Koppers (NYSE:KOP) Releases FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Koppers (NYSE:KOP) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 4.200-5.000 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 4.680. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.9 billion-$2.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.9 billion.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on KOP. Barrington Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $55.00 price target on shares of Koppers in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Weiss Ratings upgraded Koppers from a “sell (d+)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Finally, Zacks Research raised Koppers from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, February 9th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $52.50.

Koppers Stock Performance

NYSE KOP traded up $2.60 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $37.12. The stock had a trading volume of 90,179 shares, compared to its average volume of 141,632. Koppers has a 52-week low of $22.99 and a 52-week high of $37.25. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $30.04 and a 200 day moving average of $29.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.68, a quick ratio of 1.09 and a current ratio of 2.63. The stock has a market cap of $727.83 million, a P/E ratio of 46.41 and a beta of 1.40.

Koppers (NYSE:KOP) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 26th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.70 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $432.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $445.00 million. Koppers had a net margin of 0.84% and a return on equity of 16.48%. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 9.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.77 EPS. Koppers has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.200-5.000 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Koppers will post 4.24 earnings per share for the current year.

Koppers Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 6th will be paid a dividend of $0.09 per share. This represents a $0.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 6th. This is an increase from Koppers’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.08. Koppers’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 40.00%.

Institutional Trading of Koppers

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC increased its stake in Koppers by 258.1% during the 2nd quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 1,930 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $62,000 after buying an additional 1,391 shares in the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP lifted its position in shares of Koppers by 95.6% in the second quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP now owns 2,130 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $68,000 after acquiring an additional 1,041 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its stake in shares of Koppers by 23.5% in the second quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 3,235 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $104,000 after acquiring an additional 615 shares during the last quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Koppers during the fourth quarter worth approximately $114,000. Finally, Quadrant Capital Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Koppers during the third quarter worth approximately $160,000. 92.75% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Koppers Company Profile

Koppers Company, Inc is a global specialty chemicals and materials manufacturer serving diverse industrial markets. The company operates through two primary segments: Carbon Materials & Chemicals, which produces a range of coal tar–based products, phenolic specialties and carbon compounds; and Railroad Products & Services, which offers wood treating and infrastructure services for rail and utility customers.

In its Carbon Materials & Chemicals segment, Koppers supplies coal tar pitch, refined creosote, coal tar‐based distillates and phenolic resins used in aluminum smelting, graphite electrode manufacture, carbon fiber production, and water treatment applications.