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Louisiana-Pacific Corp (NYSE:LPX)

CAPS Rating: 2 out of 5

A manufacturer and distributor of building products. The Company operates in three segments: Oriented Strand Board; Siding; and Engineered Wood Products.

Current Price $8.10 Mkt Cap $1.07B
Open $8.07 P/E Ratio 0.00
Prev. Close $8.26 Div. (Yield) 0.60 (6.70%)
Daily Range $8.07 - $8.25 Volume 1,985,937
52-Wk Range $4.41 - $11.63 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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SafeAndCheap (99.46)
Submitted May 12, 2007

Currently priced at book value. Cash is half of the current stock price. Yield is currently 3%. Obviously a commodity business, but LPX is the market leader is OSB, which is continuing to replace plywood. The company should gain strength in this… More

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bdash (27.78)
Submitted February 09, 2009

paying a 26% div while losing about as much per share as they are worth sounds like shorting material to me.

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Member Avatar ValueDragonStyle (< 20) Submitted: 7/26/2010 2:08:40 AM : Outperform Start Price: $7.96 LPX Score: -18.88

Louisiana-Pacific Corp (LPX)
A manufacturer and distributor of building products. The Company operates in three segments: Oriented Strand Board; Siding; and Engineered Wood Products.

LPX is down 40% from its 52W high, but up approx. 450% from its March 2009 low.
I like it a lot. My kind of value play.

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Member Avatar RedmondInvestor (< 20) Submitted: 5/11/2010 5:32:44 PM : Outperform Start Price: $9.52 LPX Score: -29.73

As our housing market imporves so will LPX. Also, LPX could also supply China and other developing markets.

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Member Avatar NKVD1938 (59.74) Submitted: 5/6/2010 8:39:11 PM : Underperform Start Price: $10.44 LPX Score: +41.01

No, no, no, no, no. I hate this for the same reasons I hate HOV, SPF, and the rest of those hellacious companies participating in this recent homebuilders' bubble. Well that and the inclusion of the word "Louisiana" in its name. Louisiana, I think, is our version of Greece. Filled with lazy people. Just a dirty, nasty place that thinks it has cultural assets. And which may indeed have those, but a dirty, nasty place nevertheless.

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2009picks (99.16) Score: +413.46

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Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
sly1948 76.94 12/12/2008 Outperform 3Y $1.60 +409.38% +60.85% +348.53 2 Comments
forestshade 98.83 2/26/2009 Outperform 3Y $1.71 +376.61% +77.81% +298.79 0 Comment
ghtw 99.60 2/23/2009 Outperform 3Y $1.73 +371.10% +79.51% +291.58 0 Comment
cash4metoo 67.56 1/20/2009 Outperform 1Y $1.79 +355.31% +67.77% +287.54 0 Comment
SOdiorne 72.77 1/13/2009 Outperform NS $1.87 +335.83% +57.61% +278.22 0 Comment
rynoryno 58.71 1/8/2009 Outperform 5Y $1.98 +311.62% +51.39% +260.23 0 Comment
2st2 96.84 1/8/2009 Outperform NS $2.00 +307.50% +51.45% +256.05 0 Comment
2st3 95.10 1/8/2009 Outperform NS $2.00 +307.50% +51.68% +255.82 0 Comment
eliteinvestor 68.21 2/6/2009 Outperform 3M $2.15 +279.07% +57.85% +221.22 0 Comment
Nikyu 88.46 3/23/2009 Outperform 1Y $2.12 +284.43% +72.12% +212.32 0 Comment
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Player Name Player
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackRBCCapMkts 93.32 10/13/2011 Outperform NS $5.96 +36.74% +11.73% +25.01 0 Comment
TrackZacks 71.21 8/1/2011 Underperform 3M $7.26 -5.10% -0.70% +4.40 11/8/2011 @ $6.89 1 Comment
TrackDADavidson 90.78 5/10/2011 Outperform NS $8.74 -6.75% -1.06% -5.69 0 Comment
TrackZacks 71.21 5/10/2011 Underperform 3M $8.79 -12.40% -6.01% +6.39 6/20/2011 @ $7.70 1 Comment
TrackUBS 93.31 4/12/2010 Underperform NS $10.82 -43.25% -4.41% +38.84 8/10/2011 @ $6.14 0 Comment
TrackRBCCapMkts 93.32 3/4/2010 Outperform NS $8.42 +15.08% +15.05% +0.03 1/18/2011 @ $9.69 0 Comment
TrackGoldmanSach 69.30 1/6/2010 Underperform 5Y $7.21 +13.04% +18.10% +5.06 1 Comment
TrackBarclaysCap 93.32 9/23/2009 Outperform NS $7.03 +15.93% +25.26% -9.33 0 Comment
TrackCreditSuiss 93.32 8/6/2009 Outperform NS $6.26 +30.19% +33.60% -3.41 0 Comment
TrackCreditSuiss 93.32 5/28/2009 Underperform NS $4.20 +49.05% +10.99% -38.06 8/6/2009 @ $6.26 0 Comment
TrackRBCCapMkts 93.32 7/30/2008 Underperform NS $8.92 -8.30% +0.25% +8.55 8/8/2008 @ $8.18 0 Comment
TrackRBCCapMkts 93.32 6/9/2008 Underperform NS $11.38 -31.72% -9.27% +22.45 7/14/2008 @ $7.77 0 Comment
TrackSoros 93.29 3/31/2008 Outperform NS $9.06 -10.34% +5.41% -15.75 1 Comment
TrackBrandes < 20 3/31/2008 Outperform NS $9.05 -9.94% +6.53% -16.48 1 Comment
TrackCitigroup 93.17 1/10/2008 Outperform NS $12.48 -34.92% +0.09% -35.01 0 Comment
TrackBMOCapital 89.15 12/5/2007 Underperform NS $14.43 -88.70% -42.29% +46.41 11/19/2008 @ $1.63 0 Comment
TrackLehmanBros 86.41 10/30/2007 Outperform NS $15.33 -47.04% -8.38% -38.66 0 Comment
TrackUBS 93.31 10/30/2007 Underperform NS $15.54 -23.56% -11.22% +12.33 2/21/2008 @ $11.88 0 Comment
TrackSchneider < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $16.39 -50.47% -7.88% -42.59 2 Comments
TrackBrandes < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $16.62 -18.66% -4.17% -14.49 12/31/2007 @ $13.52 1 Comment
TrackMatrix 92.74 6/13/2007 Underperform NS $18.34 -55.72% -5.76% +49.95 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.06 5/1/2007 Outperform 3W $18.83 -56.87% -4.61% -52.26 0 Comment
TrackBofASec 96.90 12/7/2006 Outperform NS $20.81 -82.03% -30.33% -51.70 11/5/2008 @ $3.74 0 Comment

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