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

IP POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where IP ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 83.77% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for IP is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 177 days.
• IP's current lowest rank is in the Growth metric (where it is better than 18.23% of US stocks).

IP Stock Summary

• IP's went public 37.95 years ago, making it older than 93.02% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
• With a price/earnings ratio of 50.66, INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO P/E ratio is greater than that of about 86.8% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
• The volatility of INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO's share price is greater than that of only 8.35% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to IP, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are TAP, TFII, EXPD, WERN, and GHC.
• 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 EV/EBIT ratio is 26.1; this is 74.58% higher than that of the median Consumer Cyclical stock.
• IP's price/earnings ratio has moved up 69.1 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for IP.

IP Growth Metrics

Its 4 year revenue growth rate is now at 2.82%.
• Its 5 year price growth rate is now at -36.55%.
• The 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 167.12%.

Over the past 34 months, IP's revenue has gone down $924,000,000.

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
2022-12-31	21,161	2,174	1,504
2022-09-30	18,698	1,520	1,929
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

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.