profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Louisiana-Pacific
$74.80-1.59% today
-3.9% in 1 year
1-year low $64.551-year high $98.57
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $35.83 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Louisiana-Pacific sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $3.85 billion in 2022 to $2.71 billion in 2025, with $146 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Louisiana-Pacific handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $61M$78M
Free cash flow 2025$91M
Bought back its own shares$61M
Paid as dividends$78M
Cash vs. debt$292M vs. $379M
Louisiana-Pacific vs. similar companies
Louisiana-Pacific grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana-Pacific | 35.8× · Expensive | ||
 Trane Technologies | 31.8× · Expensive | ||
 Johnson Controls International | 26.2× · Fair price | ||
 Carrier Global | 30.0× · Fair price | ||
 Compagnie de Saint-Gobain | 12.8× · Cheap |
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AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Louisiana-Pacific's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,399 | 3,915 | 3,854 | 2,581 | 2,941 | 2,708 | |
| 833 | 1,963 | 1,498 | 593 | 832 | 589 | |
| – | – | 1,242 | 335 | 538 | 259 | |
| 717 | 1,848 | 1,296 | 380 | 686 | 354 | |
| 499 | 1,377 | 1,086 | 178 | 420 | 146 | |
| 4.46 | 14.09 | 13.87 | 2.46 | 5.89 | 2.08 | |
| 34.7% | 50.1% | 38.9% | 23.0% | 28.3% | 21.8% | |
| – | – | 32.2% | 13.0% | 18.3% | 9.6% | |
| 20.8% | 35.2% | 28.2% | 6.9% | 14.3% | 5.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,086 | 2,194 | 2,350 | 2,437 | 2,556 | 2,627 |
| Cash | 535 | 358 | 369 | 222 | 340 | 292 |
| Total debt | 388 | 397 | 395 | 378 | 380 | 379 |
| Total liabilities | 842 | 955 | 916 | 880 | 885 | 896 |
| 1,234 | 1,235 | 1,434 | 1,557 | 1,671 | 1,731 | |
| 112 | 98 | 78 | 72 | 71 | 70 | |
| 30.0% | 83.9% | 50.3% | 10.7% | 21.6% | 7.8% | |
| 40.4% | 111.5% | 75.7% | 11.4% | 25.1% | 8.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 659 | 1,484 | 1,144 | 316 | 605 | 382 | |
| 71 | 254 | 414 | 300 | 183 | 291 | |
| 588 | 1,230 | 730 | 16 | 422 | 91 | |
| Dividends paid | 65 | 66 | 69 | 69 | 74 | 78 |
| 200 | 1,300 | 900 | 0 | 212 | 61 | |
| – | – | – | 13 | 20 | 30 |
Valuation
- 35.8×
- 29.6×
- –
- 3.1×
- 1.9×
- 57.5×
- 15.0×
- 1.7%
- 2.8%
- 1.7%
Profitability
- 21.8%
- 9.6%
- 5.4%
- 11.3%
- 8.0%
- 23.2%
- 4.7%
- 3.2%
- 6.0%
- 0.0%
Growth
- +2.5%
- −14.1%
- −78.4%
- +14.1%
- −3.5%
Financial health
- 0.2×
- 0.22
- 14.6%
- 14.9×
- 2.73
- 1.48
- 0.99
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 49%of 980
Top 46%of 986
Bottom 22%of 866
Bottom 24%of 986
Bottom 29%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $102.00
- Range
- $90.00 – $115.00
- 6 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | 0.38 | 0.09 | +322.2% |
| Feb 17, 2026 | 0.03 | -0.06 | +150.0% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | 0.36 | 0.37 | −2.7% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 0.99 | 0.97 | +2.1% |
| May 6, 2025 | 1.27 | 1.13 | +12.4% |
| Feb 19, 2025 | 1.03 | 0.79 | +30.4% |
| Nov 5, 2024 | 1.22 | 0.88 | +38.6% |
| Aug 7, 2024 | 2.09 | 1.93 | +8.3% |
1.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$17a year at today's yield, before tax
+14.1%2020 to 2025
Raised7 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.52 in 2018 → $1.12 in 2025
How safe it looks
53.4% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 85.7%
News
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Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
48No pass
Benjamin Graham
49No pass
Philip Fisher
37No pass
Peter Lynch
25No pass
Joel Greenblatt
16No pass
Charlie Munger
51No pass
Terry Smith
39No pass
Questions about Louisiana-Pacific
Is Louisiana-Pacific a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Louisiana-Pacific AI analysis
What does Louisiana-Pacific do?
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides building solutions for applications in new home construction, repair and remodeling, and outdoor structure markets in the United States, Canada, and South America. It is in Building Products & Equipment, based in Nashville, TN, United States, with 4,300 employees.
Does Louisiana-Pacific pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.7% a year, about 53% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $78.0 million in dividends.
Is Louisiana-Pacific stock halal?
Yes. Louisiana-Pacific passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 7% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Louisiana-Pacific stock done over the past year?
Down 3.9% over the past twelve months, to $74.80. It traded between $64.55 and $98.57 and is 24.1% below its high.
Who are Louisiana-Pacific's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Trane Technologies, Johnson Controls International, Carrier Global and Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Louisiana-Pacific's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.