Basic Materials
Koppers Holdings Inc.(KOP)
Live Price
Offline$43.73
+0.18% today
1Y Change
+38.08%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $800.00M
- Revenue Growth
- -10.2%
- EPS Growth
- +11.0%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.8%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Koppers Holdings Inc. (KOP) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $800.00M and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $43.73 and up 38.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -10.2%, EPS growth of +11.0%, a dividend yield of 0.8%. What stands out right now is revenue -10.2%, EPS +11.0%, free cash flow +60.7% with operating margin 9.6% and ROIC 7.3%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.8%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 14.7 and price/sales 0.4. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines KOP price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-10.2% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+9.6% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report landed above expectations
2026 was reported on May 8, 2026 with an EPS surprise of +51.3% and a revenue surprise of +16.7%.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -10.2% and EPS is at +11.0%, with operating margin around 9.6%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Aug 14, 2026, which is the clearest near-term catalyst for confirming whether the current trend is holding up.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +1.0% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 8, 2026 | +51.3% | -2.1% | -7.5% | -6.3% |
2026 Feb 26, 2026 | +18.6% | +1.5% | +2.1% | +4.1% |
2025 Nov 7, 2025 | -3.2% | +3.7% | +8.4% | +5.1% |
Benchmark Edge
KOP vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Relative to SPY
KOP Max Drawdown
-24.17%
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for KOP and SPY.
Company Overview
Koppers Holdings Inc.
New York Stock Exchange
Koppers Holdings Inc. provides treated wood products, wood preservation chemicals, and carbon compounds in the United States, Australasia, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Railroad and Utility Products and Services (RUPS), Performance Chemicals (PC), and Carbon Materials and Chemicals (CMC). The RUPS segment procures and treats crossties, switch ties, and various types of lumber used for railroad bridges and crossings. It also provides rail joint bars to join rails together for railroads; transmission and distribution poles for electric and telephone utilities; and pilings. This segment also provides railroad services, such as engineering, design, repair, and inspection services for railroad bridges. The PC segment develops, manufactures, and markets copper-based wood preservatives, including micronized copper azole, micronized pigments, alkaline copper quaternary, amine copper azole, and chromated copper arsenate for decking, fencing, utility poles, construction lumber and timbers, and various agricultural uses; and supplies fire-retardant chemicals for pressure treatment of wood primarily in commercial construction. The CMC segment manufactures creosote for the treatment of wood or as a feedstock in the production of carbon black; carbon pitch, a raw material used in the production of aluminum and steel; naphthalene for use as a feedstock in the production of phthalic anhydride and as a surfactant in the production of concrete; phthalic anhydride for the production of plasticizers, polyester resins, and alkyd paints; and carbon black feedstock for use in the production of carbon black. The company serves the railroad, specialty chemical, utility, residential lumber, agriculture, aluminum, steel, rubber, and construction industries. Koppers Holdings Inc. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- Leadership
- Leroy Mangus Ball Jr.
- IPO Date
- Feb 1, 2006
- Employees
- 2.1k
- Street Address
- 436 Seventh Avenue
- Mailing
- Pittsburgh, PA, 15219-1800
- Region
- Pittsburgh, PA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 412 227 2001
- Last Updated
- May 1, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 14.7
- EV/EBITDA
- 6.3
- Price/Sales
- 0.4
- Price/Book
- 1.4
Growth
- Revenue
- -10.2%
- EPS
- +11.0%
- Free Cash Flow
- +60.7%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 20.9%
- Operating Margin
- 9.6%
- Net Margin
- 3.0%
- ROE
- 10.4%
- ROIC
- 7.3%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.78
- Current Ratio
- 2.94
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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