Koppers (NYSE:KOP) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Koppers (NYSE:KOP) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 4.750-4.750 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 4.300. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.2 billion-$2.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.1 billion.

Koppers Trading Down 0.6 %

Shares of KOP opened at $29.07 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83, a current ratio of 2.54 and a quick ratio of 1.13. Koppers has a 12 month low of $27.33 and a 12 month high of $58.23. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $30.88 and its two-hundred day moving average is $34.64. The stock has a market cap of $589.12 million, a PE ratio of 8.26 and a beta of 1.83.

Koppers (NYSE:KOP) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 27th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.77 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.95 by ($0.18). Koppers had a net margin of 3.55% and a return on equity of 16.71%. The business had revenue of $477.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $497.00 million. Equities analysts forecast that Koppers will post 4.24 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Koppers Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 7th will be issued a $0.08 dividend. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.10%. This is an increase from Koppers’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.07. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 7th. Koppers’s payout ratio is 9.09%.

Koppers declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase program on Thursday, February 27th that permits the company to buyback $100.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization permits the specialty chemicals company to buy up to 16.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company’s board believes its shares are undervalued.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

KOP has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. StockNews.com raised Koppers from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, November 11th. Barrington Research reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $64.00 price objective on shares of Koppers in a report on Monday, February 24th.

Koppers Company Profile

Koppers Holdings Inc provides treated wood products, wood preservation chemicals, and carbon compounds in the United States, Australasia, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through Railroad and Utility Products and Services (RUPS), Performance Chemicals (PC), and Carbon Materials and Chemicals (CMC) segments.