Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) Sets New 52-Week Low – Time to Sell?

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE:LPX)’s share price hit a new 52-week low during mid-day trading on Monday . The company traded as low as $68.81 and last traded at $68.9090, with a volume of 303080 shares. The stock had previously closed at $71.26.

Key Stories Impacting Louisiana-Pacific

Here are the key news stories impacting Louisiana-Pacific this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 EPS topped expectations — LPX reported $0.38/share versus consensus around $0.09–$0.14, reducing short‑term downside risk from the quarter. Louisiana-Pacific (LPX) Q1 Earnings and Revenues Top Estimates
• Positive Sentiment: An influential analyst (DA Davidson) reaffirmed a Buy and maintained a $114 price target, which supports upside sentiment among investors. DA Davidson Reaffirms Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: Company released the full earnings press release, slide deck and conference call transcript/slides — useful for investors digging into segment results and margin drivers. LPX Press Release / Slide Deck
• Neutral Sentiment: Corporate governance items passed at the annual meeting (directors, auditor, pay plan), which removes short‑term proxy uncertainty. Shareholder Meeting Results
• Negative Sentiment: Management significantly lowered revenue guidance: Q2 revenue guided to $435–445M (vs. consensus ~ $721M) and FY revenue guided to ~$1.7B (vs. consensus ~ $2.7B) — a material weakening that pressures forward earnings expectations. LP Building Solutions Reports First Quarter 2026 Results, Updates Guidance
• Negative Sentiment: Topline and profitability are down materially year‑over‑year — Q1 revenue fell ~20.7% and EPS declined from $1.27 a year ago, signaling weaker end‑market demand and margin pressure. LPX Slips Despite Earnings Beat

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on LPX shares. BMO Capital Markets reduced their price objective on shares of Louisiana-Pacific from $98.00 to $94.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Louisiana-Pacific in a research note on Tuesday, March 3rd. Barclays reduced their price target on shares of Louisiana-Pacific from $104.00 to $90.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 8th. Truist Financial raised their price target on shares of Louisiana-Pacific from $102.00 to $108.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 6th. Finally, DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and issued a $114.00 price target on shares of Louisiana-Pacific in a research note on Tuesday. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $101.57.

Louisiana-Pacific Trading Up 4.1%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 1.53 and a current ratio of 2.78. The firm has a market cap of $5.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.75, a PEG ratio of 1.07 and a beta of 1.60. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $75.35 and a 200-day simple moving average of $82.10.

Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The building manufacturing company reported $0.38 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.24. Louisiana-Pacific had a return on equity of 10.72% and a net margin of 5.39%.The company had revenue of $574.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $569.99 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.27 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 20.7% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Louisiana-Pacific Corporation will post 2.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Louisiana-Pacific Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 28th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 14th will be issued a dividend of $0.30 per share. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 14th. Louisiana-Pacific’s payout ratio is presently 53.59%.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director F Nicholas Grasberger III acquired 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 19th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $85.49 per share, for a total transaction of $1,709,800.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director directly owned 38,954 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,330,177.46. This trade represents a 105.52% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Lizanne M. Bruce sold 1,300 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $78.59, for a total value of $102,167.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 17,160 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,348,604.40. This represents a 7.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders own 0.65% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Louisiana-Pacific

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in LPX. Eminence Capital LP raised its position in shares of Louisiana-Pacific by 29.9% during the fourth quarter. Eminence Capital LP now owns 4,048,136 shares of the building manufacturing company’s stock worth $326,927,000 after acquiring an additional 932,177 shares during the last quarter. 59 North Capital Management LP raised its position in shares of Louisiana-Pacific by 26.3% during the fourth quarter. 59 North Capital Management LP now owns 3,536,884 shares of the building manufacturing company’s stock worth $285,639,000 after acquiring an additional 737,406 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its position in shares of Louisiana-Pacific by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,171,315 shares of the building manufacturing company’s stock worth $175,355,000 after acquiring an additional 27,710 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its position in shares of Louisiana-Pacific by 23.9% in the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 1,723,824 shares of the building manufacturing company’s stock worth $139,218,000 after purchasing an additional 332,794 shares during the period. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in shares of Louisiana-Pacific by 4.8% in the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,624,489 shares of the building manufacturing company’s stock worth $131,202,000 after purchasing an additional 74,636 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 94.73% of the company’s stock.

Louisiana-Pacific Company Profile

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE: LPX) is a leading manufacturer of building materials and engineered wood products for residential, industrial and light commercial construction. The company produces a diverse portfolio of products, including oriented strand board (OSB), engineered wood siding, trim, molding, sheathing panels and subflooring. Its flagship product lines, such as LP® SmartSide® trim and siding, are designed to offer enhanced durability, moisture resistance and ease of installation, helping builders and homeowners achieve long-lasting performance in a variety of climates.

Founded in 1973 as a spin-off from Georgia-Pacific, Louisiana-Pacific established its reputation by pioneering innovative manufacturing techniques for OSB, becoming one of the first companies to bring the product to market in the 1980s.