International Paper (INPAP) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2026)
International Paper (INPAP) recorded Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 11.39% in Q3 2026, up 7.45 percentage points from 3.94% a year earlier and up 3.92 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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International Paper (INPAP) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, International Paper reported Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] of 7.99%, down 5.03 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has a five-year change of +0.81 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] came in at 13.02% in FY2024 (+0.57 pp), 12.45% in FY2023 (-12.89 pp), 25.33% in FY2022 (+11.87 pp) and 13.46% in FY2021 (+6.29 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure is the highest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] since Q4 2023.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has increased for six consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.32 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the last five years was a gain of 12.57 percentage points in Q4 2022, against a drop of 20.50 percentage points in Q2 2024 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 7.47% (Q2 2026), 7.84% (Q1 2026) and 6.11% (Q4 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 11.39% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 7.47% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7.84% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.11% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.94% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 7.09% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 5.57% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 4.29% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.00% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.85% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 7.19% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 12.23% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 16.25% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 23.35% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 25.42% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 25.13% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 21.90% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 17.71% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 14.99% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 12.56% |
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International Paper Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=INPAP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "ticker": "INPAP", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=INPAP&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();