Louisiana-Pacific Corp (LPX) has disclosed a new risk, in the Costs category.
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Louisiana-Pacific Corp faces significant business risk due to its high dependence on oriented strand board (OSB) sales, which represented a growing majority of its North American net sales from 2021 to 2023. The company’s financial health is closely tied to the volatile commodity pricing of OSB, over which it has little control. Market forces such as supply capacity fluctuations and the varying state of the economy, especially new residential construction activities, heavily influence OSB demand and pricing. Consequently, a downturn in OSB prices could materially impact Louisiana-Pacific’s financial stability and growth prospects.
Overall, Wall Street has a Moderate Buy consensus rating on LPX stock based on 3 Buys and 2 Holds.
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