FY2025 Earnings Estimate for LPX Issued By Seaport Res Ptn

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE:LPX) – Research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn decreased their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Louisiana-Pacific in a report issued on Wednesday, August 6th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst M. Weintraub now forecasts that the building manufacturing company will post earnings per share of $3.25 for the year, down from their previous forecast of $3.60. The consensus estimate for Louisiana-Pacific’s current full-year earnings is $5.27 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for Louisiana-Pacific’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.49 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.59 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.40 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.88 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $4.80 EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently commented on LPX. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on Louisiana-Pacific from $114.00 to $115.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 7th. Loop Capital upgraded Louisiana-Pacific from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $110.00 price target for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 7th. Truist Financial dropped their target price on Louisiana-Pacific from $111.00 to $108.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, July 11th. DA Davidson dropped their target price on Louisiana-Pacific from $123.00 to $117.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, June 25th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded Louisiana-Pacific from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Sunday, August 3rd. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Louisiana-Pacific has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $106.13.

Louisiana-Pacific Stock Down 2.0%

LPX stock opened at $90.71 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 1.59 and a current ratio of 2.84. The company has a market capitalization of $6.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.39, a PEG ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 1.80. Louisiana-Pacific has a fifty-two week low of $78.82 and a fifty-two week high of $122.87. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $89.83 and a 200-day moving average of $93.81.

Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 6th. The building manufacturing company reported $0.99 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $755.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $751.15 million. Louisiana-Pacific had a return on equity of 18.67% and a net margin of 10.34%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $2.09 EPS.

Louisiana-Pacific Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 15th. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Louisiana-Pacific’s payout ratio is 26.42%.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Lizanne C. Gottung sold 1,179 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $89.52, for a total transaction of $105,544.08. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 18,838 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,686,377.76. The trade was a 5.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 1.42% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Louisiana-Pacific

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its stake in Louisiana-Pacific by 5.1% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 54,396 shares of the building manufacturing company’s stock worth $5,633,000 after purchasing an additional 2,633 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in Louisiana-Pacific by 217.4% in the fourth quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 144,786 shares of the building manufacturing company’s stock worth $14,993,000 after purchasing an additional 99,172 shares during the period. Federated Hermes Inc. grew its stake in Louisiana-Pacific by 3.9% in the fourth quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 8,471 shares of the building manufacturing company’s stock worth $877,000 after purchasing an additional 319 shares during the period. FMR LLC grew its stake in Louisiana-Pacific by 17.1% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 3,708,649 shares of the building manufacturing company’s stock worth $384,031,000 after purchasing an additional 540,703 shares during the period. Finally, Advisory Services Network LLC grew its stake in Louisiana-Pacific by 365.7% in the fourth quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 13,544 shares of the building manufacturing company’s stock worth $1,402,000 after purchasing an additional 10,636 shares during the period. 94.73% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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, 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.