Koppers (KOP) Competitors $25.46 +0.31 (+1.23%) As of 10:18 AM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock KOP vs. KRO, TG, LYB, WLK, CBT, HWKN, TREX, LPX, SID, and FSMShould you be buying Koppers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Koppers include Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Tredegar (TG), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Westlake (WLK), Cabot (CBT), Hawkins (HWKN), Trex (TREX), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (SID), and Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM). Koppers vs. Kronos Worldwide Tredegar LyondellBasell Industries Westlake Cabot Hawkins Trex Louisiana-Pacific Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional Fortuna Silver Mines Koppers (NYSE:KOP) and Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment. Is KOP or KRO more profitable? Kronos Worldwide has a net margin of 5.05% compared to Koppers' net margin of 3.55%. Koppers' return on equity of 16.71% beat Kronos Worldwide's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Koppers3.55% 16.71% 4.53% Kronos Worldwide 5.05%11.74%5.30% Do analysts rate KOP or KRO? Koppers currently has a consensus price target of $64.00, indicating a potential upside of 151.37%. Kronos Worldwide has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 59.68%. Given Koppers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Koppers is more favorable than Kronos Worldwide.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Koppers 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.50Kronos Worldwide 2 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.67 Does the media prefer KOP or KRO? In the previous week, Koppers had 3 more articles in the media than Kronos Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Koppers and 2 mentions for Kronos Worldwide. Koppers' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Kronos Worldwide's score of -0.66 indicating that Koppers is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Koppers 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Kronos Worldwide 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Negative Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in KOP or KRO? 92.8% of Koppers shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.9% of Koppers shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more volatility and risk, KOP or KRO? Koppers has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kronos Worldwide has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is KOP or KRO a better dividend stock? Koppers pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Kronos Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Koppers pays out 13.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kronos Worldwide pays out 27.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Which has better earnings & valuation, KOP or KRO? Koppers has higher revenue and earnings than Kronos Worldwide. Kronos Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Koppers, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioKoppers$2.09B0.25$89.20M$2.4310.48Kronos Worldwide$1.89B0.46-$49.10M$0.7410.16 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer KOP or KRO? Koppers received 48 more outperform votes than Kronos Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.65% of users gave Koppers an outperform vote while only 58.04% of users gave Kronos Worldwide an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformKoppersOutperform Votes34465.65% Underperform Votes18034.35% Kronos WorldwideOutperform Votes29658.04% Underperform Votes21441.96% SummaryKoppers beats Kronos Worldwide on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Koppers News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for KOP and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart KOP vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricKoppersLumber & wood products, except furniture IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$520.75M$4.31B$3.03B$19.14BDividend Yield1.26%1.28%5.18%4.00%P/E Ratio7.2216.3275.2433.24Price / Sales0.252.6024,272,056,611,899,800.0028.20Price / Cash4.2215.0524.3217.52Price / Book1.054.535.264.52Net Income$89.20M$157.53M$155.11M$1.02B7 Day Performance0.67%0.70%0.03%1.39%1 Month Performance-9.07%-6.32%2.00%-2.77%1 Year Performance-51.88%-23.06%17.50%4.66% Koppers Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)KOPKoppers4.5063 of 5 stars$25.46+1.2%$64.00+151.4%-51.9%$520.75M$2.09B7.222,120Upcoming EarningsKROKronos Worldwide3.1349 of 5 stars$7.11+3.3%$12.00+68.8%-36.0%$817.91M$1.89B8.782,250Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑News CoverageHigh Trading VolumeTGTredegar1.1779 of 5 stars$7.18+0.3%N/A+21.8%$248.85M$598.03M-9.092,400Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓LYBLyondellBasell Industries4.8574 of 5 stars$56.27-0.9%$76.50+36.0%-41.4%$18.17B$40.30B13.5919,300Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↑WLKWestlake4.4103 of 5 stars$90.81-1.1%$122.25+34.6%-38.3%$11.67B$12.14B127.9015,900Analyst UpgradeNews CoverageCBTCabot4.6394 of 5 stars$77.30-1.3%$92.67+19.9%-16.1%$4.19B$3.99B10.274,200Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsHWKNHawkins3.8576 of 5 stars$119.93-1.4%$142.50+18.8%+59.0%$2.51B$952.13M30.59810TREXTrex3.4148 of 5 stars$53.73-3.4%$77.18+43.6%-34.9%$5.76B$1.15B24.531,640Upcoming EarningsLPXLouisiana-Pacific4.5576 of 5 stars$82.38-2.2%$111.50+35.3%+18.6%$5.74B$2.94B14.014,300Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑News CoveragePositive NewsSIDCompanhia Siderúrgica Nacional0.5473 of 5 stars$1.51-1.0%$1.30-13.6%-38.1%$2.00B$43.69B-10.0335,200Upcoming EarningsAnalyst UpgradeNews CoverageFSMFortuna Silver Mines2.0193 of 5 stars$6.33-0.6%$7.00+10.6%+26.7%$1.94B$1.06B79.134,980Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↓Gap Down Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Kronos Worldwide Competitors Tredegar Competitors LyondellBasell Industries Competitors Westlake Competitors Cabot Competitors Hawkins Competitors Trex Competitors Louisiana-Pacific Competitors Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional Competitors Fortuna Silver Mines Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:KOP) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHere’s How to Claim Your Stake in Elon’s Private Company, xAII predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new milliona...Brownstone Research | SponsoredThe next market Nvidia is positioned to dominate …Robots — built by Nvidia. 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