INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY (IP)

Shares of IP stock traded down $2.12 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $41.03. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 7,392,706 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,561,888. The stock has a market cap of $21.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.29 and a beta of 0.94.

The market hit International Paper hard, with the stock dropping about 5% to roughly US$40 after the Q2 release, even though the headline story is not a collapse in demand but a profitability grind. You are looking at a packaging heavyweight that generated about US$6.0b in quarterly revenue ...

Packaging and materials company International Paper (NYSE:IP) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2026, with sales falling 11.3% year on year to $6.00 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.04 per share was significantly above analysts’ consensus estimates.

International Paper now carries a higher fair value estimate, moving from US$39.36 to US$43.64, which signals an updated view on where the stock may be reasonably priced. This change sits alongside a mixed set of analyst opinions, with some pointing to higher price targets tied to containerboard ...

Earnings Surprise: Social media observers noted International Paper's second-quarter earnings beat, with EPS coming in at $0.04 against expectations of a loss, though revenue fell slightly short of forecasts. Analysts on these platforms discussed the mixed results in the context of broader ...