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How Louisiana-Pacific Corporation stacks up
LPX · against 456 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
27/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #395 of 457 · scores higher than 13% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score35 peers with a profitability score of 20–29, including LPX · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 27?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, return on invested capital and return on assets, which are weaker than most Industrials peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 76% of peers. Operating margin: 3.0% vs peer median 7.7%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 71% of peers. Return on invested capital: 3.2% vs peer median 7.1%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 62% of peers. Return on assets: 2.1% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = LPX, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | LPX | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 435 reported | 3.2% | 9.6% | 14% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 458 reported | 3.0% | 9.8% | 13% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 437 reported | 2.1% | 4.2% | 24% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 436 reported | 3.1% | 10.9% | 13% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 465 reported | 18.0% | 29.2% | 25% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around LPX| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32.0B CNY (≈$4.5B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 69.3B CNY (≈$9.7B) | 100 | 71 | |
| 3 | 26.9B CNY (≈$3.8B) | 99 | 72 | |
| 3 | 7.8B USD | 99 | 82 | |
| 3 | 4.1B USD | 99 | 59 | |
| 391 | 4.4B EUR (≈$4.8B) | 28 | 45 | |
| 395 | 65.0B CNY (≈$9.1B) | 27 | 37 | |
| 395 | 42.8B CNY (≈$6.0B) | 27 | 50 | |
| 395 | 426.9B JPY (≈$2.9B) | 27 | 49 | |
| 395 | 5.2B USD | 27 | 28 | |
| 399 | 29.3B CNY (≈$4.1B) | 26 | 29 | |
| 399 | 19.0B CNY (≈$2.7B) | 26 | 34 | |
| 399 | 4.5B USD | 26 | 29 | |
| 402 | 10.77T KRW (≈$7.8B) | 25 | 45 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score