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International Paper (IP) Competitors

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$45.93 -0.19 (-0.41%)
As of 06/20/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

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

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), Southern Copper (SCCO), Ecolab (ECL), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), and Newmont (NEM).

International Paper vs. Its Competitors

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

Clearwater Paper has a net margin of 9.90% compared to International Paper's net margin of 1.99%. International Paper's return on equity of 4.05% beat Clearwater Paper's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Clearwater Paper9.90% -5.76% -2.10%
International Paper 1.99%4.05%1.60%

Clearwater Paper has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Paper has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, International Paper had 14 more articles in the media than Clearwater Paper. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for International Paper and 0 mentions for Clearwater Paper. International Paper's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Clearwater Paper's score of 0.00 indicating that International Paper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Clearwater Paper Neutral
International Paper Positive

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$1.38B0.31$196.30M$10.332.55
International Paper$18.62B1.30$557M$1.1739.26

Clearwater Paper currently has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 40.20%. International Paper has a consensus price target of $54.54, indicating a potential upside of 18.76%. Given Clearwater Paper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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

International Paper received 321 more outperform votes than Clearwater Paper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.12% 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
729
64.12%
Underperform Votes
408
35.88%

90.0% of Clearwater Paper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of International Paper shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Clearwater Paper shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of International Paper shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

International Paper beats Clearwater Paper on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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IP vs. The Competition

MetricInternational PaperPAPER &REL PRDS IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$24.25B$7.47B$3.13B$19.62B
Dividend Yield4.04%4.22%5.17%3.81%
P/E Ratio39.2610.5972.2326.97
Price / Sales1.301.0525,591,212,775,299,600.0032.64
Price / Cash9.3410.5623.8317.51
Price / Book1.952.945.494.41
Net Income$557M$58.52M$150.65M$986.05M
7 Day Performance-1.18%-0.79%-0.80%-0.77%
1 Month Performance-3.67%-1.26%6.26%3.16%
1 Year Performance-0.33%-18.74%22.15%10.11%

International Paper Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IP
International Paper
4.3946 of 5 stars
$45.93
-0.4%
$54.54
+18.8%
-0.3%$24.25B$18.62B39.2637,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
CLW
Clearwater Paper
3.8526 of 5 stars
$27.96
+1.6%
$37.00
+32.3%
-46.7%$454.52M$1.50B2.383,000
SUZ
Suzano
0.8645 of 5 stars
$9.87
+1.1%
N/A+4.4%$13.06B$49.50B15.6637,000Short Interest ↑
SLVM
Sylvamo
3.4089 of 5 stars
$51.43
+1.4%
$85.67
+66.6%
-24.5%$2.09B$3.69B7.136,500News Coverage
MAGN
Magnera
1.7404 of 5 stars
$13.22
+2.9%
$18.50
+39.9%
N/A$470.63M$1.31B-0.723,250Gap Up
MATV
Mativ
4.062 of 5 stars
$6.61
+4.4%
$10.00
+51.3%
-62.4%$360.26M$1.97B-7.347,500Gap Up
SHW
Sherwin-Williams
4.7612 of 5 stars
$335.63
-0.1%
$397.67
+18.5%
+10.5%$84.11B$23.04B31.8161,000Positive News
SCCO
Southern Copper
2.0046 of 5 stars
$96.38
+1.7%
$91.50
-5.1%
-14.3%$76.74B$11.96B22.3114,700Positive News
ECL
Ecolab
4.6479 of 5 stars
$266.13
+0.7%
$283.13
+6.4%
+7.0%$75.48B$15.68B36.0647,000Positive News
RIO
Rio Tinto Group
3.7091 of 5 stars
$58.30
+0.5%
$73.00
+25.2%
-15.8%$73.11B$53.66B9.0453,700
NEM
Newmont
4.5132 of 5 stars
$58.10
+0.3%
$57.68
-0.7%
+37.8%$64.66B$19.67B19.8332,400Positive News

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This page (NYSE:IP) was last updated on 6/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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