International Paper Co (NYSE: IP) is -12.02% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $41.50 and a high of $60.36 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The IP stock was last observed hovering at around $47.10 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.25%.
Currently trading at $47.35, the stock is -1.76% and -1.04% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.94 million and changing 0.53% at the moment leaves the stock -8.49% off its SMA200. IP registered 7.08% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -19.35%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $47.8468 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $51.742.
The stock witnessed a 7.56% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -9.46%, and is -0.96% down 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 0.40% over the week and 2.42% over the month.
International Paper Co (IP) has around 37000 employees, a market worth around $25.00B and $19.90B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 40.37 and Fwd P/E is 13.98. Profit margin for the company is 1.99%. Distance from 52-week low is 14.10% and -21.55% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (1.33%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 84.90% this year.
International Paper Co (IP) Top Institutional Holders
1290.0 institutions hold shares in International Paper Co (IP), with institutional investors hold 95.68% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 527.80M, and float is at 522.69M with Short Float at 7.73%. Institutions hold 95.35% of the Float.
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 13.506% 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 11.7116 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 33.23 million shares representing 9.568% and valued at over $1.43 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 6.3125 of the shares totaling 21.92 million with a market value of $945.99 million.
International Paper Co (IP) Insider Activity
International Paper Co disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on May 05 ’25 that Goughnour Holly G. (VP & Chief Accounting Officer) sold a total of 7,500 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 05 ’25 and was made at $44.85 per share for $0.34 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 31525.0 shares of the IP stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 29 ’24, SULLIVAN KATHRYN D (Director) disposed off 600 shares at an average price of $58.39 for $35034.0. The insider now directly holds 37,145 shares of International Paper Co (IP).
