---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000051434-24-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IP"
cik: "0000051434"
company_name: "INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/"
filed_at: "2024-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T12:00:03.978613+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IP posts Q4 net loss of $284M, full-year adjusted EPS $2.16 on $18.9B revenue

## Summary
- Q4 net loss of $284M ($0.82 diluted loss); full-year net earnings $288M ($0.82 diluted EPS).
- Q4 adjusted operating earnings $142M ($0.41 diluted); full-year adjusted $755M ($2.16 diluted), down from $3.18 in 2022.
- Net sales Q4 $4.6B (down 10% YoY); full-year $18.9B (down 11% from $21.2B in 2022).
- Industrial Packaging operating profit Q4 $315M (down from $416M YoY); Global Cellulose Fibers operating loss of $58M.
- Full-year cash from operations $1.8B; returned $839M to shareholders via buybacks and dividends.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000051434-24-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IP
- cik: 0000051434
- company_name: INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/
- filed_at: 2024-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000005143424000007/0000051434-24-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000005143424000007/ip-20240201.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/ reported the full-year and fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $ 18,916, net income $288 million ($0.82 per diluted share), EPS $0.82 per diluted share.
  - Period: the full-year and fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $ 18,916
  - Net income: $288 million ($0.82 per diluted share)
  - EPS: $0.82 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: this release. Select Financial Measures (In millions) Fourth Quarter 2023 Third Quarter 2023 Fourth Quarter 2022 Full-Year 2023 Full-Year 2022 Net Sales $ 4,601 $ 4,613 $ 5,133 $ 18,916 $ 21,161 Net Earnings (Loss) (284) 165 (318) 288 1,504 Business Segment Operating Profit (Loss) 257 352 451 1,249 1,848 Adjusted Operating Earnings 142 224 309 755 1,168 Cash
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000005143424000007/0000051434-24-000007-index.htm

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