For the quarter ended September 2023, International Paper (IP - Free Report) reported revenue of $4.61 billion, down 14.6% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.64, compared to $1.01 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -4.89% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.85 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.59, the EPS surprise was +8.47%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how International Paper performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Global Cellulose Fibers: $725 million versus $694.90 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -18.3% change.
- Net Sales- Industrial Packaging: $3.79 billion compared to the $3.99 billion average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -13.6% year over year.
- Net Sales- Corporate and Inter-segment: $101 million versus $119.22 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -22.3% change.
- Operating Profit- Global Cellulose Fibers: $27 million compared to the $23.21 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Operating Profit- Industrial Packaging: $325 million compared to the $331.20 million average estimate based on three analysts.
View all Key Company Metrics for International Paper here>>>Shares of International Paper have returned -5.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -3.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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For the quarter ended September 2023, International Paper (IP - Free Report) reported revenue of $4.61 billion, down 14.6% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.64, compared to $1.01 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -4.89% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.85 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.59, the EPS surprise was +8.47%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how International Paper performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Net Sales- Global Cellulose Fibers: $725 million versus $694.90 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -18.3% change.
- Net Sales- Industrial Packaging: $3.79 billion compared to the $3.99 billion average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -13.6% year over year.
- Net Sales- Corporate and Inter-segment: $101 million versus $119.22 million estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -22.3% change.
- Operating Profit- Global Cellulose Fibers: $27 million compared to the $23.21 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Operating Profit- Industrial Packaging: $325 million compared to the $331.20 million average estimate based on three analysts.
View all Key Company Metrics for International Paper here>>>Shares of International Paper have returned -5.2% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -3.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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A massive push to rebuild the crumbling U.S. infrastructure will soon be underway. It’s bipartisan, urgent, and inevitable. Trillions will be spent. Fortunes will be made.
The only question is “Will you get into the right stocks early when their growth potential is greatest?”
Zacks has released a Special Report to help you do just that, and today it’s free. Discover 5 special companies that look to gain the most from construction and repair to roads, bridges, and buildings, plus cargo hauling and energy transformation on an almost unimaginable scale.
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