NYSE:KOP - Koppers Stock Price, Forecast & News

Koppers trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KOP."

Koppers Holdings Inc. (NYSE:KOP) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 27th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.15. The specialty chemicals company earned $393.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $416.67 million. Koppers had a return on equity of 81.83% and a net margin of 2.40%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 7.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.60 EPS. View Koppers' Earnings History.

Koppers issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 27th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.00-3.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $4.27. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.83 billion.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Koppers' stock. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect Koppers' share price to reach $47.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 137.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Koppers.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Koppers in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Koppers.

Media coverage about KOP stock has trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Koppers earned a news impact score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Koppers.

Koppers saw a decrease in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 461,100 shares, a decrease of 9.7% from the January 15th total of 510,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 175,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.6 days. Currently, 2.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Koppers' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Koppers include LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Westlake Chemical (WLK), Clarivate Analytics (CCC), Cabot (CBT), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Tredegar (TG), Hawkins (HWKN) and Trecora Resources (TREC).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Koppers investors own include Alcoa (AA), CVS Health (CVS), AbbVie (ABBV), Intel (INTC), Micron Technology (MU), Starbucks (SBUX), Alibaba Group (BABA), Verizon Communications (VZ), Century Aluminum (CENX) and Bank of America (BAC).

Koppers' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Prudential Financial Inc. (3.17%), State Street Corp (2.91%), LSV Asset Management (2.18%), THB Asset Management (1.52%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.36%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.14%). Company insiders that own Koppers stock include Albert J Neupaver, Bradley A Pearce, Christian A Nielsen, Cynthia A Baldwin, Daniel R Groves, Fleetwood S Hassell, James A Sullivan, Jianzhong Zhu, Joseph P Dowd, Leslie S Hyde, Louann E Tronsberg-Deihle, M Leroy Ball, Mark R Mccormack, Michael Zugay, R Michael Johnson, Stephen C Reeder, Steven R Lacy, Thomas D Loadman and Xudong Feng. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Koppers.

KOP stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Mackay Shields LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Marshall Wace LLP, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and State Street Corp. Company insiders that have sold Koppers company stock in the last year include Bradley A Pearce, Leslie S Hyde, Steven R Lacy and Xudong Feng. View Insider Buying and Selling for Koppers.

KOP stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, AQR Capital Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Panagora Asset Management Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System, Renaissance Technologies LLC and Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Koppers stock in the last two years include Albert J Neupaver, Fleetwood S Hassell, James A Sullivan, M Leroy Ball, Michael Zugay and R Michael Johnson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Koppers.

Shares of KOP can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KOP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.98.

Koppers has a market capitalization of $413.59 million and generates $1.71 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $23.40 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.50 on an earnings per share basis. Koppers employs 2,229 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Koppers.

The official website for Koppers is http://www.koppers.com/.

Koppers' mailing address is 436 SEVENTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA, 15219. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 412-227-2001 or via email at [email protected]