LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION vs Trex Company, Inc., two Forest Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where LPX and TREX diverge most: on revenue growth, LPX reads -13.3% and TREX reads +5.6%; on fcf yield, LPX reads -0.2% and TREX reads 4.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What LPX's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What TREX's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | LPX | TREX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $73.17 | $47.16 |
| Market cap | $5.1B | $5.0B |
| Sector | Forest Products | Forest Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 62.5 | 26.2 |
| P/B | 2.96 | 4.98 |
| P/S | 2.00 | 4.21 |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.1 | 17.8 |
| Revenue growth | -13.3% | +5.6% |
| Gross margin | 20.0% | 40.5% |
| Operating margin | 5.9% | 24.3% |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 16.3% |
| Return on equity | 4.7% | 19.2% |
| Return on assets | 3.2% | 11.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 4.4% | 19.2% |
| FCF yield | -0.2% | 4.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.4% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.20 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 3.26 | 1.02 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.78 | 6.40 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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