Louisiana-Pacific vs Trex
LPX and TREX side by side, both in materials. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How LPX and TREX compare
Louisiana-Pacific and Trex are about the same size, with market caps of $5.3B and $5.4B.
On earnings, Trex is cheaper: it trades at 30.7× trailing earnings, against 96.0× for Louisiana-Pacific.
Trex grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (8.6% versus −14.3% for Louisiana-Pacific).
Trex keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 13.9% compared with 2.2% at Louisiana-Pacific.
Louisiana-Pacific pays a dividend yielding 1.6%; Trex does not pay one.
Trex scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 8 for Louisiana-Pacific), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | LPX | TREX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $5.3B | $5.4B |
| Share price | $75.85 | $52.76 |
| Change, 1 year | −2.6% | 59.6% |
| Change, 5 years | 8.3% | −60.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.24 | 1.52 |
| Employees | 4,300 | 1,839 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 96.0× | 30.7× (better) |
| P/S | 2.1× (better) | 4.2× |
| P/B | 3.0× (better) | 5.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 24.0× | 16.7× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 26.7× |
| PEG | – | 11.98 |
| FCF yield | −0.40% | 3.7% (better) |
| Fair value | $34.82 | $46.68 |
| Margin of safety | −118% | −13.0% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −14.3% | 8.6% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 2.5% | 5.9% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −81.8% | −15.2% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −81.5% | −11.8% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −14.1% | 3.3% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 18.0% | 37.1% (better) |
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 19.2% (better) |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 13.9% (better) |
| FCF margin | −0.85% | 15.7% (better) |
| Return on equity | 3.1% | 17.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 2.9% | 17.7% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.20 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.53 | – |
| Interest coverage | 4.1× | – |
| Current ratio | 3.22 (better) | 1.23 |
| Altman Z-score | 5.85 | 8.94 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.6% | – |
| Payout ratio | 150% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 3 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 14.1% | – |
| Buyback yield | 0.00% | 4.8% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 1.6% | 4.8% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 106% | 110% |
| Held by insiders | 1.6% | 0.92% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$13.6M | $138K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 12.6% | 9.4% |
Go deeper
- LPX stock overview
- LPX income statement
- LPX valuation and score
- TREX stock overview
- TREX income statement
- TREX valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.