LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION vs UFP INDUSTRIES, INC., two Forest Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where LPX and UFPI diverge most: on fcf yield, LPX reads -0.2% and UFPI reads 6.1%; on dividend yield, LPX reads 0.4% and UFPI reads 1.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What LPX's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | LPX | UFPI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $72.36 | $86.86 |
| Market cap | $5.1B | $4.9B |
| Sector | Forest Products | Forest Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +11.4% |
| P/E | 61.9 | 19.0 |
| P/B | 2.93 | 1.58 |
| P/S | 1.98 | 0.79 |
| EV/EBITDA | 19.9 | 9.3 |
| Revenue growth | -13.3% | -6.6% |
| Gross margin | 20.0% | 16.1% |
| Operating margin | 5.9% | 4.4% |
| Net margin | 3.2% | 4.3% |
| Return on equity | 4.7% | 8.6% |
| Return on assets | 3.2% | 6.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 4.4% | 7.7% |
| FCF yield | -0.2% | 6.1% |
| Dividend yield | 0.4% | 1.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.20 | 0.08 |
| Current ratio | 3.26 | 4.64 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.74 | 6.17 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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