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 $5,212,521 were purchased by William B. Southern on Jan 14 ’26. At $91.99 per share, William B. Southern acquired 56,664 shares.
Also, Southern William Bradley sold 42,514 shares, netting a total of over 3,666,832 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $86.25 each, the insider now holds 559,908 shares.
Before that, Southern William Bradley had sold 1,318 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $112,537, the Chief Executive Officer traded Louisiana-Pacific Corp shares for $85.38 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 1,318 shares, worth approximately $51.38 million.
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] rose 0.71% to $91.99. The stock’s lowest price that day was $90.13, but it reached a high of $93.58 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 16.22%. Over the course of the year, Louisiana-Pacific Corp shares have dropped approximately -12.97%.
Is Louisiana-Pacific Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of Louisiana-Pacific Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-12-31 jumping by 0.18 million shares to 4.51 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 4.34 million shares. A jump of 3.9% 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 13.86% from the previous closing price of $91.34. 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.
