IP vs. CLW, SUZ, SLVM, MATV, RIO, SCCO, APD, ECL, FCX, and VNTR
Should you be buying International Paper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of International Paper include Clearwater Paper (CLW), Suzano (SUZ), Sylvamo (SLVM), Mativ (MATV), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Southern Copper (SCCO), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), Ecolab (ECL), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), and Venator Materials (VNTR). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
International Paper vs.
Clearwater Paper (NYSE:CLW) and International Paper (NYSE:IP) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
Clearwater Paper has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its share price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, International Paper has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, International Paper had 16 more articles in the media than Clearwater Paper. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for International Paper and 4 mentions for Clearwater Paper. International Paper's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Clearwater Paper's score of 0.98 indicating that International Paper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
International Paper has a net margin of 2.25% compared to Clearwater Paper's net margin of 0.74%. International Paper's return on equity of 6.49% beat Clearwater Paper's return on equity.
Clearwater Paper currently has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.37%. International Paper has a consensus target price of $51.99, suggesting a potential downside of 8.70%. Given Clearwater Paper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Clearwater Paper is more favorable than International Paper.
90.0% of Clearwater Paper shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of International Paper shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Clearwater Paper shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of International Paper shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
International Paper received 314 more outperform votes than Clearwater Paper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.26% of users gave International Paper an outperform vote while only 61.76% of users gave Clearwater Paper an outperform vote.
International Paper has higher revenue and earnings than Clearwater Paper. Clearwater Paper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than International Paper, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
International Paper beats Clearwater Paper on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:IP) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
