“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 ↗
Koppers Holdings Inc.
KOP
Market read
Koppers Holdings Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 33 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- 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.
Research brief
The story so far
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 33 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- KOP's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Operating margin changed +1.8 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- 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.
- EV/sales is 37% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
46.42Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“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 ↗
“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 ↗
“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.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 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 Industrial Financials. 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.