LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION vs Champion Homes, Inc., two Forest Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Louisiana-Pacific makes OSB and siding, and its 70.37 times earnings looks steep only because the OSB side of the cycle is depressed, holding profits down rather than signaling growth. It earns 4.74% on equity at a 3.21% net margin right now. Skyline Champion, the manufactured-home builder, earns far more, 13.15% on equity at a 7.77% margin, and trades at a cheaper 24.32 times earnings. Skyline generates real free cash, 5.39% of price, while Louisiana-Pacific runs slightly negative at negative 0.14%. Both carry almost no debt. Louisiana-Pacific at $5.8B and Skyline at $5.0B are close in scale, yet Skyline earns steadily where the OSB maker swings with lumber prices.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | LPX | SKY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $73.17 | $81.27 |
| Market cap | $5.1B | $4.6B |
| Sector | Forest Products | Forest Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 62.5 | 22.2 |
| P/B | 2.96 | 2.91 |
| P/S | 2.00 | 1.72 |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.1 | 13.3 |
| Revenue growth | -13.3% | +7.3% |
| Gross margin | 20.0% | 24.9% |
| Operating margin | 5.9% | 5.8% |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 7.8% |
| Return on equity | 4.7% | 13.2% |
| Return on assets | 3.2% | 9.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 4.4% | 12.5% |
| FCF yield | -0.2% | 5.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.4% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.20 | 0.02 |
| Current ratio | 3.26 | 2.48 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.78 | 8.33 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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