Growth Metrics

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

International Paper (IP) has 17 years of Return on Sales data on record, last reported at 0.03% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 4.0% year-over-year to 0.03%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.03%, down 4.0%, while the annual FY2023 figure was 0.0%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.03% in Q4 2025 per IP's latest filing, up from 0.11% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.11% in Q3 2021 and bottomed at 0.11% in Q3 2025.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.0%, with a median of 0.0% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: grew 9bps in 2021, then fell -12bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.01% in 2021, then plummeted by -935bps to 0.1% in 2022, then soared by 93bps to 0.01% in 2023, then surged by 138bps to 0.0% in 2024, then plummeted by -1438bps to 0.03% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Sales were 0.03% in Q4 2025, 0.11% in Q3 2025, and 0.01% in Q2 2025.