Ratios in Focus: Analyzing International Paper Co (IP)’s Price-to-Cash and Price-to-Free Cash Flow

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In the latest session, International Paper Co (NYSE: IP) closed at $58.38 down -1.23% from its previous closing price of $59.11. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.23 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.35 million shares were traded. IP stock price reached its highest trading level at $59.26 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $58.1692.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of International Paper Co’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 17.28 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 24.82. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.11 and its Current Ratio is at 1.53. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.94 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.89.

On August 14, 2024, Argus Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Hold but kept the price unchanged to $52.

On July 09, 2024, Stifel started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $48.70.Stifel initiated its Hold rating on July 09, 2024, with a $48.70 target price.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 15 ’24 when SULLIVAN KATHRYN D sold 600 shares for $56.19 per share. The transaction valued at 33,714 led to the insider holds 37,745 shares of the business.

SULLIVAN KATHRYN D sold 600 shares of IP for $32,100 on Oct 31 ’24. The Director now owns 38,345 shares after completing the transaction at $53.50 per share. On Oct 15 ’24, another insider, SULLIVAN KATHRYN D, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 600 shares for $48.08 each. As a result, the insider received 28,848 and left with 38,945 shares of the company.

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 20281679872 and an Enterprise Value of 25137694720. As of this moment, International’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 49.64, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 19.41. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.84. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.07 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.35. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.349 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.858.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, IP has reached a high of $60.36, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $32.51. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 12.24%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 31.49%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, IP has traded an average of 4.56M shares per day and 5006810 over the past ten days. A total of 346.04M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 342.28M. Insiders hold about 1.47% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 129.15% stake in the company. Shares short for IP as of 1731628800 were 51490337 with a Short Ratio of 11.30, compared to 1728950400 on 42826540. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 51490337 and a Short% of Float of 20.080000000000002.

Dividends & Splits

According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for IP is 1.85, from 1.85 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.03129758The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.7.

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