On Tuesday, Louisiana-Pacific Corp (NYSE: LPX) opened lower -3.14% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $115.28. Price fluctuations for LPX have ranged from $60.00 to $117.59 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Industrials Sector giant was 1.64%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 73.00% at the time writing. With a float of $69.08 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $72.16 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 4100 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 28.34%, operating margin of 18.54%, and the pretax margin is 18.06%.
Louisiana-Pacific Corp (LPX) Insider Activity
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Building Products & Equipment industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Louisiana-Pacific Corp is 1.66%, while institutional ownership is 92.44%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 12 ’24, was worth 34,023. In this transaction Director of this company sold 300 shares at a rate of $113.41, taking the stock ownership to the 28,638 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 16 ’24, when Company’s Director sold 2,500 for $98.30, making the entire transaction worth $245,750. This insider now owns 21,005 shares in total.
Louisiana-Pacific Corp (LPX) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 73.00% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.50% during the next five years compared to -1.98% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Louisiana-Pacific Corp (NYSE: LPX) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Louisiana-Pacific Corp (LPX). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.69. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.69. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 16.55.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 5.81, a number that is poised to hit 0.72 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 5.48 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Louisiana-Pacific Corp (LPX)
Looking closely at Louisiana-Pacific Corp (NYSE: LPX), its last 5-days average volume was 0.6 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 0.84 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 64.46%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 3.47.
During the past 100 days, Louisiana-Pacific Corp’s (LPX) raw stochastic average was set at 84.55%, which indicates a significant increase from 69.76% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 35.05% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 30.08% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $104.99, while its 200-day Moving Average is $89.36. However, in the short run, Louisiana-Pacific Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $113.84. Second resistance stands at $116.01. The third major resistance level sits at $117.39. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $110.29, it is likely to go to the next support level at $108.91. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $106.74.
Louisiana-Pacific Corp (NYSE: LPX) Key Stats
There are currently 70,238K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 7.84 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 2,581 M according to its annual income of 178,000 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 722,000 K and its income totaled 90,000 K.
