International Paper Company IP

35.02 0.14 0.40% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$18.4B
P/E
0.0×
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International Paper Company (IP) Price to free cash flow

As of 25 September 2026, International Paper Company (IP) trades at a price to free cash flow of 32.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (December 2025) to 481× (July 2025); the current reading is higher than 83% of that period. That is above the Packaging & Containers industry median of 13.4× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 12.8×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

Annual

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2025 338× 1,432.15%
FY2024 22.0× 20.99%
FY2023 18.2× 77.72%
FY2022 10.2× (11.38%)
FY2021 11.6× 45.00%
FY2020 8.0× 8.81%
FY2019 7.3× (21.39%)
FY2018 9.3× (84.35%)
FY2017 59.6× 229.41%
FY2016 18.1× 37.18%

Quarterly

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jun 2026 35.3× 32.49%
Mar 2026 26.6× (92.11%)
Dec 2025 338× —
Sep 2025 0.0× —
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 481×
Ten-year median 12.9×
Current reading's percentile 83

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
CCK Crown Holdings, Inc. compare 9.5×
SON Sonoco Products Company compare 12.4×
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 12.5×
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 14.3×
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 15.8×
BALL Ball Corporation compare 18.3×
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare 23.2×
PKG Packaging Corporation of America compare 28.2×
IP International Paper Company 32.4×
Packaging & Containers industry median 13.4×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 12.8×
Market median 14.0×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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