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Koppers Holdings Inc. KOP
Koppers Holdings Inc. (KOP) earns a Piotroski F-score of 7/9 (strong financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend yielding 0.74% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $1.9B at a 3.0% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.86 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 1957 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 7/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.234 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.286 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.089 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.438 |
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOP | Koppers Holdings Inc. | 7/9 | 3.52 | 15.5 | -10.2% |
| TREX | TREX CO INC | 5/9 | 8.07 | 27.1 | +2% |
| LPX | LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP | 5/9 | 5.87 | 39.4 | -7.9% |
| VFS | VinFast Auto Ltd. | 4/9 | -13.01 | — | +57.9% |
| TM | TOYOTA MOTOR CORP/ | 7/9 | 2.55 | — | -1% |
| HMC | HONDA MOTOR CO LTD | 6/9 | 2.79 | — | +19.9% |
| SONY | Sony Group Corp | 6/9 | 0.86 | — | +9% |
About Koppers Holdings Inc.
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.
FAQ
Is KOP financially healthy?
Koppers Holdings Inc.'s Piotroski F-score is 7/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does KOP pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. Koppers Holdings Inc. pays a dividend yielding about 0.74% with a 11.4% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is KOP?
In FY2025, Koppers Holdings Inc. had a net margin of 3.0% and a return on equity of 9.8%.
Is KOP overvalued or undervalued?
Koppers Holdings Inc. trades at about 16.5× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 5.8×–34.7×, median 12.1×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for KOP?
The average Wall-Street price target for Koppers Holdings Inc. is $51.00, about 12.5% above the recent price, from 3 analysts.
Is KOP a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Koppers Holdings Inc.: a Piotroski F-score of 7/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 15.5×, a dividend yield of 0.74%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.