Koppers (NYSE:KOP) Stock Rating Lowered by Wall Street Zen

Key Points

• Wall Street Zen downgraded Koppers from “strong buy” to “buy,” while analysts’ overall consensus remains “Moderate Buy” with a $55 price target. Ratings are mixed, ranging from Strong Buy to Sell.
• Koppers reported quarterly EPS of $1.37, beating the $1.12 consensus estimate, while revenue of $520.1 million exceeded expectations and rose 3% year over year. The company issued fiscal 2026 EPS guidance of $3.80–$4.20.
• Company insiders sold 94,220 shares worth approximately $4.69 million over the past quarter, while institutional investors own 92.75% of Koppers’ outstanding stock.

Koppers (NYSE:KOP - Get Free Report) was downgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report issued on Saturday.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Koppers from a "hold (c+)" rating to a "sell (d+)" rating in a research report on Tuesday. Barrington Research reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $55.00 price target on shares of Koppers in a research note on Monday, May 4th. Finally, Singular Research raised shares of Koppers to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Friday, May 15th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has issued a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Koppers currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $55.00.

Koppers Price Performance

KOP stock opened at $46.92 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $46.95 and a two-hundred day moving average of $40.78. The company has a quick ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 2.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.31. The stock has a market cap of $887.18 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -9.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 11.34 and a beta of 1.25. Koppers has a 52-week low of $25.00 and a 52-week high of $53.00.

Koppers (NYSE:KOP - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.37 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.12 by $0.25. The company had revenue of $520.10 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $506.10 million. Koppers had a positive return on equity of 14.98% and a negative net margin of 4.59%.The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.48 earnings per share. Koppers has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.800-4.200 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Koppers will post 4.08 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Koppers

In other Koppers news, insider James A. Sullivan sold 80,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $50.01, for a total transaction of $4,000,800.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 90,398 shares in the company, valued at $4,520,803.98. This represents a 46.95% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CAO Bradley A. Pearce sold 2,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $51.01, for a total transaction of $102,020.00. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 41,037 shares in the company, valued at $2,093,297.37. This trade represents a 4.65% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 94,220 shares of company stock valued at $4,685,878. Insiders own 7.28% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Intech Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in Koppers by 521.2% during the 4th quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 73,572 shares of the specialty chemicals company's stock worth $1,992,000 after buying an additional 61,728 shares in the last quarter. Seizert Capital Partners LLC boosted its position in Koppers by 209.4% in the 4th quarter. Seizert Capital Partners LLC now owns 112,401 shares of the specialty chemicals company's stock valued at $3,044,000 after buying an additional 76,068 shares during the period. JB Capital Partners LP acquired a new position in shares of Koppers in the fourth quarter worth $1,896,000. Mangrove Partners IM LLC acquired a new position in shares of Koppers in the fourth quarter worth $616,000. Finally, Sei Investments Co. increased its position in shares of Koppers by 87.5% during the first quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 69,979 shares of the specialty chemicals company's stock worth $2,707,000 after acquiring an additional 32,658 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.75% of the company's stock.

About Koppers

Koppers Company, Inc is a global specialty chemicals and materials manufacturer serving diverse industrial markets. The company operates through two primary segments: Carbon Materials & Chemicals, which produces a range of coal tar–based products, phenolic specialties and carbon compounds; and Railroad Products & Services, which offers wood treating and infrastructure services for rail and utility customers.

In its Carbon Materials & Chemicals segment, Koppers supplies coal tar pitch, refined creosote, coal tar‐based distillates and phenolic resins used in aluminum smelting, graphite electrode manufacture, carbon fiber production, and water treatment applications.

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