IP Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (International Paper Company | NYSE:IP)

International Paper manufactures packaging products and cellulose fibers. It accounts for roughly one-third of the North American corrugated packaging market. The company also has a substantial presence in Europe following its acquisition of DS Smith. International Paper serves a variety of end markets, including industrial, consumer products, and manufacturing.

International Paper Company trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol IP.

As of March 3, 2026, IP stock price declined to $42.05 with 3,875,666 million shares trading.

IP has a beta of 1.01, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. IP has a correlation of 0.15 to the broad based SPY ETF.

IP has a market cap of $22.20 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

Last quarter International Paper Company reported $6 billion in Revenue and -$.08 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $111 million and missed earnings estimates by -$.34.

In the last 3 years, IP traded as high as $60.36 and as low as $29.01.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that IP belongs to (by Net Assets): CGDV, VTI, VOO, VO, IVV.

IP has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of -22.1% while the SPY ETF gained +15.7%. However, in the short term, IP had mixed performance relative to the market. It has outperformed in the last 3 months, returning +12.3% vs +0.1% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, IP shares have been beat by the market, returning -13.4% compared to an SPY return of -0.2%.

IP support price is $41.61 and resistance is $44.17 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that IP shares will trade within this expected range on the day.