International Paper Co. (IP): Price and Financial Metrics

IP POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where IP ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 91.63% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for IP is in Value, which has been heading up over the past 177 days.
• IP ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 4th percentile.

IP Stock Summary

• INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO's stock had its IPO on January 1, 1986, making it an older stock than 93.22% of US equities in our set.
• With a year-over-year growth in debt of -42.5%, INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO's debt growth rate surpasses merely 7.38% of about US stocks.
• INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is 58.6%, greater than the shareholder yield of 96.81% of stocks in our set.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to IP, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are KNX, ALK, WHR, JBLU, and USM.
• IP's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO's official web site, go to www.internationalpaper.com.

IP Valuation Summary

• IP's price/sales ratio is 0.6; this is 25% lower than that of the median Consumer Cyclical stock.
• IP's price/earnings ratio has moved up 35 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for IP.

IP Growth Metrics

Its 3 year price growth rate is now at -1.74%.
• The 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -51.64%.
• The 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at 74.57%.

IP's revenue has moved down $3,819,000,000 over the prior 33 months.

The table below shows IP's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-06-30	19,010	1,730	1,842
2022-03-31	19,237	2,106	1,763
2021-12-31	19,363	2,030	1,752
2021-09-30	21,932	2,712	1,798
2021-06-30	21,341	2,802	1,138
2021-03-31	20,591	2,926	972

IP's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• IP has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 94.75% of graded US stocks.
• IP's asset turnover comes in at 0.707 -- ranking 17th of 21 Business Supplies stocks.
• RFP, SWM, and ITP are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with IP.

The table below shows IP's key quality metrics over time.