Is Koppers Holdings (KOP) overvalued or fairly valued?

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Does Koppers Holdings's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (1.96×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Koppers Holdings's revenue?

Koppers Holdings reported revenue of $1.9B for FY2025, with net profit of $56.0M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Koppers Holdings (KOP)?

Koppers Holdings last traded at $42.30 (-1.4% on the day), as of 10/20/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Koppers Holdings

KOP · NYSE · Materials · United States

Snapshot

TickerKOP

ExchangeNYSE

SectorMaterials

IndustrySpecialty Chemicals

CountryUnited States

Employees1,859

HeadquartersPittsburgh, United States

Websitewww.koppers.com

Filings tracked16

About Koppers Holdings

Koppers Holdings Inc. provides treated wood products, wood preservation chemicals, and carbon compounds in the United States, Australasia, Europe, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Railroad and Utility Products and Services; Performance Chemicals; and Carbon Materials and Chemicals. The company procures and treats crossties, switch ties, and various types of lumber used for railroad bridges and crossings; offers utility products, including pressure treatment of transmission and distribution poles for electric and telephone utilities; untreated wood products and rail joint bars; provides railroad markets and inspection services to the utility markets; and operate a business related to the recovery of used crossties. It also provides copper-based wood preservatives comprising micronized copper azole, micronized pigments, alkaline copper quaternary, amine copper azole, dichloro-octyl-isothiazolinone, chromated copper arsenate under the MicroPro and MicroShades brands for decking, fencing, utility poles, construction lumber and timbers, and various agricultural applications; and supplies fire-retardant chemicals under the FlamePro brand for pressure treatment of wood applications. In addition, the company offers creosote for the treatment of wood or as a feedstock in the production of carbon black; carbon pitch, a raw material used in the production of aluminum and steel; naphthalene for use as a surfactant in the production of concrete; and carbon black feedstock. It serves the railroad, specialty chemical, utility, residential lumber, agriculture, aluminum, steel, rubber, and construction sectors. Koppers Holdings Inc. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Who owns it

Insiders7.1%
Institutions92.8%
Public & other0.0%

313 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.16.12%
Simcoe Capital Management, LLC7.49%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP6.54%
Pzena Investment Management LLC5.61%
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc.4.99%
LSV Asset Management4.98%
American Century Companies Inc4.48%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC4.30%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

No major accounting red flags in the fundamentals we have — profit is backed by cash and returns look healthy.

Cash conversion1.96×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend4.1% → 3.0%

Margin has held broadly steady over the period — stable profitability.

Growth qualityrev -7% · PAT -21%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $481.0M · EPS 0.77

Est. earnings growth +9.5%

Next fiscal year

Rev $2.0B · EPS 4.90

Est. earnings growth +20.7%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$1.9B

Net margin

3.0%

ROE

9.8%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

-6.6%

Profit CAGR (2y)

-20.8%

EPS (FY2025)

2.74

Net profit (FY2025)

$56.0M

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$1.9B	$56.0M	2.74	3.0%	9.8%
FY2024	$2.1B	$52.4M	2.46	2.5%	10.7%
FY2023	$2.2B	$89.2M	4.14	4.1%	17.9%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$520.1M	$-147.5M	-7.71	-28.4%
2026Q1	$455.3M	$7.1M	0.35	1.6%
2025Q3	$485.3M	$23.8M	1.17	4.9%
2025Q2	$504.8M	$16.4M	0.81	3.2%
2025Q1	$456.5M	$-13.9M	-0.68	-3.0%
2024Q3	$554.3M	$22.8M	1.09	4.1%
2024Q2	$563.2M	$26.8M	1.25	4.8%
2024Q1	$497.6M	$13.0M	0.59	2.6%
2023Q3	$550.4M	$26.3M	1.22	4.8%
2023Q2	$577.2M	$24.5M	1.15	4.2%
2023Q1	$513.4M	$25.5M	1.19	5.0%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC8/6/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC8/6/2026
8-K — Executive/director change, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC5/11/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Costs from exit/disposal, Executive/director change, Shareholder vote results, Reg FD disclosure, Exhibits
SEC5/8/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC5/8/2026
8-K/A — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC5/7/2026
8-K/A — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC3/18/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC2/26/2026material
10-K filing
SEC2/26/2026
8-K — Executive/director change, Other events, Exhibits
SEC1/9/2026material

2025

8-K/A — Costs from exit/disposal
SEC12/3/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC11/7/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC11/7/2025
8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC11/5/2025material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC8/8/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC8/8/2025

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