Ratios in Focus: Analyzing Louisiana-Pacific Corp (LPX)’s Price-to-Cash and Price-to-Free Cash Flow

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In the latest session, Louisiana-Pacific Corp (NYSE: LPX) closed at $98.90 up 0.24% from its previous closing price of $98.66. In other words, the price has increased by $0.24 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.59 million shares were traded. LPX stock price reached its highest trading level at $99.42 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $97.98.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Louisiana-Pacific Corp’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 21.93 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 14.66. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.95 and its Current Ratio is at 3.38. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.22 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.22.

On June 17, 2024, Goldman Downgraded its rating to Sell which previously was Neutral and also lowered its target price recommendation from $89 to $81.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 16 ’24 when Gottung Lizanne C sold 2,500 shares for $98.30 per share. The transaction valued at 245,750 led to the insider holds 21,005 shares of the business.

LIZANNE GOTTUNG bought 5,000 shares of LPX for $489,600 on Sep 16 ’24. On Aug 21 ’24, another insider, Southern William Bradley, who serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the company, sold 32,600 shares for $93.44 each. As a result, the insider received 3,046,144 and left with 596,886 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 6950286848 and an Enterprise Value of 7003290624. As of this moment, Louisiana-Pacific’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 16.00, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 19.38. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.75. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.38 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.24. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.394 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.822.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, LPX has reached a high of $109.73, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $49.47. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.29%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 14.25%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, LPX has traded an average of 644.41K shares per day and 574150 over the past ten days. A total of 72.16M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 69.11M. Insiders hold about 1.66% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 93.18% stake in the company. Shares short for LPX as of 1728950400 were 2314040 with a Short Ratio of 3.59, compared to 1726185600 on 2508097. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2314040 and a Short% of Float of 3.34.

Dividends & Splits

According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for LPX is 1.02, from 1.0 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.010135819The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.46.

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