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Why International Paper Co (IP) Stock Could See Much Higher Prices Ahead

International Paper Co (NYSE: IP) is 6.43% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $33.16 and a high of $60.36 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The IP stock was last observed hovering at around $56.12 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.16%.

Currently trading at $57.28, the stock is 1.04% and 3.01% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 7.14 million and changing 2.07% at the moment leaves the stock 15.68% off its SMA200. IP registered 65.88% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 22.18%.

The stock witnessed a 1.81% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 1.60%, and is 4.51% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.16% over the week and 2.66% over the month.

International Paper Co (IP) has around 39000 employees, a market worth around $30.20B and $18.62B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 36.40 and Fwd P/E is 15.62. Profit margin for the company is 2.99%. Distance from 52-week low is 72.74% and -5.10% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.49%).

The EPS is expected to grow by 142.54% this year.

International Paper Co (IP) Top Institutional Holders

The shares outstanding are 527.26M, and float is at 518.98M with Short Float at 9.18%.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ with over 46.91 million shares valued at $2.02 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 13.5294% of the IP Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 40.67 million shares valued at $1.76 billion to account for 11.7318 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 33.23 million shares representing 9.5846% and valued at over $1.43 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 6.3234 of the shares totaling 21.92 million with a market value of $945.99 million.

International Paper Co (IP) Insider Activity

The most recent transaction is an insider sale by SULLIVAN KATHRYN D, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that SULLIVAN KATHRYN D sold 600 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 29 ’24 at a price of $58.39 per share for a total of $35034.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 37145.0 shares.

Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 15 ’24, SULLIVAN KATHRYN D (Director) disposed off 600 shares at an average price of $56.19 for $33714.0. The insider now directly holds 37,745 shares of International Paper Co (IP).

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