International Paper Co (NYSE: IP) is 1.67% higher 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 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 $46.51 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -41.99%.
Currently trading at $4.52M, the stock is 1.09% and 0.74% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.31 million and changing 4305535% at the moment leaves the stock -8.28% off its SMA200. IP registered -11.98% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -13.07%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $47.0232 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $51.6453.
The stock witnessed a -0.73% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -13.24%, and is 3.36% 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 2.14% over the week and 2.02% over the month.
International Paper Co (IP) has around 37000 employees, a market worth around $25.01B and $19.90B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 40.39 and Fwd P/E is 13.92. Profit margin for the company is 1.99%. Distance from 52-week low is 14.14% and -21.52% 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 86.60% this year.
International Paper Co (IP) Top Institutional Holders
1291.0 institutions hold shares in International Paper Co (IP), with institutional investors hold 95.69% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 527.80M, and float is at 522.68M with Short Float at 8.07%. Institutions hold 95.36% 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).
