Koppers Holdings Inc

Chart & Performance

D1W1MN

P/E

12.33

P/S

0.31

EPS

2.62

Div Yield, %

0.65%

Shrs. gr., 5y

0.21%

Rev. gr., 5y

3.37%

Revenues

2.09b

-2.88%

Net income

52m

-41.26%

CFO

119m

-18.28%

Dividend

Aug 30, 20240.07 USD/sh

Earnings

Aug 06, 2025

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 three segments: Railroad and Utility Products and Services (RUPS), Performance Chemicals (PC), and Carbon Materials and Chemicals (CMC). The RUPS segment procures and treats crossties, switch ties, and various types of lumber used for railroad bridges and crossings. It also provides rail joint bars to join rails together for railroads; transmission and distribution poles for electric and telephone utilities; and pilings. This segment also provides railroad services, such as engineering, design, repair, and inspection services for railroad bridges. The PC segment develops, manufactures, and markets copper-based wood preservatives, including micronized copper azole, micronized pigments, alkaline copper quaternary, amine copper azole, and chromated copper arsenate for decking, fencing, utility poles, construction lumber and timbers, and various agricultural uses; and supplies fire-retardant chemicals for pressure treatment of wood primarily in commercial construction. The CMC segment manufactures 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 feedstock in the production of phthalic anhydride and as a surfactant in the production of concrete; phthalic anhydride for the production of plasticizers, polyester resins, and alkyd paints; and carbon black feedstock for use in the production of carbon black. The company serves the railroad, specialty chemical, utility, residential lumber, agriculture, aluminum, steel, rubber, and construction industries. Koppers Holdings Inc. was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

URL

https://www.koppers.com

IPO date

Feb 01, 2006

Employees

2,119

Domiciled in

Incorporated in

Valuation

Order:

Title USD in thousands, except ratios and share amounts	FY	FY	FY	FY	FY	FY	FY	FY	FY	FY
Title USD in thousands, except ratios and share amounts	2024‑12	2023‑12	2022‑12	2021‑12	2020‑12	2019‑12	2018‑12	2017‑12	2016‑12	2015‑12
Income
Revenues	2,092,100 -2.88%	2,154,200 8.77%	1,980,500 17.99%
Cost of revenue	1,669,500	1,787,600	1,635,900
Unusual Expense (Income)
NOPBT	422,600	366,600	344,600
NOPBT Margin	20.20%	17.02%	17.40%
Operating Taxes	20,700	34,800	31,600
Tax Rate	4.90%	9.49%	9.17%
NOPAT	401,900	331,800	313,000
Net income	52,400 -41.26%	89,200 40.69%	63,400 -25.59%
Dividends	(5,900)	(5,000)	(4,200)
Dividend yield	0.86%	0.45%	0.70%
Proceeds from repurchase of equity	(45,500)	(10,200)	(22,500)
BB yield	6.60%	0.92%	3.74%
Debt
Debt current	31,600	50,800	20,500
Long-term debt	1,081,400	993,100	970,800
Deferred revenue
Other long-term liabilities	59,200	77,900	78,900
Net debt	1,069,100	977,400	958,000
Cash flow
Cash from operating activities	119,400	146,100	102,300
CAPEX	(77,400)	(120,500)	(105,300)
Cash from investing activities	(173,300)	(116,000)	(114,800)
Cash from financing activities	35,700	2,600	4,800
FCF	388,400	192,700	212,000
Balance
Cash	43,900	66,500	33,300
Long term investments
Excess cash
Stockholders' equity	370,300	359,600	266,700
Invested Capital	1,570,100	1,534,500	1,386,400
ROIC	25.89%	22.72%	22.74%
ROCE	26.48%	23.49%	24.48%
EV
Common stock shares outstanding	21,291	21,539	21,313
Price	32.40 -36.74%	51.22 81.63%	28.20 -9.90%
Market cap	689,828 -37.47%	1,103,228 83.56%	601,027 -12.42%
EV	1,759,228	2,084,728	1,562,627
EBITDA	490,100	423,600	400,700
EV/EBITDA	3.59	4.92	3.90
Interest	76,200	71,000	44,800
Interest/NOPBT	18.03%	19.37%	13.00%