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International Paper (IP) Competitors

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$48.67 -1.34 (-2.68%)
As of 03:58 PM Eastern

IP vs. CLW, SUZ, SLVM, MAGN, MATV, SHW, RIO, SCCO, ECL, and APD

Should you be buying International Paper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Paper include Clearwater Paper (CLW), Suzano (SUZ), Sylvamo (SLVM), Magnera (MAGN), Mativ (MATV), Sherwin-Williams (SHW), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Southern Copper (SCCO), Ecolab (ECL), and Air Products and Chemicals (APD).

International Paper vs.

Clearwater Paper (NYSE:CLW) and International Paper (NYSE:IP) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Clearwater Paper has a beta of 0.16, meaning that its share price is 84% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Paper has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

90.0% of Clearwater Paper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.9% of International Paper shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Clearwater Paper shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of International Paper shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Clearwater Paper currently has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.54%. International Paper has a consensus price target of $54.21, indicating a potential upside of 10.57%. Given Clearwater Paper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Clearwater Paper is more favorable than International Paper.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Clearwater Paper
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
International Paper
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

In the previous week, International Paper had 20 more articles in the media than Clearwater Paper. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for International Paper and 10 mentions for Clearwater Paper. Clearwater Paper's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat International Paper's score of 0.75 indicating that Clearwater Paper is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Clearwater Paper
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
International Paper
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

International Paper received 320 more outperform votes than Clearwater Paper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.14% of users gave International Paper an outperform vote while only 61.72% of users gave Clearwater Paper an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Clearwater PaperOutperform Votes
408
61.72%
Underperform Votes
253
38.28%
International PaperOutperform Votes
728
64.14%
Underperform Votes
407
35.86%

International Paper has higher revenue and earnings than Clearwater Paper. Clearwater Paper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Paper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Clearwater Paper$1.50B0.32$196.30M$10.332.83
International Paper$19.90B1.30$557M$1.1741.91

Clearwater Paper has a net margin of 10.54% compared to International Paper's net margin of 2.99%. International Paper's return on equity of 4.75% beat Clearwater Paper's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Clearwater Paper10.54% -1.87% -0.64%
International Paper 2.99%4.75%1.74%

Summary

International Paper beats Clearwater Paper on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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IP vs. The Competition

MetricInternational PaperPaper mills IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$25.88B$8.17B$3.10B$19.48B
Dividend Yield3.73%4.20%5.21%3.84%
P/E Ratio31.2310.6572.2134.49
Price / Sales1.300.5826,870,773,413,976,500.0034.97
Price / Cash11.4211.0624.3417.51
Price / Book2.081.315.214.71
Net Income$557M$150.10M$156.48M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.62%-3.42%1.46%-0.88%
1 Month Performance8.62%5.26%4.47%10.32%
1 Year Performance17.10%-18.02%14.74%3.69%

International Paper Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IP
International Paper
4.8577 of 5 stars
$48.67
-2.7%
$54.21
+11.4%
+21.5%$25.69B$19.90B31.0039,000
CLW
Clearwater Paper
4.4297 of 5 stars
$27.69
+2.2%
$37.00
+33.6%
-40.6%$450.13M$1.50B2.363,000Positive News
Gap Down
SUZ
Suzano
1.7053 of 5 stars
$9.22
+3.5%
N/A-8.3%$12.20B$47.40B14.6337,000Positive News
SLVM
Sylvamo
3.6722 of 5 stars
$52.83
+0.4%
$85.67
+62.2%
-19.9%$2.15B$3.77B7.336,500Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Gap Down
MAGN
Magnera
2.5 of 5 stars
$14.73
+4.3%
$22.50
+52.7%
N/A$524.39M$1.31B-0.803,250Positive News
MATV
Mativ
4.347 of 5 stars
$6.27
+10.6%
$10.00
+59.5%
-67.2%$341.83M$1.97B-6.977,500Positive News
Gap Down
SHW
Sherwin-Williams
4.8433 of 5 stars
$357.05
+1.5%
$397.00
+11.2%
+16.0%$89.48B$23.04B33.8461,000Positive News
RIO
Rio Tinto Group
4.6094 of 5 stars
$61.42
+2.4%
$73.00
+18.9%
-15.2%$77.01B$53.66B9.5253,700
SCCO
Southern Copper
1.7472 of 5 stars
$92.32
+3.3%
$91.50
-0.9%
-29.2%$73.50B$11.96B21.3714,700Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
ECL
Ecolab
4.66 of 5 stars
$254.17
+0.6%
$282.47
+11.1%
+11.7%$72.09B$15.68B34.4447,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
APD
Air Products and Chemicals
4.6701 of 5 stars
$275.81
+1.7%
$330.38
+19.8%
+3.6%$61.38B$12.02B16.0221,900Positive News

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This page (NYSE:IP) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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