Louisiana-Pacific Financial Ratios
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At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min
Louisiana-Pacific ratio analysis
Louisiana-Pacific earned a net margin of 5.4% in FY 2025, down from 14.3% a year earlier. Gross margin was 21.8% compared with a median of 26.9% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 8.4%, meaning Louisiana-Pacific generated 0.08 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.20 versus 0.21 the year before, and the current ratio was 2.78. At the end of FY 2025, LPX traded at 39.3 times earnings; across the 9 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 4.3 to 39.3, with a median of 9.9. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Louisiana-Pacific financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 39.29 | 18.15 | 28.79 | 4.27 | 5.56 | 8.33 | — | 8.17 | 9.87 | 18.38 |
| Price / sales | 2.11 | 2.58 | 1.98 | 1.20 | 1.94 | 1.72 | 1.58 | 1.13 | 1.38 | 1.22 |
| Price / book | 3.31 | 4.54 | 3.28 | 3.22 | 6.15 | 3.34 | 3.69 | 1.88 | 2.36 | 2.27 |
| Gross margin | 21.8% | 28.3% | 23.0% | 38.9% | 50.1% | 34.7% | 13.1% | 26.3% | 26.9% | 18.1% |
| Operating margin | 7.7% | 18.0% | 11.1% | 32.4% | 44.3% | 25.6% | -0.9% | 18.6% | 19.5% | 9.4% |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 14.3% | 6.9% | 28.2% | 35.2% | 20.8% | -0.2% | 14.0% | 14.3% | 6.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | 3.4% | 14.3% | 0.6% | 18.9% | 31.4% | 24.5% | -0.2% | 10.5% | 11.9% | 9.7% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 8.4% | 25.1% | 11.4% | 75.8% | 111.5% | 40.4% | -0.5% | 23.2% | 24.3% | 12.5% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 5.6% | 16.4% | 7.3% | 46.2% | 62.8% | 23.9% | -0.3% | 15.7% | 15.9% | 7.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.20 | 0.21 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.28 | 0.35 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.32 |
| Current ratio | 2.78 | 2.86 | 3.00 | 2.54 | 2.54 | 3.47 | 2.54 | 4.91 | 5.03 | 4.41 |
| Revenue growth | -7.9% | 13.9% | -33.0% | -1.6% | 63.2% | 3.9% | -18.3% | 3.4% | 22.4% | 18.0% |
| EPS growth | -64.7% | 139.4% | -82.3% | -1.6% | 215.9% | — | -101.5% | 2.6% | 158.3% | — |