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International Paper Co (NYSE: IP) closed the day trading at $38.64 up 0.03% from the previous closing price of $38.63. In other words, the price has increased by $0.03 from its previous closing price. On the day, 10.4 million shares were traded. IP stock price reached its highest trading level at $39.49 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $37.7001.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of IP, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.04 and its Current Ratio is at 1.31. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.60 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.55.
BofA Securities Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on August 28, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $57.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 16 ’25 when Saab Joseph R. sold 9,000 shares for $45.53 per share. The transaction valued at 409,815 led to the insider holds 27,673 shares of the business.
JOSEPH SAAB bought 9,000 shares of IP for $409,815 on Sep 16 ’25. On Aug 01 ’25, another insider, JOY ROMAN, who serves as the Former Officer of the company, bought 19,573 shares for $45.07 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, IP now has a Market Capitalization of 20401227776 and an Enterprise Value of 29790818304. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.87 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.10. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.224 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.116.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for IP is 1.11, which has changed by -0.3173145 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.19736934 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, IP has reached a high of $60.36, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $37.75. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -17.34%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -22.04%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, IP traded about 4.43M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, IP traded about 5999810 shares per day. A total of 527.98M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 522.88M. Insiders hold about 0.97% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 98.37% stake in the company. Shares short for IP as of 1760486400 were 54045435 with a Short Ratio of 12.19, compared to 1757894400 on 50026043. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 54045435 and a Short% of Float of 13.430000999999999.
Dividends & Splits
IP’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.85, up from 1.85 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.04789024. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.37. . The current Payout Ratio is 117.64% for IP, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-08-15 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-11-14. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2021-10-01 when the company split stock in a 1056:1000 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
. The current market rating for International Paper Co (IP) reflects the collective analysis of 4.0 analysts closely monitoring its performance.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.4, with high estimates of $0.53 and low estimates of $0.25.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.27 and $0.2 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.23. EPS for the following year is $2.45, with 7.0 analysts recommending between $3.66 and $1.8.
Revenue Estimates
5 analysts predict $5.91B in revenue for . The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $6.14B to a low estimate of $5.6B. As of . The current estimate, International Paper Co’s year-ago sales were $4.58BFor the next quarter, 5 analysts are estimating revenue of $5.68B. There is a high estimate of $5.73B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $5.63B.
A total of 6 analysts have provided revenue estimates for IP’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $25B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $23.76B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $24.31B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $18.62BBased on 7 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $24.46B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $25.22B and the low estimate is $23.33B.
