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KOP

Koppers Holdings Inc.

KOP

NYSE·Basic Materials·Chemicals - Specialty·Mkt cap $857.0M

$46.21

▲ +3.70%

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Our plain-language verdict, the thesis, risk factors, and what is changing about the business.

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52-Week Range

$25.00 - $48.63

P/E

12.13

Fwd P/E

11.18

Beta

1.26

Div Yield

0.76%

Avg Vol

178.4K

Shares Out

19.6M

Mkt Cap

$857.0M

Price action

Price chart

Up 30.7% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

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Bull Case

5 reasons

  • Vertically integrated operations spanning wood treatment, chemical manufacturing, and carbon compound production
  • Long-term contracts with railroads and utilities providing revenue stability and predictable cash flows
  • Specialized chemical formulations and proprietary wood preservation technologies with high switching costs
  • Strategic geographic presence across North America, Europe, and Australasia serving global infrastructure markets
  • Essential supplier status to critical infrastructure industries with regulatory compliance requirements
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Bear Case

1 risk

  • Average volatility.

Growth

Stable outlook

Increased railroad infrastructure investment and freight rail modernization driving RUPS segment demand

Value

Undervalued - trading well below Specialty Chemicals peers

Momentum

Strong

+19.5% over 3m

Quality

Stable

Excellent business quality

Dividend

Modest

0.76% yield

Earnings track record

Latest print - beat on both lines

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: May 1, 2026

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Q2 26 RECAP

MAY 8, 2026

Reported EPS of $0.57 vs $0.44 consensus (+29.6% surprise). Revenue of $455.3M vs $402.7M expected (+13.1%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.

EPS beat +29.6%
Rev beat +13.1%
Double beat

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Q2 26

+29.6%

Next: May 1, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

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-7%

-8%

-10%

-12%

-9%

-0%

Q2 24

Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

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Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$563.2M

$554.3M

$477.0M

$456.5M

$504.8M

$485.3M

$432.7M

$455.3M

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

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Operating

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Profit

1.6%

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Wall Street consensus

1 analyst · 100% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

1

100%

Hold

0%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

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Latest: Barrington · May 4, 2026

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vs Industry

How KOP stacks vs Chemicals - Specialty

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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