Barrington Research Reiterates Outperform Rating for Koppers (NYSE:KOP)

Barrington Research reiterated their outperform rating on shares of Koppers (NYSE:KOP) in a report released on Tuesday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $64.00 target price on the specialty chemicals company’s stock. Barrington Research also issued estimates for Koppers’ Q2 2025 earnings at $1.44 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $1.46 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.97 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.57 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.26 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.60 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $1.63 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $5.60 EPS.

Separately, StockNews.com raised shares of Koppers from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, March 22nd.

Koppers Stock Performance

Shares of KOP opened at $31.42 on Tuesday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $26.82 and its 200 day moving average price is $30.81. Koppers has a 52 week low of $22.99 and a 52 week high of $45.21. The company has a market capitalization of $643.67 million, a PE ratio of 8.93 and a beta of 1.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a current ratio of 2.54.

Koppers (NYSE:KOP) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May 9th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.71 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.56 by $0.15. Koppers had a net margin of 3.55% and a return on equity of 16.71%. The firm had revenue of $456.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $488.00 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.62 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was down 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts expect that Koppers will post 4.24 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Koppers Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 17th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 30th will be given a $0.08 dividend. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.02%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 30th. Koppers’s dividend payout ratio is 27.59%.

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

Institutional Trading of Koppers

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its position in Koppers by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,237,486 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $40,094,000 after acquiring an additional 8,111 shares in the last quarter. Pzena Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Koppers by 34.4% during the 1st quarter. Pzena Investment Management LLC now owns 1,221,328 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $34,197,000 after buying an additional 312,556 shares during the period. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Koppers by 1.5% during the 1st quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,106,696 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $30,987,000 after buying an additional 16,269 shares during the period. LSV Asset Management boosted its holdings in shares of Koppers by 19.9% during the 1st quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 758,661 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $21,243,000 after buying an additional 125,799 shares during the period. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Koppers by 20.7% during the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 568,787 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $20,778,000 after buying an additional 97,586 shares during the period. 92.75% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Koppers

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.