International Paper Co (NYSE: IP) – Not A Clear Buying Opportunity?

International Paper Co (IP) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $45.68, with 10.71 million shares of worth about $489.45 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -5.95% during that period and on April 30, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -4.09%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 527.88M shares, out of which, 522.38M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of -2.29% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -14.38%. Year-to-date (YTD), IP shares are showing a performance of -15.12% which increased to 35.03% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $34.54 but also hit the highest price of $60.36 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for International Paper Co shares is 9.31 million. The stock is currently trading -3.44% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -10.36% for SMA50 and it goes to -11.37% lower than SMA200.

International Paper Co (NYSE: IP) currently have 527.88M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 95.44% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $24.11B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.00. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 29.03, while it has posted earnings per share of $1.57 in the same period. Its PEG reads 0.51 and has Quick Ratio of 1.09 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for IP, volatility over the week remained 3.54% while standing at 5.08% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 118.91% while it is estimated to increase by 42.31% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 57.44% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -12.53% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by JP Morgan on March 20, 2025 offering an Overweight rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $59 to it. Coverage by Citigroup stated International Paper Co (IP) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on March 05, 2025, suggesting a price target of $60 for the stock. On February 13, 2025, BofA Securities Resumed their recommendations, while on November 13, 2024, Exane BNP Paribas Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $48.20. Stock get a Buy rating from Argus on August 14, 2024.

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