International Paper Company · IP · NYSE
Dividend report · updated Nov 9, 2026
$35.53 +2.90% on the day, +$1.00
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Yearly payout / yield
$1.85·5.21%
$0.463 quarterly x 4 ⓘ
Next payment
$0.4625/qtr
pays Dec 15 ⓘ
Next ex-date
Nov 16
ex in 6 days ⓘ
Years without a cut
4 yrs
raised last year ⓘ
Recession record
2000held2008cut2020held2022held
cut in 2009
Yield vs history ⓘ
68
Above its usual yield
IP share price & total return
Daily closing price, adjusted for stock splits.
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Last 20 payments
IP Dividend Growth (CAGR)
1Y -0.1%3Y 0.0%5Y 0.0%10Y +0.5%
Per-share amount, by the date it paid (~ = about, from its usual pay gap). Light bar = declared, not yet paid. The enlarge button shows all 230 payments since 1970.
Annual dividends and growth
Total paid per share in each calendar year. 2026: the solid bar is paid so far; the dashed box on top is expected (1 declared and not yet paid), not a promise.
Next 5 years if the pace holds
If the recent pace holds — one-off jumps left out. Not a forecast. Pace: 0% a year, its typical raise over the last 5 years. Today's $1.85 a year would stay $1.85 by 2031 - 5.21% on today's $35.53 price.

How Many IP Shares for $500 or $1,000 a Month?

At $1.85 a share a year, $500 a month takes about 3,240 IP shares, about $115,117 at the Nov 9, 2026 close of $35.53. $1,000 a month takes about 6,480 shares, about $230,234. Before taxes, and only while the rate holds.

International Paper (IP) pays $0.463 a share quarterly, $1.85 a year, a 5.21% run-rate yield at the Nov 9, 2026 close of $35.53. It has paid since 1970 and raised its annual dividend 1 years in a row.

At today’s rate of $0.463 quarterly and the last close of $35.53, this is what IP pays before taxes, if the rate stays where it is:

You holdEach paymentPer month (avg)Per year
1 share$0.463$0.15$1.85
100 shares$46.30$15.43$185.20
$10,000 invested (281.5 shares)$130.31$43.44$521.25
3,240 shares ($500/mo)$1,500.12$500.04$6,000.48
6,480 shares ($1,000/mo)$3,000.24$1,000.08$12,000.96

With DRIP on, every payment buys more shares instead of landing as cash. 100 IP shares reinvest into 1.30 new shares each payment, about 5.3 new shares a year at today’s price and rate, and each new share collects the next payment too. To DRIP one whole new share every payment you need about 77 shares. Raises speed that up; a falling share price buys more shares per payment, but each is worth less. See the snowball over 10 to 30 years with IP’s own history in the IP DRIP calculator.

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An algorithmic rating built from reported data, not a recommendation.
  • Coverage (EPS): are profits enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Coverage (FCF): is spare cash enough to pay the dividend rating
  • Dividend vs cash flow + debt: is the dividend paid with borrowed money report
  • Debt load: how much the balance sheet leans on borrowing rating
  • Debt interest coverage: can profits easily pay the interest bill rating
  • Earnings direction: are sales and profits growing or shrinking report
  • Liquidity: is there cash for debts due this year rating
  • Raise streak: how many years in a row it raised see details
  • Years without a cut: how long since the last dividend cut see details
  • Raise vs trend: are recent raises keeping their usual pace history
  • Yield vs history: is today’s yield high or low versus its past rating
  • Recession record: what the dividend did in past crashes history
  • Crash record: what the dividend did in the 2008 crash history

IP Dividend Yield Today vs Its 5-Year Range

68/100Above its usual yieldvs its 4-yr history
  • IP yields 5.21% today, at the Nov 9, 2026 close of $35.53.
  • Its own 4-year median is 4.64%, so today’s yield is above its usual level.
Since Jan 2022: lowest to highest month-end yield
3.15% low6.28% high
Blue mark = today, grey = its 4-year median. A higher yield than usual means a lower price against the payout.

Where today ranks in its own history is in the paid report

How it works. Each month-end over the last 4 years gives one yield: the regular payment then, times payments a year, over that day’s close. Specials are left out. 50 means today’s yield sits right at its usual level. A lower score means the yield is below its usual level, so the price is high against the payout. A higher score means the yield is above its usual level. On price alone a payer stays between 15 and 85. Steady raisers get a few points back. It reads the past, not the future.

When Is IP’s Next Dividend? December 2026 Ex-Date and Pay Date

IP’s next dividend is $0.4625 a share, declared, with the ex-date on Nov 16, 2026. Own IP by the close on Nov 13, 2026 to collect it; shares bought on the ex-date or later do not get it. It pays on Dec 15, 2026. The latest one, $0.463 a share, went ex on Aug 14, 2026 and paid Aug 17, 2026.

  • Ex-dates: about every 88 days (quarterly)
  • Payment: usually about 3 days after the ex-date
  • Next earnings report: Feb 4, 2027

Every payer going ex-dividend this week is on the dividend calendar.

How Often Does IP Pay?

IP pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Feb, May, Aug and Dec, with ex-dates in Feb, May, Aug and Nov. The ex-date comes about every 88 days, and the cash usually lands about 3 days later.

Paid in the last 12 months
$2.31 a share, in 5 payments.
+25.0% against the 12 months before ($1.85 in 4 payments).
Cash that landed, by pay date. The yield up top uses today’s rate instead, so a raise or a cut shows there first.
Payout months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Pays in Feb, May, Aug and Dec. Ex-dates fall in Feb, May, Aug and Nov (latest 4 payments).
Raise history
  • Streak: 1 year of higher annual totals (through 2025)
  • Last change: cut Nov 12, 2021 - $0.4858 to $0.4625 (-4.80%)
  • Last raise: Nov 14, 2019 - $0.4735 to $0.4858 (+$0.0123, +2.60%)
  • Usual $ step: $0.0218 (median of the raises before it)
Coverage
  • EPS payout: n/a (EPS negative) - $1.85 paid / -$6.56 EPS (4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 150.2% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)
  • FCF payout: 300.0% - $1.85 paid / $0.14 free cash flow per share (4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026); own 4-yr norm 83.1% (median of 12 earlier trailing years)

IP vs Similar Dividend Stocks (CF, LYB...)

Against the 10 dividend-paying Basic Materials companies closest to IP in market value, IP’s 5.21% run-rate yield is above the group’s middle yield of 1.82%, and its raise streak of 1 year is the 3rd longest. A higher yield than the group is not a bonus by itself: it is often the market pricing in a cut, so read it next to the rating and the coverage behind it.

Ticker Dividend ⓘ Yield Safety Rating Recessions ⓘ No cut ⓘ
IP $35.53International Paper $0.463/qtr$1.85/yr fwd 5.21% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20092000 held2008 cut2020 held2022 held 4 yrsraised 1 yr in a row
CF $119.26CF Industries Holdings $0.60/qtr$2.40/yr fwd 2.01% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only No cut in all 32008 raised2020 held2022 raisedno 2000 record 19+ yrsno raise streak
LYB $59.51LyondellBasell Industries N.V. $0.69/qtr$2.76/yr fwd 4.64% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in both2020 raised2022 raisedno 2000/2008 record 0 yrsraised 13 yrs in a row
PAAS $42.36Pan American Silver $0.184/qtr$0.74/yr fwd 1.74% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only No cut in both2020 raised2022 heldno 2000/2008 record 9 yrsraised 1 yr in a row
DD $155.14DuPont de Nemours $0.60/qtr$2.40/yr fwd 1.55% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only No cut in both2020 held2022 raisedno 2000/2008 record 0 yrsno raise streak
CDE $16.45Coeur Mining $0.02/yr 0.12% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 0 yrsno raise streak
RS $421.10Reliance Steel & Aluminum $1.25/qtr$5.00/yr fwd 1.19% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Raised in all 42000 raised2008 raised2020 raised2022 raised 30+ yrsraised 15 yrs in a row
SQM $56.70Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. $1.03/half-yr$2.06/yr fwd 3.63% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Varied, no cut2008 varied2020 varied2022 heldno 2000 record 1 yrno raise streak
IFF $84.43International Flavors & Fragrances $0.40/qtr$1.60/yr fwd 1.90% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20242000 cut2008 raised2020 raised2022 cut 1 yrno raise streak
NISTF $4.12Nippon Steel $0.0763/half-yr$0.15/yr fwd 3.70% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only — 2 yrsno raise streak
CRS $305.35Carpenter Technology $0.20/qtr$0.80/yr fwd 0.26% Dividend Safety Rating: paid plans only Cut in 20022000 cut2008 raised2020 held2022 held 23 yrsno raise streak

Yield and the safety rating are only half of it. See total returns with dividends reinvested, side by side: IP vs CF, IP vs LYB, IP vs PAAS.

IP Dividend History: Every Payment Since 1970

Ex-datePay dateAmountFrequencyType
Nov 16, 2026Dec 15, 2026$0.4625QuarterlyDeclared
Aug 14, 2026Aug 17, 2026$0.463QuarterlyRegular
May 22, 2026May 25, 2026$0.463QuarterlyRegular
Feb 23, 2026Feb 25, 2026$0.463QuarterlyRegular
Feb 22, 2026Mar 17, 2026$0.4625QuarterlyRegular
Nov 14, 2025Nov 17, 2025$0.463QuarterlyRegular
Aug 15, 2025Aug 18, 2025$0.463QuarterlyRegular
May 23, 2025May 26, 2025$0.463QuarterlyRegular
Feb 24, 2025Feb 26, 2025$0.4625QuarterlyRegular
Nov 15, 2024Nov 18, 2024$0.4625QuarterlyRegular
The other 220 IP payments come with a paid plan.
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Newest first. Amounts are per share as paid, restated for splits; frequency is the schedule on file for that payment; a payment over 2.5x its neighbours is marked special.
From reported payments, prices and filings — data, not investment advice.

What the Dividend Safety Rating Means for IP

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IP Dividend Questions

How often does IP pay dividends?

IP pays quarterly, 4 times a year. Recent payments arrived in Feb, May, Aug and Dec, with ex-dates in Feb, May, Aug and Nov. The ex-date comes about every 88 days, and the cash usually lands about 3 days later.

Does IP pay dividends monthly?

No. IP pays quarterly, 4 times a year. For payers that pay every month, see the monthly dividend stocks.

When is the next IP dividend?

IP’s next dividend is $0.4625 a share, declared, with the ex-date on Nov 16, 2026. Own IP by the close on Nov 13, 2026 to collect it; shares bought on the ex-date or later do not get it. It pays on Dec 15, 2026. The latest one, $0.463 a share, went ex on Aug 14, 2026 and paid Aug 17, 2026. The current rate is $0.463 per share, $1.85 a year.

Does IP pay a dividend in December 2026?

Yes. IP declared $0.4625 a share with the ex-date on Nov 16, 2026, paying on Dec 15, 2026. Own IP by the close on Nov 13, 2026 to collect it; shares bought on the ex-date or later do not get it.

How much does IP pay per share?

IP pays $0.463 a share quarterly, $1.85 a year. At the Nov 9, 2026 close of $35.53 that is a 5.21% run-rate yield, above its usual level: its own 4-year median is 4.64%.

Has IP raised its dividend?

Yes. IP has raised its annual dividend 1 years in a row, through 2025. The latest raise, on Nov 14, 2019, took the rate from $0.4735 to $0.4858 (+2.60%). Since then the rate was cut on Nov 12, 2021, from $0.4858 to $0.4625. Over five years the dividend grew 0.0% a year.

Is IP’s dividend safe?

No rating can promise a future payment, but the record on file says a lot. IP paid out 300% of its free cash flow as dividends over the 4 quarters to Sep 30, 2026. It has raised its dividend 1 years in a row and gone 4 years without a cut. Through the market crashes: it held it through 2000, 2020 and 2022; it cut it in the 2008 (in 2009) crash. This is data, not investment advice. The full 13-check rating comes with a plan.

How do I track my IP dividends?

Add IP to a free DRIPCalc portfolio once, with your buy date and share count. Every payout since fills in, dated and in dollars; with DRIP on, the new shares each payment buys are counted for you, so there is no spreadsheet to update and no broker login. To project the snowball, run IP in the DRIP calculator.

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How this page is built: the rate is the latest regular dividend per share; run-rate yield = rate × payments per year ÷ last close (Nov 9, 2026), never a trailing 12-month total, which lags after a raise and hides a cut. Specials and one-off payments never count in the rate; a payer whose regular payments differ in size is annualized over its last full cycle of regular payments. Raise streak = consecutive calendar years with a higher amount per payment than the year before; years without a cut = years in which the amount per payment held within 1%. The Dividend Safety Rating reads 13 visible lines: coverage, streak, raise pace and yield range for dividend stocks; NAV trend, NAV funding and payout stability for income funds. Similar payers = the same sector or fund group, nearest in market value or fund size. Payments, prices and filings come from DRIPCALC’s price and dividend database. History is not a forecast. This is data, not investment advice.