Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
Koppers Holdings Inc. KOP
$46.04 +1.88% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $885.4M
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Nov 6, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-4.72, down 755.6% year over year.
- Operating margin narrowed to -3.0% from 6.1% a year earlier.
- Net debt is 31.6× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 14%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 4%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 14%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 47%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 33%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 24%
- Gross marginBottom 40%
- Operating marginBottom 20%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 9%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 3%
- Interest coverBottom 20%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 19%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 4%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 27%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 25%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 12%
- 6-month returnTop 16%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 9%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 15%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 25%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 21%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 21%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 37%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 26%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 26%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 37%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 43%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 3%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -8.4% | -5.0% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 227.6% | -755.6% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 21.3% | 21.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 6.1% | -3.0% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 3.6% | 7.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -5.0% | -8.4% | ↑ | Bottom 14% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -755.6% | 227.6% | ↓ | Bottom 4% |
| Gross margin | 21.0% | 21.3% | ↓ | Bottom 40% |
| Operating margin | -3.0% | 6.1% | ↓ | Bottom 20% |
| Net margin | -4.6% | 0.8% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 7.3% | 3.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -3.4% | — | Bottom 24% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -1.7% | — | Bottom 47% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -16.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +2.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 31.57×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -0.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.79%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 5.83%
- Shareholder yield
- 6.62%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -5.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +22.3%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $55.00
- Target vs current price
- +19.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 14
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 50%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +22.3% | +2.5% | -11.2% | -8.4% | — |
| May 8, 2026 | +51.3% | +6.9% | +3.0% | -0.9% | +26.3% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | +18.6% | +7.9% | +11.7% | +9.7% | +14.8% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | -3.2% | -4.1% | +5.6% | +0.6% | +12.1% |
| Aug 8, 2025 | -0.7% | -13.3% | -7.9% | -13.2% | -15.2% |
| May 9, 2025 | +26.8% | +3.4% | +20.1% | +23.1% | +24.7% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -18.9% | -9.4% | -11.5% | -11.1% | -5.9% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | +5.4% | -2.1% | -1.2% | -5.4% | -21.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $1.37 | $1.12 | +22.3% | $520.1M |
| May 8, 2026 | $0.57 | $0.38 | +51.3% | $455.3M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.70 | $0.59 | +18.6% | $432.7M |
| Nov 7, 2025 | $1.21 | $1.25 | -3.2% | $485.3M |
| Aug 8, 2025 | $1.48 | $1.49 | -0.7% | $504.8M |
| May 9, 2025 | $0.71 | $0.56 | +26.8% | $456.5M |
| Feb 27, 2025 | $0.77 | $0.95 | -18.9% | $477.0M |
| Nov 8, 2024 | $1.37 | $1.30 | +5.4% | $554.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 11.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 60.7× | — | — | Bottom 27% |
| EV / Sales | 0.98× | — | — | Top 25% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 15.66% | — | — | Top 4% |
| Earnings yield | -10.25% | — | — | Bottom 19% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.5× – 40.1× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +65.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -755.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -50.4%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 171
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +15.0%
- RSI (14)
- 48.5
- Relative volume
- 0.95×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 31.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 12th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.94
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.42
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -12.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -58.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -58.8% | 278 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 7, 2021 | Sep 27, 2022 | -46.6% | 350 days | 210 days (Jul 31, 2023) |
| Sep 18, 2023 | Oct 25, 2023 | -15.8% | 27 days | 14 days (Nov 14, 2023) |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Apr 20, 2021 | -12.7% | 26 days | 13 days (May 7, 2021) |
| Oct 20, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -11.8% | 8 days | 7 days (Nov 10, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $885.4M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$4.72
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.89B
- Dividend yield
- 0.76%
- 52-week range
- $25.00 – $53.00
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.68B | $1.98B | $2.15B | $2.09B | $1.88B |
| Gross profit | $334.1M | $344.6M | $424.5M | $422.6M | $447.8M |
| Operating income | $156.5M | $137.7M | $195.2M | $148.2M | $219.3M |
| Net income | $85.2M | $63.4M | $89.2M | $52.4M | $56.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.90 | $3.00 | $4.14 | $2.46 | $2.74 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $554.3M | $477.0M | $456.5M | $504.8M | $485.3M | $432.7M | $455.3M | $520.1M |
| Net income | $22.8M | -$10.2M | -$13.9M | $16.4M | $23.8M | $29.7M | $7.1M | -$147.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.09 | -$0.50 | -$0.68 | $0.81 | $1.17 | $1.47 | $0.35 | -$7.71 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $103.0M | $102.3M | $146.1M | $119.4M | $122.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$125.0M | -$105.3M | -$120.5M | -$77.4M | -$55.0M |
| Free cash flow | -$22.0M | -$3.0M | $25.6M | $42.0M | $67.5M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | -$4.2M | -$5.0M | -$5.9M | -$6.4M |
| Net share buybacks | -$9.1M | -$22.5M | -$10.2M | -$45.5M | -$36.8M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $40.7M
- Total assets
- $1.72B
- Total liabilities
- $1.34B
- Total debt
- $1.00B
- Net debt
- $960.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $387.0M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | $0.09 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| May 29, 2026 | $0.09 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | $0.09 | Mar 23, 2026 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | $0.08 | Dec 16, 2025 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $0.08 | Sep 15, 2025 |
| May 30, 2025 | $0.08 | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Mar 7, 2025 | $0.08 | Mar 24, 2025 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | $0.07 | Dec 16, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 769,075
- Days to cover
- 4.75
- Change vs previous report
- -19.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.