International Paper Company
IP Consumer Cyclical Packaging & Containers
International Paper Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $23.6 billion, up 49.3% from fiscal 2024.
- Revenue
- −0.40%
- EPS
- −1.91%
- Free cash flow
- −218.2%
- Total debt
- −14.0%
Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier
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International Paper Company (IP) Free cash flow margin
International Paper Company's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 1.19%, up 0.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (0.25%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.25% (fiscal 2025) to 13.2% (fiscal 2020) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Packaging & Containers industry median of 4.78% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 3.20%.
Free cash flow margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 0.25% | (5.11) |
| FY2024 | 5.36% | 1.02 |
| FY2023 | 4.34% | (1.60) |
| FY2022 | 5.94% | (2.23) |
| FY2021 | 8.17% | (5.04) |
| FY2020 | 13.2% | 0.37 |
| FY2019 | 12.8% | 5.64 |
| FY2018 | 7.20% | 5.40 |
| FY2017 | 1.80% | (4.09) |
| FY2016 | 5.89% | 0.42 |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow margin against peers
| Company | Free cash flow margin |
|---|---|
| AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare | 10.8% |
| CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare | 7.64% |
| REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare | 7.40% |
| SON Sonoco Products Company compare | 5.52% |
| BALL Ball Corporation compare | 3.98% |
| AMCR Amcor PLC compare | 3.74% |
| SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare | 2.82% |
| IP International Paper Company | 1.19% |
| PKG Packaging Corporation of America compare | 0.00% |
| Packaging & Containers industry median | 4.78% |
| Consumer Cyclical sector median | 3.20% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Free cash flow margin is
Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.
(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue
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