International Paper Company

IP Consumer Cyclical Packaging & Containers

In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 2.25%, EPS fell 114.3%, free cash flow fell 95.3% and total debt fell 15.3%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

34.05 0.05 −0.15%
Market cap
$18.1B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
25.3×
Dividend yield
5.45%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
1.41
Beneish M
−2.62
Dividend safety
24/100

International Paper Company (IP) EV/Sales

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As of 16 October 2026, International Paper Company (IP) trades at a EV/Sales of 1.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.7× (June 2023) to 2.1× (July 2025); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is below the Packaging & Containers industry median of 1.3× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 1.0×.

EV/Sales, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
FY2025 1.2× (19.51%)
FY2024 1.5× 36.76%
FY2023 1.1× 33.02%
FY2022 0.8× (30.21%)
FY2021 1.1× (22.99%)
FY2020 1.5× 3.30%
FY2019 1.4× 33.66%
FY2018 1.1× (29.55%)
FY2017 1.5× (3.48%)
FY2016 1.6× 44.06%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
Jun 2026 1.3× 18.50%
Mar 2026 1.1× (9.44%)
Dec 2025 1.2× (27.61%)
Sep 2025 1.6× (14.19%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.7× High 2.1×
Ten-year median 1.2×
Current reading's percentile 34

EV/Sales against peers

Company EV/Sales
SON Sonoco Products Company compare 1.1×
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare 1.1×
IP International Paper Company 1.2×
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 1.3×
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 1.4×
BALL Ball Corporation compare 1.6×
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 1.7×
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 1.8×
PKG Packaging Corporation of America compare 2.6×
Packaging & Containers industry median 1.3×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 1.0×
Market median 2.1×

What EV/Sales is

EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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