Retirement Systems of Alabama increased its holdings in Louisiana-Pacific Co. (NYSE:LPX – Free Report) by 0.3% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 80,596 shares of the building manufacturing company’s stock after buying an additional 220 shares during the quarter. Retirement Systems of Alabama owned 0.11% of Louisiana-Pacific worth $6,763,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in LPX. Channing Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Louisiana-Pacific during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $73,662,000. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Louisiana-Pacific during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $53,186,000. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. lifted its holdings in Louisiana-Pacific by 16,827.7% during the fourth quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 717,059 shares of the building manufacturing company’s stock valued at $50,789,000 after purchasing an additional 712,823 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its holdings in shares of Louisiana-Pacific by 83.8% in the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 1,563,117 shares of the building manufacturing company’s stock worth $110,717,000 after buying an additional 712,671 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Eminence Capital LP lifted its holdings in shares of Louisiana-Pacific by 31.4% in the fourth quarter. Eminence Capital LP now owns 2,056,991 shares of the building manufacturing company’s stock worth $145,697,000 after buying an additional 491,641 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 94.73% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have recently commented on LPX shares. DA Davidson boosted their target price on shares of Louisiana-Pacific from $98.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, June 14th. The Goldman Sachs Group downgraded shares of Louisiana-Pacific from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and lowered their target price for the stock from $89.00 to $81.00 in a report on Monday, June 17th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Louisiana-Pacific from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 9th. Seaport Res Ptn cut shares of Louisiana-Pacific from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 9th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price objective on shares of Louisiana-Pacific from $88.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 9th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Louisiana-Pacific presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $87.11.

Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on Louisiana-Pacific

Louisiana-Pacific Stock Down 3.5 %

NYSE:LPX opened at $80.23 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $86.30 and a 200 day moving average of $77.54. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 3.32 and a quick ratio of 1.75. The firm has a market cap of $5.75 billion, a PE ratio of 22.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 10.79 and a beta of 1.89. Louisiana-Pacific Co. has a 1-year low of $49.47 and a 1-year high of $95.70.

Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE:LPX – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 8th. The building manufacturing company reported $1.53 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.13 by $0.40. Louisiana-Pacific had a return on equity of 20.87% and a net margin of 9.74%. The company had revenue of $724.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $686.84 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.34 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 24.0% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Louisiana-Pacific Co. will post 5.79 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Louisiana-Pacific Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 5th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 22nd were issued a dividend of $0.26 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, May 21st. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.30%. Louisiana-Pacific’s dividend payout ratio is presently 28.57%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Lizanne C. Gottung sold 3,591 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $89.18, for a total transaction of $320,245.38. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 23,501 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,095,819.18. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 1.53% of the company’s stock.

About Louisiana-Pacific

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Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides building solutions primarily for use in new home construction, repair and remodeling, and outdoor structure markets. It operates through Siding, Oriented Strand Board, LP South America, and Other segments. The Siding segment offers LP SmartSide trim and siding products, LP SmartSide ExpertFinish trim and siding products, LP BuilderSeries lap siding products, and LP Outdoor Building Solutions; and engineered wood siding, trim, soffit, and fascia products.

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