Louisiana-Pacific (LPX) Tops Q1 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

Louisiana-Pacific (LPX) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.53 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of$ 1.13 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.34 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 35.40%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this home construction supplier would post earnings of$ 0.52 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.71, delivering a surprise of 36.54%.Over the last four qu ...