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KOP vs. LIN, CBT, FUL, MTW, TEX, WLK, KRO, TG, LYB, and HWKN

Should you be buying Koppers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Koppers include Linde (LIN), Cabot (CBT), H. B. Fuller (FUL), Manitowoc (MTW), Terex (TEX), Westlake (WLK), Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Tredegar (TG), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), and Hawkins (HWKN).

Koppers vs. Its Competitors

Linde (NASDAQ:LIN) and Koppers (NYSE:KOP) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.

82.8% of Linde shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Koppers shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Linde shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Koppers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Linde has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Koppers has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Linde presently has a consensus target price of $519.63, suggesting a potential upside of 7.88%. Koppers has a consensus target price of $52.50, suggesting a potential upside of 73.94%. Given Koppers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Koppers is more favorable than Linde.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Linde
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Koppers
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

Linde pays an annual dividend of $6.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Koppers pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Linde pays out 42.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Koppers pays out 44.4% 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. Linde has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Koppers has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Linde is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Linde had 35 more articles in the media than Koppers. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Linde and 9 mentions for Koppers. Linde's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Koppers' score of 0.59 indicating that Linde is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Linde
43 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Koppers
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Linde has higher revenue and earnings than Koppers. Linde 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 Ratio
Linde$33.01B6.84$6.57B$14.0634.26
Koppers$2.09B0.28$52.40M$0.7241.92

Linde has a net margin of 20.20% compared to Koppers' net margin of 0.76%. Linde's return on equity of 19.09% beat Koppers' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Linde20.20% 19.09% 9.19%
Koppers 0.76%17.43%4.65%

Summary

Linde beats Koppers on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KOP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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KOP vs. The Competition

MetricKoppersCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$567.61M$11.84B$3.37B$20.93B
Dividend Yield1.11%3.43%5.16%3.57%
P/E Ratio41.9227.69112.2529.17
Price / Sales0.286.1631,270,591,557,387,600.0072.69
Price / Cash3.777.4124.0723.54
Price / Book1.132.285.975.47
Net Income$52.40M$508.39M$148.61M$992.74M
7 Day Performance1.90%5.02%1.42%2.68%
1 Month Performance-11.90%-1.27%2.53%1.53%
1 Year Performance-22.85%-1.24%34.05%10.77%

Koppers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KOP
Koppers
4.6373 of 5 stars
$30.18
+4.8%
$52.50
+73.9%
-19.8%$567.61M$2.09B41.922,082
LIN
Linde
3.5111 of 5 stars
$478.51
-0.3%
$519.63
+8.6%
+4.3%$225.11B$33.25B34.0365,289Positive News
CBT
Cabot
4.5949 of 5 stars
$78.59
+0.6%
$92.33
+17.5%
-18.1%$4.16B$3.99B10.274,200Positive News
FUL
H. B. Fuller
3.6143 of 5 stars
$58.99
+0.0%
$67.25
+14.0%
-23.8%$3.18B$3.57B31.897,500News Coverage
Positive News
MTW
Manitowoc
3.435 of 5 stars
$9.39
+2.7%
$11.00
+17.2%
+2.6%$324.10M$2.18B7.514,800
TEX
Terex
4.2502 of 5 stars
$50.50
+0.5%
$52.22
+3.4%
-4.0%$3.30B$5.13B18.8411,400Trending News
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Analyst Revision
WLK
Westlake
3.5559 of 5 stars
$83.45
-0.6%
$92.29
+10.6%
-37.5%$10.77B$12.14B-157.4415,540Positive News
Ex-Dividend
KRO
Kronos Worldwide
3.1256 of 5 stars
$6.19
+2.9%
$7.75
+25.3%
-43.0%$691.47M$1.89B10.662,524Positive News
Short Interest ↑
TG
Tredegar
0.1114 of 5 stars
$7.36
+0.5%
N/A+39.6%$255.41M$598.03M-3.891,500
LYB
LyondellBasell Industries
4.4764 of 5 stars
$53.01
-0.7%
$63.08
+19.0%
-39.1%$17.17B$40.30B68.8520,000Positive News
HWKN
Hawkins
3.1926 of 5 stars
$173.58
+1.2%
$162.50
-6.4%
+40.3%$3.58B$974.43M42.751,035Positive News
Short Interest ↑

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