International Paper price to free cash flow IP

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2013.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 35.7×
10-year median: 22.8×
Against its 10-year history: 72nd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 10.9× to 251×
Peer median: 16.8×

International Paper's price to free cash flow is 35.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 22.8×, higher than on 72% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 10.9× in Oct 2016 to 251× in Jan 2018.

The median for 6 paper, Lumber and Forest Products stocks of a similar size is 16.8×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 22.8×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	35.7×	29.0×	44.8×
2025	31.9×	22.8×	39.2×
2024	23.5×	14.1×	26.3×
2023	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2022	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2021	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2020	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2019	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2018	54.1×	52.0×	251×
2017	224×	17.1×	224×
2016	17.7×	10.0×	18.1×
2015	11.1×	10.2×	14.7×
2014	13.9×	10.1×	14.6×
2013	13.0×	10.7×	13.0×

Against its peers

Companies in Paper, Lumber & Forest Products nearest International Paper's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
IPInternational Paper	35.7×
LPXLouisiana-Pacific	n/m
TREXTrex	24.7×
FBINFortune Brands Innovations	12.8×
UFPIUFP Industries	16.8×
SKYChampion Homes	16.1×
CVCOCavco Industries	17.5×
Peer median	16.8×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.