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Koppers Holdings Inc.

KOP

Basic Materials · 45.45 -0.5% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 1 Oct, 13:30 GMT-4

Market read

No connected market move is active around Koppers Holdings Inc..

No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 0 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Company-0.5% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market groupNo active group readNo durable group available
Disclosed network0 of 3 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • KOP's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if KOP's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 0 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports

No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.

Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • KOP's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Oct 1, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations333
Usable filing statements77
Verified relationships3
Evidence supporting the case
  • Operating margin changed +1.8 percentage points in the latest annual period.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed -10.2% year over year.
  • Capital investment and capacity has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
  • Demand and volume has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
  • Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 3 filings.
Questions before a position
  • EV/sales is 37% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 30, 2026

45.65
6m+21.9%12m+57.5%24m—
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-31$1.7B+0.6%$3.88+2.6%
2022-12-31$2.0B+18.0%$2.98-2.8%
2023-12-31$2.2B+8.8%$4.14+1.1%
2024-12-31$2.1B-2.9%$2.46-1.2%
2025-12-31$1.9B-10.2%$2.74-4.2%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Capital investment and capacitynegative · 4 filings
“Depreciation and amortization expenses were $1.4 million higher when compared to the prior year period primarily as a result of depreciation on recent capital expenditures as well as higher asset retirement obligations in our European CMC operations.”
10-Q · May 8, 2026 ↗
Demand and volumenegative · 4 filings
“We also announced our plan to idle production activities at our Railroad Products and Services facility in Florence, South Carolina due to lower overall future forecasted demand from the facility's largest customer.”
10-Q · May 8, 2026 ↗
Credit and interest ratesnegative · 3 filings
“Interest expense was $1.6 million lower when compared to the prior year period due to lower interest rates and lower borrowings.”
10-Q · May 8, 2026 ↗
Input and raw-material costsmixed · 3 filings
“The conditional decision, which is pending negotiations and consultation with the union, was driven by challenging market conditions over the past decade, including unit operating costs outpacing our ability to capture higher pricing, reduced raw material sup…”
10-Q · May 8, 2026 ↗

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 0.5× · EV/sales 1.0×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

45.45-0.5% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 1 Oct, 13:30 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for KOP. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Filing analysis

No comparable filing assessment is available yet

Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for KOP. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind KOP

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

HUBBHubbell IncorporatedsupplierFeb 26, 2026 ▾

“When we purchase scrap copper, it is shipped to our manufacturing plants in Hubbell, Michigan and Millington, Tennessee for further processing into other copper compounds.”

STJNYFiling-linked namecompetitorFeb 26, 2026 ▾

“We have one principal competitor, Stella-Jones Inc., and several smaller regional competitors in the North American market.”

BZHBeazer Homes USA, Inc.partnerAug 8, 2025 ▾

“In July 2004, Koppers Inc.”

Filing peers

No filing peers are available for this name yet.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

KOP is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Unknown Theme. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

This group is retained as the last observed read for KOP; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.