Louisiana-Pacific Corporation

NYSE:LPX Stock Report

Market Cap: US$5.4b

Louisiana-Pacific Valuation

Is LPX undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of LPX when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: LPX ($74.57) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($115.71)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LPX is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LPX?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

LPX key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue2.1x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA12x
PEG Ratio2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does LPX's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for LPX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average22.7x
SIM Grupo Simec. de
15.8xn/aUS$4.8b
BERY Berry Global Group
11.8x13.4%US$6.6b
ESI Element Solutions
49.8x25.1%US$5.8b
SEE Sealed Air
13.6x12.2%US$4.6b
LPX Louisiana-Pacific
30.3x15.4%US$5.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LPX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.3x) compared to the peer average (22.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LPX's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Forestry Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a23.5%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LPX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.3x) compared to the Global Forestry industry average (13.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LPX's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

LPX PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio30.3x
Fair PE Ratio20.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: LPX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.8x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst LPX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$74.57
US$80.38
+7.8%
12.4%US$90.00US$54.00n/a11
Apr ’25US$83.27
US$77.00
-7.5%
11.9%US$85.00US$54.00n/a10
Mar ’25US$75.08
US$76.20
+1.5%
11.5%US$85.00US$54.00n/a10
Feb ’25US$68.00
US$75.10
+10.4%
15.3%US$99.00US$52.00n/a10
Jan ’25US$70.83
US$70.00
-1.2%
12.2%US$80.00US$52.00n/a9
Dec ’24US$63.11
US$68.33
+8.3%
12.6%US$78.00US$52.00n/a9
Nov ’24US$54.13
US$69.22
+27.9%
13.1%US$78.00US$51.00n/a9
Oct ’24US$55.27
US$73.22
+32.5%
15.1%US$88.00US$51.00n/a9
Sep ’24US$64.28
US$73.22
+13.9%
15.1%US$88.00US$51.00n/a9
Aug ’24US$76.44
US$75.22
-1.6%
16.5%US$90.00US$51.00n/a9
Jul ’24US$74.98
US$68.40
-8.8%
15.3%US$82.00US$51.00n/a10
Jun ’24US$58.61
US$65.10
+11.1%
16.6%US$82.00US$49.00n/a10
May ’24US$59.34
US$62.70
+5.7%
15.6%US$82.00US$47.00n/a10
Apr ’24US$54.21
US$62.50
+15.3%
16.5%US$82.00US$47.00US$83.2710
Mar ’24US$59.15
US$62.50
+5.7%
16.5%US$82.00US$47.00US$75.0810
Feb ’24US$70.50
US$65.40
-7.2%
14.1%US$82.00US$49.00US$68.0010
Jan ’24US$59.20
US$66.20
+11.8%
13.4%US$82.00US$51.00US$70.8310
Dec ’23US$64.39
US$66.67
+3.5%
13.7%US$82.00US$51.00US$63.119
Nov ’23US$56.46
US$66.67
+18.1%
14.0%US$82.00US$51.00US$54.139
Oct ’23US$51.19
US$68.89
+34.6%
14.0%US$82.00US$53.00US$55.279
Sep ’23US$53.46
US$70.33
+31.6%
12.6%US$82.00US$53.00US$64.289
Aug ’23US$64.94
US$71.33
+9.8%
11.7%US$82.00US$57.00US$76.449
Jul ’23US$54.58
US$77.33
+41.7%
16.7%US$100.00US$57.00US$74.989
Jun ’23US$68.82
US$87.88
+27.7%
6.9%US$100.00US$79.00US$58.618
May ’23US$64.52
US$84.63
+31.2%
8.7%US$100.00US$75.00US$59.348
Apr ’23US$61.72
US$85.75
+38.9%
9.5%US$105.00US$77.00US$54.218

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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