Reviewing CSR (OTCMKTS:CSRLF) & Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX)

CSR (OTCMKTS:CSRLF) and Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

30.6% of CSR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Louisiana-Pacific shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares CSR and Louisiana-Pacific’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CSR	N/A	N/A	N/A
Louisiana-Pacific	7.96%	16.60%	10.11%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares CSR and Louisiana-Pacific’s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CSR	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.22	16.05
Louisiana-Pacific	$2.75 billion	1.55	$1.09 billion	$2.95	20.08

Louisiana-Pacific has higher revenue and earnings than CSR. CSR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Louisiana-Pacific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Dividends

CSR pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Louisiana-Pacific pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. CSR pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Louisiana-Pacific pays out 32.5% 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. Louisiana-Pacific has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for CSR and Louisiana-Pacific, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CSR	0	0	0	0	N/A
Louisiana-Pacific	1	1	3	0	2.40

Louisiana-Pacific has a consensus target price of $75.60, suggesting a potential upside of 27.64%. Given Louisiana-Pacific’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Louisiana-Pacific is more favorable than CSR.

Summary

Louisiana-Pacific beats CSR on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About CSR

CSR Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and supply of building products for residential and commercial constructions in Australia and New Zealand. It operates through Building Products, Property, and Aluminium segments. The Building Products segment offers interior systems, including gyprock plasterboards, Martini acoustic insulation products, and Rondo rolled formed steel products, as well as Himmel and Potter interior systems that supplies ceiling tiles, aluminum partitions, and architectural hardware products; construction systems, such as Hebel autoclaved aerated concrete products, AFS walling systems, cladding systems, and Cemintel fiber cement; masonry and insulation solutions comprising Bradford insulations, Bradford energy solutions, Edmonds ventilation systems, and Monier roofing solutions; and bricks, including PGH Bricks and pavers. The company's Property segment sells former operating sites. This segment is also involved in the large-scale developments in New South Wales, Queensland, and Victoria. Its Aluminium segment offers aluminium ingots, billets, and slabs. CSR Limited was founded in 1855 and is headquartered in North Ryde, Australia.

About Louisiana-Pacific

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, and South America. 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. The Oriented Strand Board segment manufactures and distributes oriented strand board structural panel products comprising LP TechShield radiant barriers, LP WeatherLogic air and water barriers, LP Legacy premium sub-flooring products, LP FlameBlock fire-rated sheathing products, and LP TopNotch sub-flooring products. The South America segment manufactures and distributes oriented strand board structural panel and siding products. This segment also distributes and sells related products for the region's transition to wood frame construction. It also offers timber and timberlands and other products and services. The company sells its products primarily to retailers, wholesalers, and homebuilding and industrial businesses in North America and South America, Asia, Australia, and Europe. Louisiana-Pacific Corporation was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.