International Paper Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 8 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for International Paper stock have an average target of 48.5, with a low estimate of 40 and a high estimate of 57. The average target predicts an increase of 11.37% from the current stock price of 43.55.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$40	$48.5	$50	$57
Change	-8.15%	+11.37%	+14.81%	+30.88%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for International Paper stock from 9 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26
Strong Buy	4	4	4	5	5	4
Buy	1	1	1	1	1	1
Hold	1	2	2	2	3	4
Sell	1	1	1	1	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	7	8	8	9	9	9

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Anthony Pettinari Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $46 → $47	Strong Buy	Maintains	$46 → $47	+7.92%	Feb 2, 2026
Anojja Shah UBS	UBS	Strong Buy → Hold Downgrades $51 → $44	Strong Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$51 → $44	+1.03%	Feb 2, 2026
Matthew McKellar RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Buy Maintains $55 → $54	Buy	Maintains	$55 → $54	+24.00%	Jan 30, 2026
Gabe Hajde Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Sell → Hold Upgrades $36 → $40	Sell → Hold	Upgrades	$36 → $40	-8.15%	Jan 30, 2026
Anojja Shah UBS	UBS	Strong Buy Maintains $53 → $51	Strong Buy	Maintains	$53 → $51	+17.11%	Jan 12, 2026

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

25.33B

from 23.63B

7.18%

from 23.63B

Revenue Next Year

26.30B

from 25.33B

3.82%

from 25.33B

EPS This Year

1.87

from -6.95

EPS Next Year

3.02

from 1.87

61.07%

from 1.87

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	19.36B	21.16B	18.92B	18.62B	23.63B	25.33B	26.30B
Revenue Growth	10.24%	9.29%	-10.61%	-1.57%	26.94%	7.18%	3.82%
EPS	4.47	4.09	0.82	1.57	-6.95	1.87	3.02
EPS Growth	266.79%	-8.37%	-79.97%	91.49%	-	-	61.07%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	23.23	14.42
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	17	16

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	27.0B	27.9B
Avg	25.3B	26.3B
Low	22.8B	23.5B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	14.3%	10.2%
Avg	7.2%	3.8%
Low	-3.5%	-7.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	2.64	4.07
Avg	1.87	3.02
Low	1.32	2.25

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	-	117.3%
Avg	-	61.1%
Low	-	20.2%

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.