International Paper - IP Stock Price Target and Predictions

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Consensus Rating: Hold
Consensus Price Target: $38.82
Forecasted Upside: -4.46%
Number of Analysts: 9
Breakdown:
3 Sell Ratings
5 Hold Ratings
1 Buy Ratings
0 Strong Buy Ratings

^$40.63 As of 02/7/2023 01:58 PM ET

▲ +0.09 (0.22%)

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Analyst Price Target for IP

^$38.82

▼ -4.46% Downside Potential

This price target is based on 9 analysts offering 12 month price targets for International Paper in the last 3 months. The average price target is $38.82, with a high forecast of $50.00 and a low forecast of $27.00. The average price target represents a -4.46% upside from the last price of $40.63.

Current Consensus is Hold

The current consensus among 9 contributing investment analysts is to hold stock in International Paper. This Hold consensus rating has held steady for over two years.

Past Monthly Recommendations

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0 strong buy ratings
4 buy ratings
3 hold ratings
4 sell ratings

Ratings as of

8/16/2021

0 strong buy ratings
4 buy ratings
6 hold ratings
4 sell ratings

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11/14/2021

0 strong buy ratings
3 buy ratings
8 hold ratings
3 sell ratings

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2/12/2022

0 strong buy ratings
3 buy ratings
8 hold ratings
2 sell ratings

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5/13/2022

0 strong buy ratings
1 buy ratings
9 hold ratings
2 sell ratings

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8/11/2022

0 strong buy ratings
1 buy ratings
6 hold ratings
3 sell ratings

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11/9/2022

0 strong buy ratings
0 buy ratings
6 hold ratings
3 sell ratings

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1/8/2023

0 strong buy ratings
1 buy ratings
5 hold ratings
3 sell ratings

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2/7/2023

Latest Recommendations

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Date	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target	Impact on Share Price
2/3/2023	UBS Group	Upgrade	Sell ➝ Neutral	$31.00 ➝ $43.00	N/A
2/2/2023	Citigroup	Boost Target	Neutral	$36.00 ➝ $44.00	Low
2/2/2023	Argus	Boost Target	Buy	$43.00 ➝ $50.00	Low
2/1/2023	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Sector Perform	$36.00 ➝ $40.00	Low
2/1/2023	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$32.00 ➝ $38.00	Low
2/1/2023	Truist Financial	Boost Target	Hold	$30.00 ➝ $38.00	Low
1/4/2023	Citigroup	Boost Target		$34.00 ➝ $36.00	Low
10/28/2022	Royal Bank of Canada	Lower Target	Sector Perform	$38.00 ➝ $36.00	Low
10/28/2022	Truist Financial	Lower Target	Hold	$40.00 ➝ $34.00	Low
10/28/2022	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$35.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
10/28/2022	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Target		$60.00 ➝ $50.00	Low
10/18/2022	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Sell	$44.00 ➝ $29.00	Low
10/13/2022	Bank of America	Lower Target		$46.00 ➝ $37.00	Low
10/11/2022	Citigroup	Lower Target	Neutral	$46.00 ➝ $34.00	Low
10/6/2022	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$47.00 ➝ $35.00	Low
9/30/2022	KeyCorp	Lower Target	Underweight	$37.00 ➝ $27.00	Low
9/29/2022	Truist Financial	Lower Target	Hold	$51.00 ➝ $40.00	Low
9/16/2022	Jefferies Financial Group	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Underperform	$40.00 ➝ $31.00	Low
7/19/2022	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Target		$48.00 ➝ $44.00	Low
7/18/2022	Wells Fargo & Company	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$58.00 ➝ $47.00	Low
7/1/2022	KeyCorp	Lower Target	Underweight	$41.00 ➝ $37.00	Low
6/21/2022	Citigroup	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$53.00 ➝ $46.00	Low
4/18/2022	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target		$47.00 ➝ $48.00	Low
4/8/2022	Citigroup	Lower Target		$54.00 ➝ $53.00	High
1/28/2022	Seaport Res Ptn	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral		Low
1/28/2022	KeyCorp	Lower Target	Underweight	$44.00 ➝ $41.00	Medium
1/20/2022	Bank of America	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral		Medium
1/12/2022	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Overweight	$78.00 ➝ $65.00	Low
1/4/2022	Citigroup	Lower Target		$59.00 ➝ $53.00	Medium
11/12/2021	BMO Capital Markets	Reiterated Rating	Buy		High
11/8/2021	KeyCorp	Lower Target	Underweight	$50.00 ➝ $44.00	Low
11/1/2021	Jefferies Financial Group	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$80.00 ➝ $55.00	Medium
10/28/2021	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Sector Perform	$53.00 ➝ $57.00	Medium
10/19/2021	Exane BNP Paribas	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Neutral	$60.00	Low
10/19/2021	BNP Paribas	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Neutral	$60.00	Low
10/13/2021	Truist Financial	Initiated Coverage	Hold	$50.00	High
10/8/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Overweight	$85.00 ➝ $78.00	Low
9/28/2021	UBS Group	Boost Target	Sell	$47.00 ➝ $52.00	Medium
6/28/2021	Stephens	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$58.00 ➝ $80.00	High
6/11/2021	Argus	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$75.00	Low
6/7/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Overweight	$66.00 ➝ $85.00	Medium
6/4/2021	Jefferies Financial Group	Boost Target	Buy	$78.00 ➝ $96.00	Low
5/20/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
5/6/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Underweight	$48.00 ➝ $52.00	Medium
4/30/2021	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Underweight	$47.00 ➝ $50.00	Medium
4/19/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target		$49.00 ➝ $58.00	Low
4/5/2021	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Underweight	$41.00 ➝ $47.00	Low
3/26/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Underweight	$44.00 ➝ $48.00	Low
2/5/2021	KeyCorp	Lower Target	Underweight	$43.00 ➝ $41.00	Medium
1/20/2021	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Boost Target	Positive ➝ Hold	$40.00 ➝ $49.00	Medium
1/12/2021	UBS Group	Initiated Coverage	Sell	$40.00	High
1/12/2021	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Underweight	$37.00 ➝ $44.00	Low
1/11/2021	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Overweight	$52.00 ➝ $62.00	High
1/5/2021	Jefferies Financial Group	Initiated Coverage	Buy		N/A
11/16/2020	Smith Barney Citigroup	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy		Low
10/30/2020	KeyCorp	Boost Target	Underweight	$31.00 ➝ $36.00	Low
10/26/2020	Morgan Stanley	Boost Target	Underweight	$29.00 ➝ $37.00	Low
10/12/2020	BMO Capital Markets	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$40.00 ➝ $53.00	High
10/9/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$38.00 ➝ $52.00	Medium
9/15/2020	Bank of America	Boost Target	Buy	$46.00 ➝ $49.00	Medium
9/9/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$36.00 ➝ $38.00	Medium
8/21/2020	Argus	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold		Low
7/31/2020	DA Davidson	Reiterated Rating	Buy		Low
7/30/2020	KeyCorp	Reiterated Rating	Sell	$31.00	High
7/16/2020	Bank of America	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy		Low
6/15/2020	Morgan Stanley	Initiated Coverage	Underweight	$29.00	High
5/26/2020	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Target	Hold	$46.00 ➝ $40.00	High
5/1/2020	Cfra	Lower Target	Hold	$45.00 ➝ $36.00	Low
5/1/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Equal Weight	$32.00 ➝ $34.00	Low
4/9/2020	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Equal Weight	$42.00 ➝ $32.00	Low
4/9/2020	KeyCorp	Lower Target	Underweight	$38.00 ➝ $29.00	High
2/14/2020	Credit Suisse Group	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$48.00 ➝ $48.00	Low
12/10/2019	The Goldman Sachs Group	Downgrade	Neutral ➝ Sell	$40.00	Low
12/2/2019	Exane BNP Paribas	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$53.00	Low
12/2/2019	BNP Paribas	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$53.00	Low
11/1/2019	Royal Bank of Canada	Set Target	Hold	$43.00	Medium
10/31/2019	KeyCorp	Reiterated Rating	Sell	$38.00	Low
10/17/2019	Citigroup	Lower Target	Neutral	$45.00 ➝ $43.00	Low
10/9/2019	Stephens	Set Target	Hold	$50.00	Low
10/8/2019	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Market Perform	$43.00 ➝ $42.00	Medium
8/26/2019	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Market Perform	$47.00 ➝ $43.00	Low
7/25/2019	KeyCorp	Reiterated Rating	Sell	$38.00	Medium
7/15/2019	KeyCorp	Downgrade	Sector Weight ➝ Underweight	$38.00	Medium
7/11/2019	Citigroup	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$53.00 ➝ $45.00	Low
7/3/2019	KeyCorp	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Low
6/24/2019	UBS Group	Set Target	Buy	$50.00	Low
6/24/2019	Stephens	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$60.00	Medium
4/16/2019	Bank of America	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral		High
4/10/2019	UBS Group	Lower Target	Buy	$55.00 ➝ $54.00	Low
4/5/2019	Citigroup	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$53.00 ➝ $55.00	Low
4/5/2019	Royal Bank of Canada	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Sector Perform	$54.00 ➝ $47.00	Medium
4/1/2019	Barclays	Lower Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$40.00 ➝ $39.00	Medium
2/1/2019	Royal Bank of Canada	Boost Target	Outperform	$54.00	High
2/1/2019	Citigroup	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$53.00	High
1/23/2019	Stephens	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$50.00 ➝ $60.00	Medium
1/17/2019	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Lower Target	Buy ➝ Hold	$55.00 ➝ $46.00	Low
1/9/2019	Wells Fargo & Company	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform		Low
1/8/2019	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$49.00	Medium
10/29/2018	Barclays	Lower Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$45.00 ➝ $44.00	Medium
10/29/2018	Argus	Lower Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$70.00 ➝ $55.00	Medium
10/29/2018	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Set Target	Hold	$55.00	High
10/23/2018	Royal Bank of Canada	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$55.00	High
10/11/2018	Citigroup	Lower Target	Buy	$67.00 ➝ $51.00	Medium
10/10/2018	The Goldman Sachs Group	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$53.00	High
10/9/2018	BMO Capital Markets	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$66.00 ➝ $51.00	High
9/11/2018	Stephens	Set Target	Hold	$57.00	Low
7/30/2018	Barclays	Lower Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$55.00 ➝ $52.00	Low
7/27/2018	BMO Capital Markets	Lower Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$70.00 ➝ $66.00	Low
7/23/2018	Citigroup	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$71.00 ➝ $65.00	Low
7/9/2018	Wells Fargo & Company	Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$62.00 ➝ $70.00	Medium
7/5/2018	Stephens	Reiterated Rating	Hold	$57.00	Medium
6/18/2018	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft	Initiated Coverage	Hold	$64.00	Low
6/6/2018	Stephens	Set Target	Hold	$66.00	Medium
6/6/2018	BMO Capital Markets	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$65.00 ➝ $70.00	Medium
6/6/2018	Royal Bank of Canada	Upgrade	Sector Perform ➝ Outperform	$65.69 ➝ $67.00	High
6/1/2018	Wells Fargo & Company	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$50.00 ➝ $66.94	High
4/26/2018	KeyCorp	Reiterated Rating	Hold		Low
4/17/2018	Royal Bank of Canada	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Sector Perform	$53.75 ➝ $56.00	Low
3/29/2018	UBS Group	Initiated Coverage	Buy	$63.00	Medium
3/27/2018	Wells Fargo & Company	Lower Target	Market Perform	$60.00 ➝ $53.00	Low
3/7/2018	BMO Capital Markets	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform		High
3/7/2018	Wells Fargo & Company	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform	$60.00	High
2/12/2018	Barclays	Boost Target	Underweight ➝ Underweight	$52.00 ➝ $55.00	Low

(Data available from 2/7/2018 forward)

News Sentiment Rating

0.61 (Buy)

Our news sentiment rating is based on the average sentiment of articles about this company published in the media in the last 30 days of headlines and can range from 2 (very positive sentiment) to -2 (very negative sentiment).

News Sentiment Over Time

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5 very positive mentions
8 positive mentions
0 negative mentions
0 very negative mentions

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7/12/2022

4 very positive mentions
24 positive mentions
1 negative mentions
0 very negative mentions

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8/11/2022

3 very positive mentions
16 positive mentions
1 negative mentions
0 very negative mentions

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9/10/2022

6 very positive mentions
9 positive mentions
0 negative mentions
1 very negative mentions

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10/10/2022

5 very positive mentions
26 positive mentions
4 negative mentions
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11/9/2022

9 very positive mentions
18 positive mentions
0 negative mentions
0 very negative mentions

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12/9/2022

6 very positive mentions
9 positive mentions
1 negative mentions
1 very negative mentions

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1/8/2023

21 very positive mentions
41 positive mentions
2 negative mentions
0 very negative mentions

Mentions as of

2/7/2023

Current Sentiment

Recent Stories by Sentiment

Very Negative

No very negative mentions tracked during this time.

International Paper Co. engages in the manufacture of paper and packaging products. It operates through the following segments: Industrial Packaging, Global Cellulose Fibers, and Printing Papers. The Industrial Packaging segment is involved in manufacturing containerboards, which include linerboard, medium, whitetop, recycled linerboard, recycled medium, and saturating kraft. The Global Cellulose Fibers segment offers cellulose fibers products such as fluff, market, and specialty pulps. The Printing Papers segment includes the manufacture of printing and writing papers. The company was founded by Hugh J. Chisholm in 1898 and is headquartered in Memphis, TN.

Today's Range

Now: $40.63

$40.09

$40.66

50 Day Range

MA: $36.79

$34.36

$41.82

52 Week Range

Now: $40.63

$30.69

$50.23

Volume

768,527 shs

Average Volume

3,349,157 shs

Market Capitalization

$14.45 billion

P/E Ratio

9.98

Dividend Yield

4.47%

Beta

1.05

Frequently Asked Questions

What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of International Paper?: The following Wall Street analysts have issued research reports on International Paper in the last twelve months: Argus, Bank of America Co., BMO Capital Markets, Citigroup Inc., Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Jefferies Financial Group Inc., KeyCorp, Royal Bank of Canada, StockNews.com, Truist Financial Co., UBS Group AG, and Wells Fargo & Company.
View the latest analyst ratings for IP.
What is the current price target for International Paper?: 11 Wall Street analysts have set twelve-month price targets for International Paper in the last year. Their average twelve-month price target is $38.82, suggesting a possible downside of 4.5%. BMO Capital Markets has the highest price target set, predicting IP will reach $50.00 in the next twelve months. KeyCorp has the lowest price target set, forecasting a price of $27.00 for International Paper in the next year.
View the latest price targets for IP.
What is the current consensus analyst rating for International Paper?: International Paper currently has 3 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating from Wall Street analysts. The stock has a consensus analyst rating of "Hold." A "hold" rating indicates that analysts believe investors should keep any existing positions they have in IP, but not buy more shares or sell existing shares.
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What other companies compete with International Paper?: Other companies that are similar to International Paper include Suzano, Bunge, Westlake, Celanese and FMC. Learn More about companies similar to International Paper.
How do I contact International Paper's investor relations team?: International Paper's physical mailing address is 6400 POPLAR AVENUE, MEMPHIS TN, 38197. The basic materials company's listed phone number is (901) 419-9000 and its investor relations email address is [email protected] The official website for International Paper is www.internationalpaper.com. Learn More about contacing International Paper investor relations.

International Paper - IP Stock Price Target and Predictions

Analyst Price Target for IP

Current Consensus is Hold

Past Monthly Recommendations

Latest Recommendations

News Sentiment Rating

0.61 (Buy)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What sell-side analysts currently cover shares of International Paper?

What is the current price target for International Paper?

What is the current consensus analyst rating for International Paper?

What other companies compete with International Paper?

How do I contact International Paper's investor relations team?