In the latest trading session,, 0.89 million International Paper Co (NYSE:IP) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.00. With the company’s most recent per share price at $47.56 changing hands around $0.08 or 0.18% at last look, the market valuation stands at $25.11B. IP’s current price is a discount, trading about -26.91% off its 52-week high of $60.36. The share price had its 52-week low at $34.18, which suggests the last value was 28.13% up since then. When we look at International Paper Co’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 2.88 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 9.43 million.
Analysts gave the International Paper Co (IP) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 2.33. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 1 out of 22 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 6 recommended IP as a Hold, 15 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. International Paper Co’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 0.37.
International Paper Co (NYSE:IP) trade information
Instantly IP is in green as seen in intraday trades today. With action 2.33%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -11.62%, with the 5-day performance at 2.33% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, International Paper Co (NYSE:IP) is -10.61% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 38.54 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 5.75 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 66, meaning bulls need an upside of 27.94% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, IP’s forecast low is 66 with 66 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -38.77% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -38.77% for it to hit the projected low.
International Paper Co (IP) estimates and forecasts
Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 46.21% up from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 7 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 6.22B. 6 analysts are of the opinion that International Paper Co’s revenue for the current quarter will be 6.82B. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 4.62B and 4.73B respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 34.62%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at 44.11%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -12.53%. The 2025 estimates are for International Paper Co earnings to increase by 118.83%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 57.44% per year.
IP Dividends
International Paper Co is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on 2025-Jan-29. The 3.89% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 1.85. It is important to note, however, that the 3.89% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 4.55 per year.
International Paper Co (NYSE:IP)’s Major holders
If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 0.34% of International Paper Co shares while 78.61% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 78.88%. There are 78.61% institutions holding the International Paper Co stock share, with PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 13.506% of the shares, roughly 46.91 million IP shares worth $2.02 billion.
VANGUARD GROUP INC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 11.7116% or 40.67 million shares worth $1.76 billion as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Mar 31, 2025 were AMERICAN MUTUAL FUND and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . With 34.79 shares estimated at $1.65 billion under it, the former controlled 6.59% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund held about 2.07% of the shares, roughly 10.92 shares worth around $517.21 million.
