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) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 27th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.29 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.11. The specialty chemicals company earned $393.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $416.67 million. Koppers had a net margin of 2.40% and a return on equity of 81.83%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 7.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.60 EPS. View Koppers' Earnings History.

Koppers is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 1st 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Koppers.

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.

3 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Koppers' stock. Their forecasts range from $35.00 to $50.00. On average, they anticipate Koppers' stock price to reach $42.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 95.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Koppers.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Koppers in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Koppers.

Media coverage about KOP stock has been trending extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Koppers earned a media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is 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 in 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 presently 2.6 days. Approximately 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 many different 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 acquired 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 $21.86.

Koppers has a market capitalization of $452.46 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]