KOP
Koppers Holdings Inc.
Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals · NYQ
$42.73
Close 2026-05-28
✓ ETHICAL PASS

UNKNOWN MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100%
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Market Cap
$821.8M
Trailing P/E
11.33
Forward P/E
9.03
Rev Growth
-0.3%
Profit Margin
4.1%
ROE
14.7%
Analyst Target
$50.00
Recommendation
STRONG BUY
About Koppers Holdings Inc.

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.

Ethical Screen
Business ActivityPASS
Debt RatioN/A
Cash RatioN/A
Receivables RatioN/A
Revenue Ratio (0.00%)PASS
OverallPASS
Score Ethical: 64.7
Score Valuation: 78.5
Score Quality: 41.2
Score Combined: 53.4

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Opportunity Scores
Valuation100.0
Quality40.6
Cash Flow100.0
Moat40.0
Balance Sheet0.0
Debt Purity50.0
Liquid Purity50.0
Rev Purity100.0
Compliance100.0
Tier: BRONZE · Score: 53.8 · Rank: #1085
Insider Transactions
No insider transaction data.
Top Institutional Holders
No institutional holder data.
Additional Fundamentals
Enterprise Value
$1.8B
Price/Book
1.44
Beta
1.275
Analysts
3
Total Revenue (TTM)
$1.9B
Total Debt
$1.0B
Dividend Yield
84.0%
Short Ratio
4.70
Short % Float
0.1%
Employees
1,859

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Trade Consideration
The Opportunity
Score 53.4 (P81 — top 18.7% of scored tickers). Unknown Moat. Ethical PASS. 3 analysts at None.
Price: $42.73 | Target: $51.00 (+19%)
Score
53
Moat
Unknown
Conviction
Standard
Upside
+19%
The Fundamentals
Revenue Growth-0.3%
Profit Margin4.1%
ROE14.7%
Forward P/E9.0
Market Cap$821.8M
Position Sizing Scenarios
Stop: $36.32 (-15%) | Entry: $42.73
SharesCostProfit to TargetR:R
To Consensus ($51.00, 3 analysts)
10$427.30+$82.70 (19%)1.3R
50$2,136.50+$413.50 (19%)1.3R
100$4,273.00+$827.00 (19%)1.3R
Risk Factors
  • Elevated short interest (4.70 days to cover)
The Verdict
Koppers Holdings Inc. passes all ethical screens and holds a unknown competitive moat.
Quantitative Grade

A single score combining all analytical layers below. A is strongest, D is weakest.

C
Quant Score
51.4
Risk Grade
LOW_RISK
Layers
7
Risk Profile

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VaR 95%
-3.8%
worst expected daily loss, 19 in 20 days
CVaR 95%
-5.4%
avg loss on the worst 5% of days
Annual Volatility
Sortino Ratio
-0.01
above 1.0 is good
Max Drawdown
-46.7%
Worst Day
Forward Outlook

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30d Prob Up
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Median Return 30d
Liquidity Score
65
Liquidity Grade
LIQUID
Trend & Momentum

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MA Crossover
ABOVE_200
Bollinger Position
LOWER_HALF
Beta
Relative Volume
1.3x
Short Interest
Financial Health

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Altman Z-Score
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Piotroski F-Score
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Seasonality

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Worst Day
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Best Month
May
Worst Month
Dec
Fri-Mon Effect
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Momentum Rankings

How does this ticker's recent performance compare to the entire universe? Ranked across 1, 3, 6, and 12-month returns.

1M Return
-0.4%
3M Return
+11.1%
6M Return
+45.4%
12M Return
+31.0%
Momentum Rank
#1109
Momentum Signal
UP

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