Financial Contrast: Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LPX) vs. BMC Stock Holdings (BMCH) – BNB Daily (blog)

BMC Stock Holdings (NASDAQ: BMCH) and Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE:LPX) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitabiliy, risk, valuation, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings for BMC Stock Holdings and Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, as provided by MarketBeat.

BMC Stock Holdings presently has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.36%. Louisiana-Pacific Corporation has a consensus price target of $26.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.61%. Given BMC Stock Holdings stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe BMC Stock Holdings is more favorable than Louisiana-Pacific Corporation.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares BMC Stock Holdings and Louisiana-Pacific Corporations revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation has higher revenue, but lower earnings than BMC Stock Holdings. Louisiana-Pacific Corporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BMC Stock Holdings, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares BMC Stock Holdings and Louisiana-Pacific Corporations net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Risk & Volatility

BMC Stock Holdings has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

98.0% of BMC Stock Holdings shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of BMC Stock Holdings shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

BMC Stock Holdings beats Louisiana-Pacific Corporation on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

BMC Stock Holdings Company Profile

BMC Stock Holdings, Inc. is a provider of building products and services in the United States residential construction market. The Companys segments include Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Texas, Intermountain, Western and Mountain West divisions. Its product offerings include lumber and lumber sheet goods and an array of products, including millwork, doors, windows, structural components, floor and roof trusses and wall panels. Its whole-house framing solution is Ready-Frame. It also offers its customers services, such as design, product specification, installation and installation management. It manufactures floor trusses, roof trusses, wall panels, stairs, specialty millwork, windows and pre-hung doors. It also provides a range of installation services and special order products. The Company groups its building products and services into four product categories: structural components; lumber & lumber sheet goods; millwork, doors & windows, and other building products & services.

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation Company Profile

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation is a manufacturer of building products. The Companys products are used in home construction, repair and remodeling, and outdoor structures. The Company operates in four segments, which include North America Oriented Strand Board (OSB), Siding, Engineered Wood Products (EWP) and South America. The OSB segment manufactures and distributes OSB structural panel products. The Siding segment offers two categories of products, which include SmartSide siding products and related accessories, and CanExel siding and accessories and other related products. The Engineered Wood Products (EWP) segment manufactures and distributes laminated veneer lumber, I-Joists, laminated strand lumber and other related products. The South American segment manufactures and distributes OSB and siding products in South America and certain export markets. Its engineered I-joists are used in residential and commercial flooring, and roofing systems and other structural applications.

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