What Makes International Paper Better?

 In my last price analysis, International Paper sported a pretax capitalization rate of  roughly 13%. What you may not be aware of is that I was intending to do an analysis on Temple-Inland Inc. The merger agreement announced back in September 2011 by International Paper which was the result of a hostile tender offer for Temple-Inland was a bit pricey for the corrugated packaging and building products company which International Paper is paying $32.00 a share. Despite the high price for Temple-Inland, this makes International Paper a strategic acquirer who may benefit very well in the long run with this acquisition by adding to the bottom-line and consolidating the industry. International Paper may have not be is not a bad replacement idea even though it may have did not appeared on any of  my screens.

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