Growth Metrics

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

International Paper has reported Return on Sales over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.0% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Sales at 0.0% for Q4 2025, up 6.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.03% (down 2.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.03%, down 2.0%.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.0% at International Paper, up from 0.11% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Sales for IP hit a ceiling of 0.11% in Q3 2021 and a floor of 0.11% in Q3 2025.
  • Median Return on Sales over the past 5 years was 0.0% (2023), compared with a mean of 0.0%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: rose 9bps in 2021 and later decreased -12bps in 2025.
  • International Paper's Return on Sales stood at 0.01% in 2021, then tumbled by -935bps to 0.1% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 93bps to 0.01% in 2023, then crashed by -836bps to 0.06% in 2024, then soared by 94bps to 0.0% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Sales were 0.0% (Q4 2025), 0.11% (Q3 2025), and 0.01% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.