International Paper Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for International Paper in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" International Paper stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in IP, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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12 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for International Paper's stock. Their IP stock forecasts range from $41.00 to $65.00. On average, they predict International Paper's share price to reach $53.40 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 26.5% from the stock's current price.
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International Paper's stock was trading at $46.98 at the beginning of the year. Since then, IP stock has decreased by 10.1% and is now trading at $42.22.
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International Paper is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 4th 2022.
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International Paper (NYSE:IP) released its earnings results on Thursday, April, 28th. The basic materials company reported $0.76 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.52 by $0.24. The basic materials company had revenue of $5.24 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.96 billion. International Paper had a net margin of 8.14% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.16%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 14.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.76 earnings per share.
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International Paper announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 10th. Investors of record on Friday, May 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.4625 per share on Wednesday, June 15th. This represents a $1.85 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 26th.
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International Paper(NYSE:IP) pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.32%. IP has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio of International Paper is 40.93%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, International Paper will have a dividend payout ratio of 37.22% next year. This indicates that International Paper will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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International Paper declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Tuesday, October 12th 2021, which allows the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 9.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

305 employees have rated International Paper CEO Mark S. Sutton on Glassdoor.com. Mark S. Sutton has an approval rating of 80% among International Paper's employees.

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International Paper trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "IP."

International Paper's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.90%), BlackRock Inc. (9.51%), State Street Corp (6.57%), Invesco Ltd. (2.91%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.76%) and Nordea Investment Management AB (1.67%). Company insiders that own International Paper stock include Clinton A Jr Lewis, Gregory T Wanta, Jeanmichel Ribieras, John V Sims, Paper Co /New/ International, Ray G Young, Sharon R Ryan, Sharon R Ryan, Timothy S Nicholls, Vincent P Bonnot, W Michael Jr Amick and William Thomas Hamic.
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IP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Royal Bank of Canada, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, Vanguard Group Inc., Invesco Ltd., American Century Companies Inc., Pinebridge Investments L.P., Russell Investments Group Ltd., and UBS Group AG. Company insiders that have sold International Paper company stock in the last two years include Gregory T Wanta, Jeanmichel Ribieras, John V Sims, Paper Co /New/ International, Sharon R Ryan, W Michael Jr Amick, and William Thomas Hamic.
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IP stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Greenhaven Associates Inc., Nordea Investment Management AB, Cowa LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., and KBC Group NV.
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Shares of IP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of IP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.22.

International Paper (NYSE:IP) has a market capitalization of $15.65 billion and generates $19.36 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $1.75 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.519990 on an earnings per share basis.

International Paper employs 38,200 workers across the globe.

International Paper was founded in 1898.

International Paper's mailing address is 6400 POPLAR AVENUE, MEMPHIS TN, 38197. The official website for International Paper is www.internationalpaper.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (901) 419-9000, via email at [email protected], or via fax at 901-214-9682.