International Paper (IP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for International Paper in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" IP shares.
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8 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for International Paper's stock. Their IP share price targets range from $27.00 to $46.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $37.13 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.9% from the stock's current price.
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International Paper's stock was trading at $36.15 at the start of the year. Since then, IP stock has decreased by 3.0% and is now trading at $35.06.
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International Paper saw a decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 6,380,000 shares, a decline of 29.0% from the March 15th total of 8,980,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,590,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 1.9% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2024.
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International Paper will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 25th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 402-970-0847 with passcode "6943268".

International Paper (NYSE:IP) announced its earnings results on Thursday, February, 1st. The basic materials company reported $0.41 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.07. The basic materials company had revenue of $4.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.67 billion. International Paper had a net margin of 1.52% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.87%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 10.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.87 earnings per share.
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International Paper announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 9th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.4625 per share on Friday, March 15th. This represents a $1.85 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.28%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 21st.
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International Paper (NYSE:IP) pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.98%. IP has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 225.61%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, IP will have a dividend payout ratio of 72.55% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of International Paper (NYSE:IP) stock in their portfolio include iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF (WOOD), Invesco MSCI Global Timber ETF (CUT), First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund (FXZ), WBI Power Factor High Dividend ETF (WBIY), iShares Emergent Food and AgTech Multisector ETF (IVEG), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RTM), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RSPM) and Invesco S&P Ultra Dividend Revenue ETF (RDIV).

305 employees have rated International Paper Chief Executive Officer Mark S. Sutton on Glassdoor.com. Mark S. Sutton has an approval rating of 80% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other International Paper investors own include AT&T (T), Pfizer (PFE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Verizon Communications (VZ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), CVS Health (CVS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and AbbVie (ABBV).

International Paper's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Brookstone Capital Management (0.07%), Meyer Handelman Co. (0.06%), Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.04%), Kwmg LLC (0.04%), Butensky & Cohen Financial Security Inc. (0.03%) and Romano Brothers AND Company (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Aimee K Gregg, Allison B Magness, Clinton A Jr Lewis, Holly G Goughnour, James P Jr Royalty, Jeanmichel Ribieras, John V Sims, Joseph R Saab, Kathryn D Sullivan, Mark S Sutton, Paper Co /New/ International, Thomas J Plath, Timothy S Nicholls and William Thomas Hamic.
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Shares of IP stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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