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Company snapshot — International Paper

IP in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
International Paper produces fibre-based packaging materials, including linerboard and specialty papers, and converts them into corrugated boxes and containers. It sells through two regional units, one covering North America and one covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Customers span food and beverage, agriculture, industrial manufacturing and consumer goods. It is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.
Where it sits in the stack
International Paper has no seat in our Rubin index, the diary's AI build-out benchmark, because packaging sits outside the compute, memory and power layers that index tracks. It belongs to the Packaging & Containers sector of our wider coverage universe, alongside other industrial materials names we watch for demand cycles rather than AI exposure.
Who it is priced against
The diary holds no peer group for International Paper. The comparison the market draws is with other North American containerboard producers, such as Packaging Corporation of America.
Why Closelook tracks it
International Paper carries a seat in the S&P 500 but no seat in our Rubin index and no Closelook score yet; the diary has not quoted it in any edition.
What the diary watches
Whether the stock's slide below its 50-day and 200-day averages steadies or extends, since that would signal whether packaging demand is stabilising or still weakening.

International Paper (IP) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for IP, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Packaging & Containers · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Packaging & Containers · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against IP on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 5.21%, quarterly · last 0.46 USD on 2026-08-14

Dividends and capital return

What IP pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.85 USD per share · a 5.21% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year 0.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.85 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.46 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-14
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.46 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.85 USD · 2025: 1.85 USD · 2026: 1.39 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-14

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is International Paper (IP)?

International Paper trades as IP on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is IP in a Closelook index?

Not currently — International Paper is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does IP trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -8.5% vs the 50-day and -5.9% vs the 200-day average, 27.5% below the 52-week high and +23.3% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 27 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does International Paper do?

International Paper produces fibre-based packaging materials, including linerboard and specialty papers, and converts them into corrugated boxes and containers. It sells through two regional units, one covering North America and one covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Customers span food and beverage, agriculture, industrial manufacturing and consumer goods. The diary holds no peer group for International Paper. The comparison the market draws is with other North American containerboard producers, such as Packaging Corporation of America.

Where does International Paper sit in the AI build-out?

International Paper has no seat in our Rubin index, the diary's AI build-out benchmark, because packaging sits outside the compute, memory and power layers that index tracks. It belongs to the Packaging & Containers sector of our wider coverage universe, alongside other industrial materials names we watch for demand cycles rather than AI exposure. International Paper carries a seat in the S&P 500 but no seat in our Rubin index and no Closelook score yet; the diary has not quoted it in any edition.

Does International Paper pay a dividend?

International Paper has paid 1.85 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 5.21% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.46 USD on 2026-08-14. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for IP, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Packaging & Containers. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.