A share price of International Paper Co [IP] is currently trading at $39.13, up 4.10%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The IP shares have gain 6.19% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -18.80%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
International Paper Co [NYSE: IP] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on November 24, 2025, when BNP Paribas Exane upgraded its rating to an Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $44 for it. Previously, Stifel upgraded its rating to Buy on October 17, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $57.80. On October 06, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $57 on August 28, 2025. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to a Neutral but $54 remained the price target by the analyst firm on August 05, 2025. UBS started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on June 04, 2025, and assigned it a price target of $60. In a note dated May 09, 2025, Wells Fargo downgraded an Underweight rating on this stock but restated the target price of $40.
International Paper Co experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $35.56 and $60.36. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $50.47 within the next 12 months. International Paper Co [NYSE: IP] shares were valued at $39.13 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 28.98% based on the average IP price forecast.
Analyzing the IP fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for International Paper Co [NYSE:IP] were 23.47B which represents 32.78% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.29% with Operating Profit Margin at -0.01%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.04%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.05%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -0.03, Equity is -0.08 and Total Capital is -0.01. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.6.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 38.24 points at the first support level, and at 37.35 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 39.67, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 40.21.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for International Paper Co [NYSE:IP] is 1.31. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.04, while the Cash Ratio is 0.12. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.88, the price to book ratio is 1.19.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Saab Joseph R., SVP, GC and Corp. Secretary, that happened on Sep 16 ’25 when 9000.0 shares were sold. Officer, JOSEPH SAAB completed a deal on Sep 16 ’25 to buy 9000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Former Officer JOY ROMAN bought 19573.0 shares on Aug 01 ’25.
