International Paper Co. is a global producer of sustainable packaging, pulp, and other fiber-based products, and a recycler. Co. operates through two segments: Industrial Packaging and Global Cellulose Fibers. The Industrial Packaging segment is focused on creating fiber-based packaging that protects and promotes goods, enables worldwide commerce, and helps keep consumers safe. The segment offers products, including linerboard, medium, whitetop, recycled linerboard, recycled medium and saturating kraft. The IP YTD return is shown above.
The YTD Return on the IP YTD return page and across the coverage universe of our site,
is a measure of the total return for a given investment year-to-date for the current calendar year
(up to the end of prior trading session). Arguably, choosing the current calendar year for a measurement
period is on the one hand completely arbitrary, but on the other hand a year-to-date look can be extremely
useful in the context of our country's tax system which taxes gains and income on a calendar year basis.
Thus, researching Year-To-Date Returns is good practice for investors — whether IP YTD return or other benchmarks/peers
— and when doing so it is also important to factor in dividends, because a financial instrument's YTD return is
more than just the change in price if that instrument pays a dividend or coupon. Our website aims to empower investors
by performing the IP YTD return calculation (with any dividends reinvested as applicable), and to provide a
coverage universe of many stocks and ETFs to be able to compare YTD returns.
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