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.

33.93 0.17 −0.50%
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) Price to free cash flow

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As of 16 October 2026, International Paper Company (IP) trades at a price to free cash flow of 31.4×. 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 13.2× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 13.0×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

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 newest first

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 10.0×
SON Sonoco Products Company compare 12.3×
AVY Avery Dennison Corporation compare 12.9×
REYN Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. compare 15.0×
AMCR Amcor PLC compare 16.3×
BALL Ball Corporation compare 20.3×
SW Smurfit Westrock PLC compare 20.6×
PKG Packaging Corporation of America compare 28.1×
IP International Paper Company 31.4×
Packaging & Containers industry median 13.2×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 13.0×
Market median 14.2×

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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