Growth Metrics

International Paper (IP) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

International Paper has reported Return on Equity over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.04% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Equity at 0.04% for Q4 2025, down 2.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.04% (down 2.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.06%, down 4.0%.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.04% at International Paper, up from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Equity for IP hit a ceiling of 0.11% in Q3 2021 and a floor of 0.06% in Q3 2023.
  • Median Return on Equity over the past 5 years was 0.0% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.01%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Equity: grew 7bps in 2021 and later dropped -14bps in 2023.
  • International Paper's Return on Equity stood at 0.1% in 2021, then crashed by -126bps to 0.03% in 2022, then surged by 89bps to 0.0% in 2023, then tumbled by -589bps to 0.02% in 2024, then crashed by -111bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Equity were 0.04% (Q4 2025), 0.05% (Q3 2025), and 0.01% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.