Citi Remains a Buy on International Paper Co (IP)

Citi analyst Anthony Pettinari maintained a Buy rating on International Paper Co today and set a price target of $44.00.

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Pettinari covers the Consumer Cyclical sector, focusing on stocks such as Avery Dennison, Ball, and Graphic Packaging. According to TipRanks, Pettinari has an average return of 15.0% and a 63.52% success rate on recommended stocks.

In addition to Citi, International Paper Co also received a Buy from Bank of America Securities’s George Staphos in a report issued on April 5. However, on April 10, UBS assigned a Hold rating to International Paper Co (NYSE: IP).

Based on International Paper Co’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending December 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $6.01 billion and a GAAP net loss of $2.38 billion. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $4.58 billion and had a GAAP net loss of $147 million

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 34 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is positive on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders buying their shares of IP in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in February 2026, Christopher Connor, a Director at IP bought 25,000.00 shares for a total of $1,009,250.00.