International Paper Reports First Quarter 2022 Results

HIGHLIGHTS
First quarter net earnings (loss) attributable to International Paper of $360 million ($0.95 per diluted share) compared with $107 million ($0.28 per diluted share) in the fourth quarter of 2021 and $349 million ($0.88 per diluted share) in the first quarter of 2021. First quarter adjusted operating earnings (non-GAAP) of $288 million ($0.76 per diluted share) compared with $301 million ($0.78 per diluted share) in the fourth quarter of 2021 and $198 million ($0.50 per diluted share) in the first quarter of 2021.
*$40 million of earnings achieved from Building a Better IP initiatives
*14% year-over-year revenue growth
*First quarter cash provided by operations of $588 million
*Share repurchases of $406 million
*Actively pursuing strategic options, including a sale of equity investment in Ilim Group

“International Paper’s earnings in the first quarter were better than our outlook. We generated strong cash from operations and returned $580 million to shareowners, including $406 million of share repurchases,” said Mark Sutton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “Commercially and operationally we performed well in the quarter to overcome significantly higher input costs. Looking ahead to the second quarter, we anticipate stable demand at elevated levels. We expect margin expansion as realization of prior price movements begins to outpace higher costs, and we step down from our highest maintenance outage quarter of the year.”

Sutton added, “We are accelerating value creation through our Building a Better IP set of initiatives and are confident in our full-year target of $200 to $225 million of incremental earnings. In the first quarter we achieved $40 million of earnings through these actions.”
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