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 $50.29, which forecasts a 37.63% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $36 and the highest is $57.

Price Target: $50.29 (+37.63%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$36	$50.29	$53	$57
Change	-1.48%	+37.63%	+45.05%	+55.99%

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

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Anthony Pettinari Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $55 → $46	Strong Buy	Maintains	$55 → $46	+25.89%	Nov 3, 2025
Gabe Hajde Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Sell Maintains $44 → $36	Sell	Maintains	$44 → $36	-1.48%	Oct 31, 2025
Detlef Winckelmann JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $54 → $48	Hold	Maintains	$54 → $48	+31.36%	Oct 31, 2025
Matthew McKellar RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Buy Maintains $61 → $57	Buy	Maintains	$61 → $57	+55.99%	Oct 31, 2025
Michael Roxland Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Strong Buy Maintains $55 → $53	Strong Buy	Maintains	$55 → $53	+45.05%	Oct 13, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

25.47B

Increased by 36.78%

from 18.62B

Revenue Next Year

25.97B

Increased by 1.96%

from 25.47B

EPS This Year

0.49

Decreased by -68.81%

from 1.57

EPS Next Year

2.42

Increased by 393.55%

from 0.49

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	25.47B	25.97B
Revenue Growth	-4.11%	10.24%	9.29%	-10.61%	-1.57%	36.78%	1.96%
EPS	1.22	4.47	4.09	0.82	1.57	0.49	2.42
EPS Growth	-60.31%	266.79%	-8.37%	-79.97%	91.49%	-68.81%	393.55%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	74.62	15.12
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	27.7B	29.4B
Avg	25.5B	26.0B
Low	23.3B	22.9B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	48.9%	15.3%
Avg	36.8%	2.0%
Low	25.0%	-10.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	2.00	3.84
Avg	0.49	2.42
Low	-0.28	1.53

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	27.1%	684.8%
Avg	-68.8%	393.6%
Low	-	212.2%

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.