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Louisiana-pacific Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Louisiana-pacific Corp had return on equity of 8.6% and a net margin of 5.4%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Net margin−11.4%−2.8%−13.6%1.7%8.5%−3.9%−4.7%6.7%14.3%14.0%−0.2%20.8%35.2%28.2%6.9%14.3%5.4%2.2%
Return on equity—−3.2%−16.3%2.8%15.7%−6.4%−8.3%13.5%27.9%23.9%−0.4%44.9%111.5%81.4%11.9%26.0%8.6%3.1%
Return on assets—−1.6%−8.0%1.3%7.3%−3.1%−3.9%7.1%17.4%15.9%−0.2%25.5%64.3%47.8%7.4%16.8%5.6%2.1%
Effective tax rate———19.2%18.8%——11.6%23.3%23.4%—20.0%23.6%23.6%29.4%25.0%25.5%28.6%
SG&A as % of revenue10.9%8.6%8.3%7.6%7.2%7.7%8.1%8.3%7.0%7.4%10.0%8.1%5.7%6.8%10.0%9.9%12.1%13.5%
Dividends ÷ net income———————0.0%0.0%18.7%—13.0%4.8%6.4%38.8%17.6%53.4%—

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

5 of 7 checks passed · June 30, 2026
What it owns · $2.6bn
Short-term assets $773mLonger-term assets $1.8bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $2.6bn
Short-term liabilities $240mLonger-term liabilities $623mShareholders' equity $1.7bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $773m of assets due within a year against $240m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $773m short-term assets against $623m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $228m of cash against $348m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 20% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 28% to 20% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $258m of operating cash flow against $348m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $74m against $18m of interest.

From Louisiana-pacific Corp's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

55 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Louisiana-pacific's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 20 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 21.7% of total assets over 9 years.

  • Pricing power 2 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 25.4%, moving by 11.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 9 years.

  • Durability 5 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 13.9%; its worst year was 1.4%.

  • Cash conversion 13 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 10 years, at a median 10.5% of revenue.

  • Discipline 20 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 35.0% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.5% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (60 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Louisiana-pacific Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Louisiana-pacific Corp.