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Koppers Holdings Inc. (KOP)

Basic Materials | Specialty Chemicals | Pittsburgh, United States | NYSE
47.77 USD +0.21 (0.442%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 6:52 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook looks constructive, driven by a sharp technical rebound off the $25 lows and a clear shift in speculative sentiment toward calls rather than hedges. The stock has regained significant ground relative to its 200-day average, and the options chain reflects a strong bias toward upside participation ahead of the upcoming earnings report. However, the long-term picture remains murky; the company is grappling with persistent cost inflation pressures that are threatening margins, and the recent annual performance shows a decline, suggesting the market is still digesting structural headwinds in the specialty chemicals sector. While the balance sheet is manageable and the forward P/E is attractive, the lack of sustained multi-year growth momentum prevents a confident 'buy' recommendation for the long haul. The dividend yield is modest and barely covers inflation, serving more as a small perk than a core income driver. Investors should view this as a tactical opportunity to ride the recovery wave, but remain cautious about the underlying business quality until cost pressures are definitively resolved.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL_63_79 ✓0.051328
MSTL_790.064091
MSTL_630.067173
AutoTheta0.092672
MSTL0.093163
AutoARIMA0.094386
AutoETS0.094428

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_63_79

Forecast Reliability
Score 45%
H-stat 2.77
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.108
Excess Kurtosis -0.14
Attribute Value
Sector Basic Materials
Ex Dividend Date 2026-05-28
Last Dividend Date 2026-05-28
Debt to Equity Ratio 186.479
Revenue per Share 95.574
Market Cap 918,704,320
Trailing P/E 12.67
Forward P/E 10.16
Beta 1.25
Profit Margins 4.10%
Website https://www.koppers.com

As of July 11, 2026, 6:52 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly bullish on the near term, with massive open interest in July and September calls at the $40 and $50 strikes, while put activity is negligible. This asymmetry suggests a bet on a bounce or continuation of the recent recovery, despite elevated implied volatility on the short-dated calls indicating uncertainty around the immediate earnings release.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.22% 1.01% 0.83% 0.72%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
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 0.76
exDividendDate 2026-05-29
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.33
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.006938604
lastDividendValue 0.09
lastDividendDate 2026-05-29
dividendDate 2026-06-15

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.4100207
Address1 436 Seventh Avenue
All Time High 58.23
All Time Low 8.25
Ask 74.54
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 175,760
Average Daily Volume3 Month 177,580
Average Volume 177,580
Average Volume10Days 175,760
Beta 1.245
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 400
Board Risk 3
Book Value 28.576
City Pittsburgh
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 2
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 47.77
Current Ratio 2.714
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 48.36
Day Low 47.225
Debt To Equity 186.479
Display Name Koppers
Dividend Date 1,781,481,600
Dividend Rate 0.36
Dividend Yield 0.76
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,252,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,252,400
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,243,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,786,105,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,786,105,800
Ebitda 271,300,000
Ebitda Margins 0.14445
Enterprise To Ebitda 7.004
Enterprise To Revenue 1.012
Enterprise Value 1,900,204,288
Eps Current Year 4.08667
Eps Forward 4.7
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 3.77
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,780,012,800
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 42.8062
Fifty Day Average Change 4.9638023
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.1159599
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 41.00207
Fifty Two Week High 48.63
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.8600006
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.01768457
Fifty Two Week Low 25.0
Fifty Two Week Low Change 22.77
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.91080004
Fifty Two Week Range 25.0 - 48.63
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,138,804,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 2.61
Float Shares 16,737,843
Forward Eps 4.7
Forward P E 10.163831
Free Cashflow 130,575,000
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 1,859
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.22820999
Gross Profits 428,600,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0753
Held Percent Institutions 1.04169
Implied Shares Outstanding 19,231,826
Industry Specialty Chemicals
Industry Disp Specialty Chemicals
Industry Key specialty-chemicals
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,780,012,800
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 918,704,320
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_12633071
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 77,000,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 914,665,644
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 47.65
Operating Cashflow 191,500,000
Operating Margins 0.056009997
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.0875
Peg Ratio 1,336.0
Phone 412 227 2001
Previous Close 47.56
Price Eps Current Year 11.689224
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.6716825
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.4891669
Profit Margins 0.040999997
Quick Ratio 0.91
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.209999
Regular Market Change Percent 0.441546
Regular Market Day High 48.36
Regular Market Day Low 47.225
Regular Market Day Range 47.225 - 48.36
Regular Market Open 47.65
Regular Market Previous Close 47.56
Regular Market Price 47.77
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,803
Regular Market Volume 82,684
Return On Assets 0.06507
Return On Equity 0.14696999
Revenue Growth -0.003
Revenue Per Share 95.574
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Basic Materials
Sector Disp Basic Materials
Sector Key basic-materials
Share Holder Rights Risk 4
Shares Outstanding 19,231,826
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0429
Shares Short 825,039
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 1,066,235
Short Name Koppers Holdings Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.056399997
Short Ratio 4.42
Source Interval 15
State PA
Symbol KOP
Target High Price 55.0
Target Low Price 48.0
Target Mean Price 51.0
Target Median Price 50.0
Total Cash 43,200,000
Total Cash Per Share 2.246
Total Debt 1,024,700,032
Total Revenue 1,878,099,968
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.33
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.006938604
Trailing Eps 3.77
Trailing P E 12.671087
Trailing Peg Ratio 1,336.0
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 34.31125
Two Hundred Day Average Change 13.458752
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.3922548
Type Disp Equity
Volume 82,684
Website https://www.koppers.com
Zip 15,219-1800