International Paper (IP) Stock Price, News & Analysis

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for International Paper in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" IP shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in IP, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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8 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for International Paper's stock. Their IP share price targets range from $27.00 to $50.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $36.89 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.0% from the stock's current price.
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International Paper's stock was trading at $34.63 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, IP shares have increased by 4.4% and is now trading at $36.15.
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International Paper saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 8,560,000 shares, an increase of 11.0% from the November 30th total of 7,710,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,090,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.8 days. Approximately 2.5% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 1st 2024.
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International Paper will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 1st 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 "9191047".

International Paper (NYSE:IP) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 26th. The basic materials company reported $0.64 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.05. The basic materials company earned $4.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.81 billion. International Paper had a net margin of 1.31% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.79%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.01 EPS.
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International Paper declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, October 10th. Investors of record on Wednesday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.4625 per share on Friday, December 15th. This represents a $1.85 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.12%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, November 14th.
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International Paper (NYSE:IP) pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.12%. IP has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 250.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, IP will have a dividend payout ratio of 98.40% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current 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), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RSPM), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RTM), iShares Emergent Food and AgTech Multisector ETF (IVEG) 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.

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