International Paper Company

BASE:IP Stock Report

Market Cap: AR$19.7t

International Paper Valuation

Is IP undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of IP when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: IP (ARS16100) is trading below our estimate of fair value (ARS18571.61)

Significantly Below Fair Value: IP is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for IP?

Key metric: As IP is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for IP. This is calculated by dividing IP's market cap by their current earnings.
What is IP's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio47.6x
EarningsUS$420.00m
Market CapUS$19.78b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does IP's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for IP vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average47.8x
PKG Packaging Corporation of America
27.4x10.9%US$21.0b
AVY Avery Dennison
23.6x10.7%US$16.1b
AMCR Amcor
19.2x6.9%US$14.7b
SW Smurfit Westrock
121.1x32.8%US$26.1b
IP International Paper
47.6x44.2%AR$19.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: IP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (47.6x) compared to the peer average (47.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does IP's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Packaging Industry?

12 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
IP 47.6xIndustry Avg. 17.2xNo. of Companies46PE01224364860+
12 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: IP is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (47.6x) compared to the Global Packaging industry average (17.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is IP's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

IP PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio47.6x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate IP's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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