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

34.32 1.33 −3.73%
Market cap
$18.1B
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
−23.0×
Dividend yield
5.39%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
1.41
Beneish M
−2.62
Dividend safety
24/100

International Paper Company (IP) Gross margin

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International Paper Company's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 29.8%, up 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (29.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 28.0% (fiscal 2024) to 33.3% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Packaging & Containers industry median of 20.1% and below the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 34.3%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 29.6% 1.58
FY2024 28.0% (0.17)
FY2023 28.2% (0.24)
FY2022 28.4% (0.12)
FY2021 28.6% (1.19)
FY2020 29.8% (1.08)
FY2019 30.8% (2.43)
FY2018 33.3% 1.34
FY2017 31.9% 0.75
FY2016 31.2% 0.40

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 31.2% 3.56
Jun 2026 27.7% (1.27)
Mar 2026 28.9% (2.43)
Dec 2025 31.4% 0.25
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Against its own ten years

Low 28.0% High 33.3%
Ten-year median 29.8%
Current reading's percentile 56

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
IP International Paper Company 29.8%
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 28.8%
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 25.1%
PKG Packaging Corporation of America compare 20.5%
SON Sonoco Products Company compare 20.2%
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 20.0%
BALL Ball Corporation compare 17.8%
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare 17.4%
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 16.8%
Packaging & Containers industry median 20.1%
Consumer Cyclical sector median 34.3%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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