International Paper Co. (IP): Today's Featured Consumer Goods Laggard

International Paper (IP) pushed the Consumer Goods sector lower today making it today's featured Consumer Goods laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day down 1.3%. By the end of trading, International Paper fell 70 cents (-2.2%) to $31.41 on average volume. Throughout the day, 3.9 million shares of International Paper exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4.6 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $31.12-$32.21 after having opened the day at $32.11 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $32.11. Other company's within the Consumer Goods sector that declined today were: Gentex Corporation (GNTX), down 29.1%, STR Holdings (STRI), down 16.1%, Cybex International (CYBI), down 13%, and ATC Venture Group (ATC), down 12.5%.

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International Paper Company operates as a paper and packaging company in North America, Europe, Latin America, Russia, Asia, and north Africa. International Paper has a market cap of $14.12 billion and is part of the consumer non-durables industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 12, above the average consumer non-durables industry P/E ratio of 11.8 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 8.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate International Paper a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates International Paper as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

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