Seasonality
IP seasonality — International Paper
Over the last 11 years, IP's strongest month on average has been January (+5.1%) and its weakest February (-4.1%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +5.06% | +3.03% | 80% | +20.8% | -11.6% | 10 |
| Feb | -4.08% | -4.30% | 20% | +8.0% | -13.0% | 10 |
| Mar | -2.78% | -2.28% | 40% | +10.3% | -18.0% | 10 |
| Apr | -2.63% | -1.61% | 50% | +10.0% | -14.8% | 10 |
| May | +3.59% | +4.21% | 60% | +29.1% | -11.4% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.13% | +0.68% | 50% | +13.8% | -13.7% | 10 |
| Jul | +2.50% | +1.80% | 60% | +13.4% | -5.8% | 10 |
| Aug | -1.20% | -2.35% | 40% | +6.3% | -10.9% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.71% | -1.50% | 50% | +11.8% | -23.8% | 10 |
| Oct | +0.70% | +2.62% | 60% | +13.7% | -16.7% | 10 |
| Nov | +4.40% | +5.92% | 78% | +13.1% | -8.4% | 9 |
| Dec | -1.59% | -0.43% | 40% | +8.9% | -12.6% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — IP
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.4 | 8.0 | -18.0 | -14.8 | 10.0 | 13.8 | 7.2 | -7.1 | -12.6 | 9.7 | -5.1 | -12.3% | |
| 2025 | 3.4 | 1.3 | -5.3 | -14.4 | 4.7 | -2.0 | -0.2 | 6.3 | -6.6 | -16.7 | 2.2 | -0.2 | -26.8% |
| 2024 | -0.9 | -1.3 | 10.3 | -10.5 | 29.1 | -4.3 | 7.7 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 13.7 | 5.9 | -8.5 | +48.9% |
| 2023 | 20.8 | -13.0 | -0.9 | -8.2 | -11.1 | 8.1 | 13.4 | -3.2 | 1.6 | -4.9 | 9.5 | -2.1 | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 2.7 | -9.8 | 6.0 | 0.3 | 4.7 | -13.7 | 2.2 | -2.7 | -23.8 | 6.0 | 10.4 | -6.7 | -26.3% |
| 2021 | 1.2 | -1.3 | 8.9 | 7.3 | 8.8 | -2.8 | -5.8 | 4.0 | -6.9 | -6.2 | -8.4 | 3.2 | -0.2% |
| 2020 | -11.6 | -9.2 | -15.8 | 10.0 | -0.6 | 3.4 | -1.2 | 4.2 | 11.8 | 7.9 | 13.1 | 0.5 | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 17.5 | -3.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 | -11.4 | 4.5 | 1.4 | -10.9 | 7.0 | 4.5 | 6.1 | -0.6 | +14.1% |
| 2018 | 8.5 | -5.2 | -10.3 | -3.5 | 3.8 | -2.6 | 3.2 | -4.8 | -3.9 | -7.7 | 1.8 | -12.6 | -30.3% |
| 2017 | 6.7 | -6.9 | -3.6 | 6.3 | -2.0 | 7.0 | -2.9 | -2.0 | 5.5 | 0.8 | -1.1 | 2.4 | +9.2% |
| 2016 | 8.9 |