International Paper Co (IP) EPS is poised to hit -0.08 next quarter: How Investors Can Make It Count the Most?

Witnessing the stock’s movement on the chart, on Wednesday, International Paper Co (NYSE: IP) had a quiet start as it plunged -1.62% to $56.38, before settling in for the price of $57.31 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, IP posted a 52-week range of $31.76-$59.52.

It was noted that the giant of the Consumer Cyclical sector posted annual sales growth of -3.32% over the last 5 years. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was -29.18%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -46.85%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $346.04 million, simultaneously with a float of $342.03 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $19.59 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $49.96, while the 200-day Moving Average is $43.20.

International Paper Co (IP) Ownership Facts and Figures

Nothing is more important than checking the behaviour of major investors towards the stock of the Packaging & Containers industry. International Paper Co’s current insider ownership accounts for 1.55%, in contrast to 124.90% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Oct 31 ’24, this organization’s Director sold 600 shares at the rate of 53.50, making the entire transaction reach 32,100 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 38,345. Preceding that transaction, on Oct 15 ’24, Company’s Director sold 600 for 48.08, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 28,848. This particular insider is now the holder of 38,945 in total.

International Paper Co (IP) Earnings and Revenue Records

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.46 per share during the current fiscal year.

International Paper Co’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -46.85% and is forecasted to reach 3.01 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 14.00% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the -29.18% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.

International Paper Co (NYSE: IP) Trading Performance Indicators

Let’s observe the current performance indicators for International Paper Co (IP). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 1.11. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 1.35. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $47.94, and its Beta score is 1.00. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 1.05. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 24.27.

In the same vein, IP’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 1.18, a figure that is expected to reach -0.08 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 3.01 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of International Paper Co (IP)

Going through the that latest performance of [International Paper Co, IP]. Its last 5-days volume of 4.07 million was inferior to the volume of 5.34 million it revealed a year ago. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 62.65% While, its Average True Range was 1.41.

Raw Stochastic average of International Paper Co (IP) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 82.57%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 74.41% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 56.17% that was higher than 31.38% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.