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Company snapshot — International Paper Company

IPC.L 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 and converts them into finished packaging products across several regions. It runs two segments, Packaging Solutions North America and Packaging Solutions EMEA, making linerboard, medium and kraft papers, then converting containerboard into corrugated boxes, bins and specialty packaging. Its customers span food and beverage, agriculture, industrial manufacturing, personal care, pharmaceuticals and consumer goods. It is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.
Where it sits in the stack
International Paper holds no seat in Closelook's index. It sits in our Consumer Cyclical universe, within the packaging and containers group, supplying physical materials to manufacturers and retailers rather than sitting anywhere in the AI build-out chain.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group places it with other scored Consumer Cyclical names rather than packaging specialists, including Ferrari, MercadoLibre, Deckers Outdoor and Games Workshop. The market's closer comparison is Smurfit WestRock, another large containerboard and corrugated packaging maker.
Why Closelook tracks it
International Paper carries a Closelook score, strongest in the valuation module and weakest in the quality module. It holds no index seat and has not appeared in the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the weak quality reading persists or eases, and whether demand across its packaging end markets shifts the picture.

International Paper Company (IPC.L) trades on the LSE exchange in UK, classified under Consumer Cyclical.

The Closelook company score reads 31/100 composite (momentum 36, quality 13, valuation 51) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

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 IPC.L, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

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

Peer group

Packaging & Containers

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 5.26%, quarterly · buybacks 65 m GBX in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 136 GBP per share · a 5.26% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +33.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 102 GBP per share
  • Last distribution 34.12 GBP per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-13
  • By calendar year 2025: 136 GBP (partial) · 2026: 102 GBP to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-24
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 976 m GBX 158% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 65 m GBX
  • Share count +42.8% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 1.04 bn GBX in a year of negative free cash flow dividends and buybacks together

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 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

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 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sector × region Consumer discretionary in Europe: −2.3% week · −3.0% month · −0.1% quarter · +1.2% year (approximated)The Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from EXV5.XETRA+EXV7.XETRA+EXV8.XETRA+EXH2.XETRA; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · 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 → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is International Paper Company (IPC.L)?

International Paper Company trades as IPC.L on the LSE exchange (UK) and is classified under Consumer Cyclical in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is IPC.L in a Closelook index?

Not currently — International Paper Company is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

What is International Paper Company's Closelook composite score?

31 out of 100, with momentum 36, quality 13 and valuation 51 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does IPC.L trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -9.6% vs the 50-day and -6.8% vs the 200-day average, 28.7% below the 52-week high and +27.2% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 29 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does International Paper Company do?

International Paper produces fibre-based packaging materials and converts them into finished packaging products across several regions. It runs two segments, Packaging Solutions North America and Packaging Solutions EMEA, making linerboard, medium and kraft papers, then converting containerboard into corrugated boxes, bins and specialty packaging. Its customers span food and beverage, agriculture, industrial manufacturing, personal care, pharmaceuticals and consumer goods. Closelook's peer group places it with other scored Consumer Cyclical names rather than packaging specialists, including Ferrari, MercadoLibre, Deckers Outdoor and Games Workshop. The market's closer comparison is Smurfit WestRock, another large containerboard and corrugated packaging maker.

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

International Paper holds no seat in Closelook's index. It sits in our Consumer Cyclical universe, within the packaging and containers group, supplying physical materials to manufacturers and retailers rather than sitting anywhere in the AI build-out chain. International Paper carries a Closelook score, strongest in the valuation module and weakest in the quality module. It holds no index seat and has not appeared in the diary's editions.

Does International Paper Company pay a dividend?

International Paper Company has paid 136 GBP per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 5.26% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 34.12 GBP on 2026-08-13. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 976 m GBX in dividends and bought back 65 m GBX of its own shares. The share count rose 42.8% over the fiscal year. 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 IPC.L, 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, then Consumer Cyclical. 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.