The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Louisiana-Pacific Corp shares valued at $3,666,832 were sold by Southern William Bradley on Dec 15 ’25. At $86.25 per share, Southern William Bradley sold 42,514 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 559,908 shares worth approximately $44.32 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Southern William Bradley sold 1,318 shares, netting a total of over 112,537 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $85.38 each, the insider now holds 558,590 shares.
Before that, William B. Southern had added 56,680 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $4,869,379, the Officer bought Louisiana-Pacific Corp shares for $85.91 each.
As published in their initiating research note from Barclays on December 08, 2025, Louisiana-Pacific Corp [LPX] has been an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $100. Analysts at Vertical Research started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid October. As of May 07, 2025, Loop Capital has increased its “Hold” rating to a “Buy” for LPX. Earlier on August 08, 2024, BMO Capital Markets downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Market perform” for LPX stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.
Analyzing LPX Stock Performance
On last trading session, Louisiana-Pacific Corp [NYSE: LPX] plunged -7.00% to $79.15. The stock’s lowest price that day was $78.86, but it reached a high of $85.24 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -3.85%. Over the course of the year, Louisiana-Pacific Corp shares have dropped approximately -25.95%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $85.68 on 01/07/26 and a 52-week low of $78.86 on 01/07/26.
Support And Resistance Levels for Louisiana-Pacific Corp (LPX)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 76.78, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 74.41. In the upper region, resistance lies at 83.60. The next price resistance is at 88.05. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 40.97 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Louisiana-Pacific Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Louisiana-Pacific Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-15 jumping by 0.6 million shares to 4.74 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-14 was 4.14 million shares. A jump of 12.71% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.75 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.75.
Which companies own the most shares of Louisiana-Pacific Corp (LPX)?
In terms of Louisiana-Pacific Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 104 in the next 12 months, up nearly 22.19% from the previous closing price of $85.11. Analysts anticipate Louisiana-Pacific Corp stock to reach 108 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 100. In spite of this, 15 analysts ranked Louisiana-Pacific Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On June 17, 2024, Goldman assigned a price target of “a Sell” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $81.
