With 1.19 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.69 million shares. The 52-week range on LPX shows that it touched its highest point at $122.87 and its lowest point at $72.91 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $107.67. With its current market cap of 6.25 billion, LPX has annualized dividend of $1.06 while the current yield stands at 1.18%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.91.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of LPX was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.95%, but this was up by 7.84% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -23.99% while six-month performance fell -10.72%. The stock gained 20.75% in the past year, while it has lost -13.36% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LPX yields 5.69 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.43. For the next quarter, that number is 1.16. This implies an EPS growth rate of -24.37% for this year and 22.15% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 70.00 million LPX shares are outstanding with a float of 68.37 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for LPX since 15 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 5 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $5.86479 being high and $5.59177 being low. For LPX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.703.
