International Paper - IP Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for International Paper in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 5 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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9 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for International Paper's shares. Their IP share price forecasts range from $27.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $38.82 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.8% from the stock's current price.
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International Paper's stock was trading at $34.63 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, IP shares have decreased by 1.5% and is now trading at $34.11.
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International Paper saw a decline in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 10,840,000 shares, a decline of 10.5% from the February 13th total of 12,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,120,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.5 days. Approximately 3.1% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 27th 2023.
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International Paper (NYSE:IP) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 31st. The basic materials company reported $0.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.18. The basic materials company had revenue of $5.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.20 billion. International Paper had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.81% and a net margin of 7.11%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.78 EPS.
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International Paper announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 10th. Investors of record on Friday, February 17th will be given a dividend of $0.4625 per share on Wednesday, March 15th. This represents a $1.85 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.42%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 16th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of International Paper (NYSE:IP) stock in their portfolio include Invesco MSCI Global Timber ETF (CUT), iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF (WOOD), Invesco S&P Ultra Dividend Revenue ETF (RDIV), iShares Emergent Food and AgTech Multisector ETF (IVEG), WBI Power Factor High Dividend ETF (WBIY), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RTM), First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund (FXZ) and First Trust Indxx Global Natural Resources Income ETF (FTRI).

International Paper (NYSE:IP) pays an annual dividend of $1.85 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.31%. IP has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 45.45%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, IP will have a dividend payout ratio of 70.34% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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International Paper announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, October 12th 2021, which permits the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 9.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are 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 investors include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (7.35%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.23%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (2.22%), Greenhaven Associates Inc. (1.71%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.66%) and Morgan Stanley (1.64%). Insiders that own company stock include Aimee K Gregg, Clinton A Jr Lewis, Gregory T Wanta, Jeanmichel Ribieras, John V Sims, Joseph R Saab, Mark S Sutton, Paper Co /New/ International, Sharon R Ryan, Thomas J Plath, Timothy S Nicholls, W Michael Jr Amick and William Thomas Hamic.
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One share of IP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.11.

International Paper (NYSE:IP) has a market capitalization of $11.94 billion and generates $21.16 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $1.50 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.07 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 39,000 workers across the globe.

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.