IP vs Peers Stock Comparison

International Paper Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Percentile Scorecard

IP

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisIP
Valuation 60 #7 of 16
Growth 47 #9 of 16
Profitability 57 #7 of 15
Financial Health 86 #3 of 15
Shareholder Returns 92 #2 of 14
Overall 68
  • IP ranked among 17 companies in Packaging

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodIPSPY
1 month -4.7% -0.8%
3 months -21.2% +3.5%
6 months +2.3% +7.0%
Year to date -15.2% +12.2%
1 year -31.7% +13.0%
3 years +0.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year +0.3% +23.1%
5 years -33.5% +68.6%
5 years, per year -7.8% +11.0%
10 years -27.7% +258.0%
10 years, per year -3.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureIPSPY
Volatility, 1Y 45.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 44.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.26 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.70 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.1% -1.8%
52-week high $49.19 $779.14
52-week low $29.38 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleIP
P/E now vs peer median -5.1xmedian 19.3x
P/S now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 0.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 6.0xmedian 9.7x
P/FCF now vs peer median 42.6xmedian 15.7x
P/B now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 1.4x
PEG now vs peer median 0.08median 0.82

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsIP
Revenue $24.20B
Gross profit $7.21B
Operating income $2.13B
Net income -$3.44B
Free cash flow $492.00M
EPS (diluted) $-6.49
Cash & equivalents $726.00M
Total debt $34.22B
Shares (diluted) 529.50M
Enterprise value $13.55B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricIP
P/E -5.1x
P/FCF 42.6x
P/Operating cash flow 7.9x
P/S 0.9x
P/B 1.4x
P/Tangible book 2.0x
EV/EBITDA 6.0x
EV/EBIT 13.8x
EV/Revenue 1.2x
EV/FCF 59.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 11.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.08

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIP
Revenue growth (1Y) 25.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 32.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 6.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -13.8%
Net income growth (1Y) -12,633%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -74.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -12,708%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -60.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 139.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 516.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -18.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIP
Gross margin 29.8%
EBITDA margin 20.4%
Operating margin 8.8%
Pretax margin -13.5%
Net margin -14.2%
FCF margin 2.0%
Operating cash flow margin 10.9%
Return on equity -23.5%
Return on assets -9.4%
Return on invested capital 7.5%
Return on capital employed 7.3%
Asset turnover 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.8x
Stock comp / revenue –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIP
Debt / assets 25.2%
Debt / equity 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.7x
Debt / FCF 18.7x
Liabilities / assets 60.4%
Equity / assets 39.6%
Interest coverage 6.2x
Current ratio 1.1x
Quick ratio 0.7x
Cash ratio 0.1x
Altman Z-score 1.62

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIP
Dividend yield 5.5%
Net buyback yield 0.2%
Shareholder yield 5.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusIP
Forward P/E 25.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.31FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +122.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $23.04BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -2.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +17.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIP
Held by institutions 85.3%
Institutions holding 855
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.9%
Institutions buying 453
Institutions selling 282
Buyers to sellers 1.61

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