International Paper Company (IP)

International Paper Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 7 analysts that cover International Paper stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $55.29, which forecasts a 15.31% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $44 and the highest is $64.

Price Target: $55.29 (+15.31%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$44	$55.29	$55	$64
Change	-8.24%	+15.31%	+14.70%	+33.47%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for International Paper stock is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	May '25	Jun '25	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25
Strong Buy	5	5	4	4	4	4
Buy	2	2	2	1	1	1
Hold	1	1	0	1	1	2
Sell	1	1	1	1	1	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	9	9	7	7	7	8

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Michael Roxland Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Strong Buy Maintains $55 → $53	Strong Buy	Maintains	$55 → $53	+10.53%	Oct 13, 2025
Gabe Hajde Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Sell Maintains $43 → $44	Sell	Maintains	$43 → $44	-8.24%	Oct 7, 2025
Anojja Shah UBS	UBS	Strong Buy Maintains $60 → $55	Strong Buy	Maintains	$60 → $55	+14.70%	Oct 6, 2025
Mark Weintraub Seaport Global	Seaport Global	Strong Buy → Hold Downgrades n/a	Strong Buy → Hold	Downgrades	n/a	n/a	Oct 6, 2025
George Staphos B of A Securities	B of A Securities	Hold → Strong Buy Upgrades $55 → $57	Hold → Strong Buy	Upgrades	$55 → $57	+18.87%	Aug 28, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

26.21B

Increased by 40.75%

from 18.62B

Revenue Next Year

26.76B

Increased by 2.10%

from 26.21B

EPS This Year

1.65

Increased by 4.87%

from 1.57

EPS Next Year

3.04

Increased by 84.50%

from 1.65

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	17.57B	19.36B	21.16B	18.92B	18.62B	26.21B	26.76B
Revenue Growth	-4.11%	10.24%	9.29%	-10.61%	-1.57%	40.75%	2.10%
EPS	1.22	4.47	4.09	0.82	1.57	1.65	3.04
EPS Growth	-60.31%	266.79%	-8.37%	-79.97%	91.49%	4.87%	84.50%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	29.12	15.78
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	17	17

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	27.8B	29.4B
Avg	26.2B	26.8B
Low	23.3B	23.5B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	49.4%	12.1%
Avg	40.8%	2.1%
Low	25.0%	-10.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	2.22	3.84
Avg	1.65	3.04
Low	0.82	2.34

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	41.1%	133.4%
Avg	4.9%	84.5%
Low	-47.6%	42.3%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.