: Louisiana-Pacific Corp (LPX)’s Ratios Tell a Financial Story

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As of close of business last night, Louisiana-Pacific Corp’s stock clocked out at $93.21, down -2.00% from its previous closing price of $95.11. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.00 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.59 million shares were traded. LPX stock price reached its highest trading level at $94.06 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $92.61.

Ratios:

To gain a deeper understanding of LPX’s stock, we examine its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 19.49 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 23.52. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.67 and its Current Ratio is at 2.84. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.22 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.21.

On August 08, 2024, BMO Capital Markets Downgraded its rating to Market Perform which previously was Outperform but kept the price unchanged to $99. Goldman Downgraded its Neutral to Sell on June 17, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $89 to $81.

Insider Transactions:

Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 14 ’25 when HORTON OZEY K JR sold 500 shares for $101.00 per share. The transaction valued at 50,500 led to the insider holds 29,728 shares of the business.

HORTON OZEY K JR bought 500 shares of LPX for $50,500 on Aug 13 ’25. On Jun 11 ’25, another insider, Gottung Lizanne C, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 1,179 shares for $89.52 each. As a result, the insider received 105,544 and left with 18,838 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LPX now has a Market Capitalization of 6491237376 and an Enterprise Value of 6536233984. As of this moment, Louisiana-Pacific’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 21.99, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 19.99. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.25 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.75. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.27 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.906.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for LPX is 1.84, which has changed by -0.010299444 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16222072 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LPX has reached a high of $122.87, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $78.82. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.24%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -5.25%.

Shares Statistics:

It appears that LPX traded 861.67K shares on average per day over the past three months and 935560 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 70.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 68.42M. Insiders hold about 1.76% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 95.14% stake in the company. Shares short for LPX as of 1755216000 were 3085524 with a Short Ratio of 3.58, compared to 1752537600 on 2117668. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3085524 and a Short% of Float of 5.6700002.

Dividends & Splits

With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 1.08, LPX has a forward annual dividend rate of 1.10. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.011355273The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.27. The current Payout Ratio is 17.58% for LPX, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-08-15 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-08-15. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1993-06-09 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.

Earnings Estimates

The firm’s stock currently is rated by 9.0 analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.33, with high estimates of $0.49 and low estimates of $0.09.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $3.89 and $2.77 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $3.1. EPS for the following year is $4.6, with 10.0 analysts recommending between $5.21 and $3.5.

Revenue Estimates

In the current quarter, 9 analysts expect revenue to total $670.33M. It ranges from a high estimate of $696.65M to a low estimate of $644.9M. As of the current estimate, Louisiana-Pacific Corp’s year-ago sales were $722MFor the next quarter, 9 analysts are estimating revenue of $641.23M. There is a high estimate of $674M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $601M.

A total of 11 analysts have provided revenue estimates for LPX’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.83B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.74B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.79B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $2.94BBased on 11 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $3.02B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $3.1B and the low estimate is $2.95B.

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