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Koppers Holdings Inc. (KOP)

Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | Pittsburgh, United States | NYSE
46.56 USD +0.33 (0.714%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 46.56

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:03 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Koppers is currently fractured by a severe disconnect between its valuation metrics and its operational reality. On paper, the stock looks like a bargain with a forward P/E under 10 and a price-to-book ratio near 2.2, yet the company is generating negative earnings per share (-$4.57 trailing) and posting a negative return on equity (-19%). This is a classic value trap where the cheap price reflects deteriorating fundamentals rather than a margin of safety. The multi-year price trajectory confirms this structural weakness. Over the last nine years, the stock has declined nearly 7%, and the most recent annual performance shows another double-digit drop. The market has already priced in the cost pressures and utility strength issues mentioned in recent headlines; buying here is betting against the current trend without a proven turnaround story. The dividend, while yielding nearly 0.8%, is not a reliable income signal given the negative profitability and the fact that the payout ratio is calculated on negative earnings, which is mathematically unsustainable. The options market reinforces this bearish sentiment, with traders loading up on deep out-of-the-money puts, signaling a fear of further declines rather than anticipation of a bounce. While the analyst consensus is a 'strong buy' with a target price significantly higher than the current level, this optimism appears disconnected from the hard data showing shrinking margins and losses. Until the company demonstrates a sustained return to profitability and stabilizes its revenue growth, the risk of permanent capital loss outweighs the potential for a speculative recovery.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.117213
AutoETS0.117706
AutoTheta0.117817
MSTL0.123577

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 40%
H-stat 17.73
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.236
Excess Kurtosis -1.23
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-27
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-27
Debt to Equity Ratio 259.302
Revenue per Share 97.285
Market Cap 880,522,624
Forward P/E 9.51
Beta 1.24
Profit Margins -4.59%
Website https://www.koppers.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:03 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for downside protection, evidenced by massive open interest in deep out-of-the-money puts (strikes 30 and 35) relative to calls. This 'bear put' skew suggests a fear of a significant drop rather than a rally. While there is some call activity at the $50 strike, the overwhelming volume in lower strikes indicates the market expects volatility to the downside or a failure to sustain recent gains.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.19% 1.20% 0.84% 0.76%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-28 0.09 0.193299
2026-05-29 0.09 0.220588
2026-03-06 0.09 0.239680
2025-11-28 0.08 0.269633
2025-08-29 0.08 0.276052
2025-05-30 0.08 0.260417
2025-03-07 0.08 0.267827
2024-11-29 0.07 0.182007
2024-08-30 0.07 0.176857
2024-05-23 0.07 0.161962
2024-03-07 0.07 0.133029
2023-11-22 0.06 0.141643
2023-08-24 0.06 0.162470
2023-05-25 0.06 0.199071
2023-03-09 0.06 0.171576
2022-11-23 0.05 0.168976
2022-08-25 0.05 0.193874
2022-05-26 0.05 0.191939
2022-03-17 0.05 0.167224
2014-11-13 0.25 0.842034
2014-08-14 0.25 0.704821
2014-05-15 0.25 0.674582
2014-02-13 0.25 0.659457
2013-11-14 0.25 0.527649
2013-08-15 0.25 0.643335
2013-05-09 0.25 0.609459
2013-02-14 0.25 0.603282
2012-11-15 0.24 0.755668
2012-08-16 0.24 0.753296
2012-05-11 0.24 0.632411
2012-02-24 0.24 0.635930
2011-11-09 0.22 0.652045
2011-08-11 0.22 0.726073
2011-05-12 0.22 0.530632
2011-02-10 0.22 0.548218
2010-11-10 0.22 0.710594
2010-08-12 0.22 0.959442
2010-05-13 0.22 0.677757
2010-02-11 0.22 0.809419
2009-11-12 0.22 0.756534
2009-08-13 0.22 0.785153
2009-05-14 0.22 0.992780
2009-02-12 0.22 1.286550
2008-11-13 0.22 1.096163
2008-08-14 0.22 0.458811
2008-05-15 0.22 0.463060
2008-02-13 0.22 0.622877
2007-11-15 0.17 0.426707
2007-08-16 0.17 0.511586
2007-05-10 0.17 0.585601
2007-02-26 0.17 0.651591
2006-11-28 0.17 0.763359
2006-08-30 0.17 1.015532
2006-05-26 0.17 0.875386
2006-03-29 0.10 0.488998
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.36
dividendYield 0.78
exDividendDate 2026-08-28
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.34
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.007354532
lastDividendValue 0.09
lastDividendDate 2026-08-28
dividendDate 2026-09-14

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.6355932
Address1 436 Seventh Avenue
All Time High 58.23
All Time Low 8.25
Ask 48.0
Ask Size 200
Audit Risk 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 173,250
Average Daily Volume3 Month 182,951
Average Volume 182,951
Average Volume10Days 173,250
Beta 1.24
Bid 46.02
Bid Size 100
Board Risk 3
Book Value 20.472
City Pittsburgh
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 46.56
Current Ratio 2.332
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 46.91
Day Low 46.0
Debt To Equity 259.302
Display Name Koppers
Dividend Date 1,789,344,000
Dividend Rate 0.36
Dividend Yield 0.78
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,028,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,028,400
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,019,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,968,200
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,968,200
Ebitda 264,700,000
Ebitda Margins 0.1398
Enterprise To Ebitda 6.961
Enterprise To Revenue 0.973
Enterprise Value 1,842,622,592
Eps Current Year 4.05667
Eps Forward 4.89667
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -4.67
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,787,875,200
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 47.4578
Fifty Day Average Change -0.89780045
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.018917868
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 63.55932
Fifty Two Week High 53.0
Fifty Two Week High Change -6.4399986
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.12150941
Fifty Two Week Low 25.0
Fifty Two Week Low Change 21.560001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.86240005
Fifty Two Week Range 25.0 - 53.0
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,138,804,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.61
Float Shares 16,461,385
Forward Eps 4.89667
Forward P E 9.508503
Free Cashflow 162,850,000
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 1,859
Fullday Change 0.330002
Fullday Change Percent 0.713826
Fullday Price 46.56
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.22362
Gross Profits 423,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.07172
Held Percent Institutions 1.0550599
Implied Shares Outstanding 18,911,568
Industry Specialty Chemicals
Industry Disp Specialty Chemicals
Industry Key specialty-chemicals
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,787,875,200
Last Dividend Value 0.09
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Koppers Holdings Inc. provides treated wood products, wood preservation chemicals, and carbon compounds in the United States, Australasia, Europe, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Railroad and Utility Products and Services; Performance Chemicals; and Carbon Materials and Chemicals. The company procures and treats crossties, switch ties, and various types of lumber used for railroad bridges and crossings; offers utility products, including pressure treatment of transmission and distribution poles for electric and telephone utilities; untreated wood products and rail joint bars; provides railroad markets and inspection services to the utility markets; and operate a business related to the recovery of used crossties. It also provides copper-based wood preservatives comprising micronized copper azole, micronized pigments, alkaline copper quaternary, amine copper azole, dichloro-octyl-isothiazolinone, chromated copper arsenate under the MicroPro and MicroShades brands for decking, fencing, utility poles, construction lumber and timbers, and various agricultural applications; and supplies fire-retardant chemicals under the FlamePro brand for pressure treatment of wood applications. In addition, the company offers 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 surfactant in the production of concrete; and carbon black feedstock. It serves the railroad, specialty chemical, utility, residential lumber, agriculture, aluminum, steel, rubber, and construction sectors. Koppers Holdings Inc. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Long Name Koppers Holdings Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 880,522,624
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_12633071
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -86,900,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 875,983,829
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 46.74
Operating Cashflow 191,000,000
Operating Margins 0.09652001
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.0875
Peg Ratio 13.31
Phone 412 227 2001
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 46.56
Post Market Time 1,787,959,805
Previous Close 46.23
Price Eps Current Year 11.477394
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.2743258
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.46504837
Profit Margins -0.045900002
Quick Ratio 0.848
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.330002
Regular Market Change Percent 0.713826
Regular Market Day High 46.91
Regular Market Day Low 46.0
Regular Market Day Range 46.0 - 46.91
Regular Market Open 46.74
Regular Market Previous Close 46.23
Regular Market Price 46.56
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,203
Regular Market Volume 117,708
Return On Assets 0.06494
Return On Equity -0.19013001
Revenue Growth 0.03
Revenue Per Share 97.285
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 18,911,568
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.041300002
Shares Short 781,631
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 753,012
Short Name Koppers Holdings Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0546
Short Ratio 4.04
Source Interval 15
State PA
Symbol KOP
Target High Price 62.0
Target Low Price 54.0
Target Mean Price 57.0
Target Median Price 55.0
Total Cash 41,400,000
Total Cash Per Share 2.189
Total Debt 1,003,500,032
Total Revenue 1,893,400,064
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.34
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.007354532
Trailing Eps -4.67
Trailing Peg Ratio 13.368
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 37.84245
Two Hundred Day Average Change 8.717552
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.23036438
Type Disp Equity
Volume 117,708
Website https://www.koppers.com
Zip 15,219-1800