Growth Metrics

International Paper (IP) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

International Paper (IP) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on record, last reported at 33.82% in Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Operating Margin rose 3600.0% year-over-year to 33.82%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 12.42%, up 1551.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 23.99%, 1090.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin reached 33.82% in Q3 2025 per IP's latest filing, up from 3.91% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 40.94% in Q4 2021 and bottomed at 8.79% in Q4 2023.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 12.31%, with a median of 15.24% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Margin: soared 3671bps in 2021, then crashed -2660bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 40.94% in 2021, then tumbled by -57bps to 17.81% in 2022, then tumbled by -149bps to 8.79% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 233bps to 11.7% in 2024, then soared by 189bps to 33.82% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Operating Margin were 33.82% in Q3 2025, 3.91% in Q2 2025, and 2.41% in Q1 2025.