International Paper - IP 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, 9 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" IP shares. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for International Paper's stock. Their IP share price forecasts range from $37.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $50.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.5% from the stock's current price.
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International Paper's stock was trading at $46.98 at the start of the year. Since then, IP stock has decreased by 7.2% and is now trading at $43.59.
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International Paper saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 15,230,000 shares, an increase of 16.3% from the June 30th total of 13,100,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,060,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.0 days. Approximately 4.1% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 26th 2022.
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International Paper (NYSE:IP) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 28th. The basic materials company reported $1.24 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.11 by $0.13. The basic materials company earned $5.39 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.35 billion. International Paper had a net margin of 8.60% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.25%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.06 earnings per share.
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International Paper announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 12th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.4625 per share on Thursday, September 15th. This represents a $1.85 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 12th.
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International Paper (NYSE:IP) pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.19%. IP has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 38.46%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, IP will have a dividend payout ratio of 39.36% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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International Paper declared that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Tuesday, October 12th 2021, which authorizes the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 9.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

305 employees have rated International Paper Chief Executive Officer Mark S. Sutton on Glassdoor.com. Mark S. Sutton has an approval rating of 80% among the company'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 Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (7.69%), State Street Corp (6.66%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.90%), Nordea Investment Management AB (1.64%), Pictet Asset Management SA (1.40%) and Greenhaven Associates Inc. (1.35%). Insiders that own company stock include Clinton A Jr Lewis, Gregory T Wanta, Jeanmichel Ribieras, John V Sims, Paper Co /New/ International, Ray G Young, Sharon R Ryan, Timothy S Nicholls, Vincent P Bonnot, W Michael Jr Amick and William Thomas Hamic.
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One share of IP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.59.

International Paper (NYSE:IP) has a market capitalization of $15.78 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 $4.81 on an earnings per share basis.

The company 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 the company is www.internationalpaper.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (901) 419-9000, via email at shrrelations@mellon-investor.com, or via fax at 901-214-9682.