Koppers

US · KOP #3391 by market cap

43.41 -0.83 -1.88%

Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 111s ago · 2026-10-09 19:30

✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed

Fair

Altman Z-Score is 2.44, in the 1.8-3.0 "grey zone".
Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.

Revenue annual, last 8 years

Latest year -10.17% YoY

Margins

Gross margin: 23.83%
Operating margin: 11.67%
Net margin: 2.98%

Key ratios & quality

Enterprise value: 1.73B
Altman Z-Score: 2.44

Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.

Income statement

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Revenue	1.56B	1.64B	1.67B	1.68B	1.98B	2.15B	2.09B	1.88B
Gross profit	301.80M	330.70M	360.40M	334.10M	344.60M	424.50M	422.60M	447.80M
Selling & admin expenses	158.20M	148.30M	143.10M	148.90M	153.30M	174.10M	179.30M	154.90M
Research & development	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Operating profit	96.70M	131.00M	163.20M	127.50M	135.20M	193.40M	175.80M	219.30M
Pretax profit	31.20M	63.70M	110.10M	119.60M	95.40M	124.60M	69.30M	81.20M
Tax	25.70M	0	21.00M	34.50M	31.60M	34.80M	20.70M	25.20M
Net profit	29.20M	67.40M	121.00M	84.90M	63.20M	89.80M	48.60M	56.00M
Basic EPS	1	3	6	4	3	4	3	3
Diluted EPS	1.10	3.16	5.71	3.88	2.98	4.14	2.46	2.74

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-03	2026-06
Revenue	456.50M	504.80M	485.30M	432.70M	455.30M	520.10M
Gross profit	105.80M	114.20M	117.00M	110.80M	86.60M	109.00M
Selling & admin expenses	41.10M	39.50M	37.50M	36.80M	41.70M	40.90M
Research & development	--	--	--	--	--	--
Operating profit	46.70M	56.70M	61.90M	54.00M	25.50M	50.20M
Pretax profit	-17.20M	23.90M	35.80M	38.70M	7.90M	-180.00M
Tax	-3.30M	7.50M	12.00M	9.00M	800.00K	-32.50M
Net profit	-13.90M	16.40M	23.80M	29.70M	7.10M	-147.50M
Basic EPS	-1	1	1	2	0	-8
Diluted EPS	-0.68	0.81	1.17	1.47	0.35	-7.71

Balance sheet

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Total current assets	540.30M	519.50M	564.50M	628.10M	636.80M	699.00M	680.60M	668.70M
Cash & ST investments	40.60M	32.30M	38.50M	45.50M	33.30M	66.50M	43.90M	38.00M
Inventory	284.70M	288.50M	295.80M	313.80M	355.70M	395.70M	404.60M	411.20M
Total assets	1.48B	1.56B	1.60B	1.66B	1.71B	1.84B	1.89B	1.89B
Total current liabilities	298.70M	296.20M	292.10M	285.70M	324.00M	325.90M	325.80M	227.10M
Short-term debt	11.60M	32.20M	31.30M	23.30M	20.50M	27.90M	31.60M	32.10M
Long-term debt	978.80M	891.00M	765.80M	781.50M	817.70M	835.40M	925.90M	914.30M
Total liabilities	1,412,900,000.00	1,405,900,000.00	1,252,600,000.00	1,251,100,000.00	1,308,400,000.00	1,332,500,000.00	1,401,200,000.00	1,312,500,000.00
Total equity	67.00M	158.70M	346.00M	410.80M	403.00M	503.00M	489.00M	574.30M
Retained earnings	27.20M	93.80M	215.80M	300.90M	360.20M	444.00M	490.30M	539.40M

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-03	2026-06
Total current assets	691.80M	708.00M	682.80M	668.70M	668.90M	679.60M
Cash & ST investments	33.30M	38.40M	37.90M	38.00M	42.80M	40.70M
Inventory	403.40M	405.40M	400.30M	411.20M	395.90M	385.70M
Total assets	1.89B	1.93B	1.89B	1.89B	1.88B	1.72B
Total current liabilities	262.20M	272.30M	259.80M	227.10M	246.50M	291.40M
Short-term debt	31.60M	31.60M	32.20M	32.10M	33.00M	33.60M
Long-term debt	975.90M	962.90M	918.30M	914.30M	915.30M	892.70M
Total liabilities	1,392,500,000.00	1,403,700,000.00	1,348,900,000.00	1,312,500,000.00	1,330,800,000.00	1,335,300,000.00
Total equity	498.30M	527.10M	545.90M	574.30M	549.50M	387.00M
Retained earnings	474.50M	489.30M	511.40M	539.40M	544.30M	395.00M

Cash flow

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Operating cash flow	78.30M	115.30M	127.10M	103.00M	102.30M	146.10M	119.40M	122.50M
Depreciation & amortization	50.80M	55.10M	54.10M	57.70M	56.10M	57.00M	67.50M	73.60M
Free cash flow	-31.40M	78.10M	57.30M	-22.00M	-3.00M	25.60M	42.00M	67.50M
Dividends paid	--	--	0	0	-4.20M	-5.00M	-5.90M	-6.40M
Stock buybacks / issuance	-28.90M	3.10M	-500.00K	-9.10M	-22.50M	-10.20M	-45.50M	-36.80M
Ending cash balance	37.40M	32.30M	38.50M	45.50M	33.30M	66.50M	43.90M	38.00M

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-03	2026-06
Operating cash flow	-22.70M	50.50M	49.60M	45.10M	46.30M	50.00M
Depreciation & amortization	18.00M	18.00M	17.60M	20.00M	19.40M	17.90M
Free cash flow	-37.00M	38.40M	37.60M	28.50M	34.90M	37.70M
Dividends paid	-1.60M	-1.60M	-1.50M	-1.70M	-2.20M	-1.60M
Stock buybacks / issuance	-18.80M	-9.80M	-3.60M	-4.60M	-28.90M	-14.50M
Ending cash balance	33.30M	38.40M	37.90M	38.00M	42.80M	40.70M

Returns & efficiency

Line item	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
ROE %	29.98	65.45	49.90	22.77	15.73	19.86	10.61	10.54
ROA %	1.75	4.38	7.71	5.23	3.76	5.03	2.81	2.97
ROIC %	7.07	11.57	13.56	9.08	7.22	10.27	7.20	6.54
5-year avg ROE %	52.09	70.59	136.49	42.55	36.77	34.74	23.77	15.90
EBIT margin %	6.50	7.41	9.53	9.54	7.08	9.08	6.95	7.84
FCF / sales %	--	4.41	3.43	--	--	1.19	2.01	3.59
Current ratio	1.81	1.75	1.93	2.20	1.97	2.14	2.09	2.94
Quick ratio	0.78	0.66	0.73	0.80	0.77	0.83	0.72	0.87
Debt / assets	66.92	64.85	54.95	52.66	52.85	50.71	54.06	54.19
LT debt / equity	1,741.64	667.01	247.91	209.49	221.33	180.96	202.64	172.54
Interest coverage	1.97	2.10	3.25	3.95	3.13	2.75	1.91	2.23
Revenue CAGR (3Y) %	-1.33	4.95	4.20	2.41	6.56	8.88	7.62	-1.73
Net income CAGR (3Y) %	--	31.48	61.25	53.84	-1.63	-9.91	-14.96	-4.05
FCF CAGR (3Y) %	--	3.92	18.66	--	--	-23.55	--	--

Line item	2025-03	2025-06	2025-09	2025-12	2026-03	2026-06
ROE %	5.08	2.92	2.99	10.54	14.70	-19.02
ROA %	1.37	0.78	0.84	2.97	4.08	-4.76
ROIC %	4.81	4.54	4.44	6.54	7.88	-2.11
5-year avg ROE %	--	--	--	--	--	--
EBIT margin %	5.38	4.72	5.03	7.84	9.09	-1.87
FCF / sales %	2.13	3.61	4.94	3.59	7.42	7.33
Current ratio	2.64	2.60	2.63	2.94	2.71	2.33
Quick ratio	0.91	0.92	0.89	0.87	0.91	0.85
Debt / assets	56.55	55.39	54.26	54.19	54.40	58.15
LT debt / equity	208.35	197.02	182.55	172.54	180.15	250.13
Interest coverage	1.46	1.30	1.40	2.23	2.65	-0.57
Revenue CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--
Net income CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--
FCF CAGR (3Y) %	--	--	--	--	--	--

✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed

Lead segment, long tail

Railroad and Utility Products and Services is the largest reported line at 47.28% of revenue, across 4 reported segments.
Performance Chemicals follows at 33.97%, so the top line still matters most but isn’t the whole story.

Revenue breakdown most recent period

Business

Railroad and Utility Products and Services47.28%

Performance Chemicals33.97%

Carbon Materials and Chemicals25.78%

Quote time 2026-10-09 19:30:06 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.