Which is more profitable, Louisiana-Pacific or Trex?

Trex keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Louisiana-Pacific or Trex?

Trex grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Louisiana-Pacific or Trex?

Trex costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Louisiana-Pacific or Trex?

Louisiana-Pacific would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Louisiana-Pacific vs Trex stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Louisiana-Pacific has less debt. Trex is more profitable, grows faster and is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	Louisiana-Pacific	Trex
	$5.30 billion	$5.27 billion
	5.4%	16.2%
	+2.5%	+5.9%
	36.3×	27.7×
	0.2 years	0.6 years
	8.0%	17.1%
	1.7%	–

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.