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$ 40.83 -5.38%
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Quarterly report 2026-Q1
added 05-05-2026

International Paper Company Financial Ratios 2025-2011 | IP

Brief overview of International Paper Company's valuation and returns

The comparison uses the five latest available annual observations between 2019 and 2023.

The valuation comparison uses P/E 43.17x (median 13.61x), EV/EBITDA 15.15x (median 11.31x), P/S 3.66x (median 0.93x). The current ratio basket stands about 46.5% above the five-year base, increasing sensitivity to weak reports.

The inverse P/E implies an earnings yield of 2.3%. This is not a dividend yield, but current earnings relative to market price.

Capital efficiency is characterized by ROE -16.1%, ROA -6.3%, ROCE 9.8%. Negative returns point to losses or poor capital efficiency. Valuation multiples are less informative in this setting.

The PEG ratio is 8.39x; investors pay a high price per unit of expected growth.

The time from paying for inputs to receiving cash fell from -14 days to -27.6 days. Cash turnover improved.

What the ratios show

International Paper Company combines weak profitability with valuation above its historical norm, leaving limited cushion.

Annual Financial Ratios International Paper Company

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011

P/E

-9.2 -130.9 43.2 9.2 10.2 36.2 13.6 9.6 12.4 25.9 15.2 40.5 14.7 22.6 9.9

P/S

3.7 4.9 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.8 1.2 1.1 0.6 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.5

EPS

-4.5 -0.4 0.8 4.1 4.5 1.2 3.1 4.9 5.2 2.2 2.2 1.3 3.1 1.8 3.1

EV (Enterprise Value)

20.8 B 18.2 B 11.3 B 13.1 B 16.7 B 16.8 B 41.9 B 45 B 52.9 B 51.3 B 39.9 B 44 B 42 B 42.2 B 29.3 B

EBITDA per Share

5.43 2.45 3.3 2.86 2.82 2.78 9.44 10.5 7.71 6.88 8.82 9.06 8.43 7.74 8.45

EV/EBITDA

15.1 11.3 8.6 8.3 13.5 14.1 7.8 8.3 8.1 8.5 5.2

PEG

-0.4 8.39 -3.47 -1.1 -1.65 -3.32 -0.37 -1.79 0.09 -11.64 0.21 -0.69 0.2 -0.56 0.1

P/B

0.6 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 2.2 2.6 4.1 5.4 3.6 4.3 2.5 2.7 1.9

P/CF

12.9 11.5 6.8 6.4 8.8 5.7 7.1 11.7 72.5 20.7 13.0 13.1 11.2 11.3 8.7

ROE %

-16.08 -1.80 3.45 17.70 19.29 6.13 15.87 27.25 32.78 20.74 24.00 10.55 16.84 11.97 19.27

ROA %

-6.28 -0.64 1.24 6.28 6.94 1.52 3.66 5.99 6.32 2.71 3.07 1.93 4.42 2.47 4.97

ROCE %

- - - - - - 9.77 10.26 6.40 5.47 8.94 10.36 8.29 6.96 10.42

Current Ratio

- - - - - - 0.8 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.8 2.2

DSO

- - - - - - 59.9 61.3 55.2 52.0 43.7 47.6 47.1 46.7 48.9

DIO

38.4 54.0 60.7 45.3 51.0 63.0 52.8 52.6 55.2 58.7 52.6 54.4 48.6 48.4 44.7

DPO

65.9 72.9 81.6 64.0 65.0 70.2 57.9 56.6 58.6 55.6 49.0 59.8 49.9 49.2 48.1

Operating Cycle

38.4 54.0 60.7 45.3 51.0 63.0 112.7 113.9 110.4 110.7 96.2 102.1 95.7 95.1 93.5

Cash Conversion Cycle

-27.6 -18.9 -20.9 -18.8 -14.0 -7.2 54.8 57.3 51.7 55.1 47.2 42.3 45.9 45.9 45.4

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios International Paper Company

2026-Q1 2025-Q4 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q4 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q4 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1

EPS

0.11 - -2.09 0.14 -0.24 - 0.43 1.43 0.16 - 0.47 0.68 0.49 - 2.66 1.39 0.96 0.28 2.22 1.1 0.89 0.39 0.52 0.67 -0.36 0.42 0.88 0.74 1.06 0.79 1.38 0.98 1.76 3.54 0.96 0.19 0.51 0.53 0.76 0.1 0.81 0.43 0.53 0.54 0.74 0.32 0.84 0.37 -0.21 0.99 0.86 0.58 0.72 0.54 0.54 0.31 0.43 0.65 1.08 0.51 0.82

EBITDA per Share

- - - - - - 1.28 1.68 1.29 - 1.76 1.67 1.57 - 2.03 2.32 1.62 - 1.98 2.04 1.55 - 2.02 1.88 2.13 - 2.62 2.4 2.28 - 2.63 2.49 2.02 - 2.48 1.19 1.78 - 2.25 2.26 1.9 - 2.19 2.39 2.25 - 2.68 2.32 0.93 - 2.31 2.16 1.95 - 2.06 1.79 1.86 - 2.06 1.87 2.11

ROE %

-11.92 -6.54 -4.80 3.30 8.69 8.21 10.07 10.19 7.19 6.70 16.73 24.89 27.75 19.72 20.90 19.86 19.38 19.83 20.60 14.22 12.43 6.14 6.33 8.19 8.59 15.88 18.04 21.21 22.92 27.33 45.42 43.85 39.57 32.87 15.51 16.64 16.34 20.82 20.39 18.86 23.79 24.15 22.19 23.46 20.77 10.85 13.61 11.38 11.43 17.21 15.56 14.61 13.54 12.60 13.10 16.38 17.55 19.89 7.04 3.30 5.33

ROA %

-5.09 -2.79 -2.15 1.22 3.20 3.05 3.74 3.78 2.61 2.40 6.23 9.37 9.80 6.69 7.11 4.79 6.16 5.84 5.90 3.61 3.07 1.52 1.53 1.91 1.95 3.66 4.11 4.75 5.09 5.99 9.36 8.85 7.88 6.32 2.68 2.45 2.34 2.73 2.66 2.44 3.06 3.08 2.96 3.47 3.29 1.93 2.85 2.82 3.08 4.42 3.77 3.30 2.89 2.47 2.78 3.77 4.17 4.89 1.73 0.81 1.31

ROCE %

- - 2.75 5.49 9.24 8.54 12.50 13.72 13.95 11.59 16.48 17.40 19.90 15.28 20.37 20.57 20.01 15.39 21.41 22.34 21.88 17.99 27.08 30.15 32.85 25.02 35.05 35.98 37.30 26.45 36.78 37.09 30.03 19.09 33.21 37.00 49.03 40.01 54.92 55.71 58.67 48.35 63.62 63.98 59.07 28.93 37.14 30.08 25.00 21.86 30.41 30.76 30.10 22.64 31.23 31.27 31.78 24.67 8.59 7.27 8.80

DIO

42.1 - 51.5 49.1 48.9 - 55.8 47.5 48.8 - 52.4 52.3 48.6 - 23.5 20.9 42.3 - 51.7 42.6 47.1 - 52.8 54.6 51.9 - 53.4 51.6 51.7 - 52.6 52.1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

DPO

83.2 - 86.8 80.1 76.0 - 75.8 63.4 63.5 - 64.9 67.0 65.8 - 31.8 31.9 62.5 - 70.2 57.4 59.8 - 59.8 61.8 57.8 - 58.6 56.7 56.2 - 56.6 56.1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Operating Cycle

42.1 - 51.5 49.1 48.9 - 55.8 47.5 48.8 - 52.4 52.3 48.6 - 23.5 20.9 42.3 - 51.7 42.6 47.1 - 52.8 54.6 51.9 - 53.4 51.6 51.7 - 52.6 52.1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

-41.1 - -35.3 -31.0 -27.1 - -20.0 -15.9 -14.7 - -12.5 -14.7 -17.1 - -8.2 -10.9 -20.2 - -18.5 -14.7 -12.7 - -7.0 -7.2 -5.9 - -5.2 -5.0 -4.5 - -4.0 -4.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

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