
Koppers' Q2 results beat estimates as strong PC volumes and utility pole demand offset pricing pressure and higher costs.
Koppers Holdings Inc. offers treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals, and carbon compounds in the United States, Australasia, Europe, and internationally. The company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
| Revenue (TTM) | $1.89B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $423.40M |
| EBITDA | $264.70M |
| Operating Margin | 9.65% |
| Return on Equity | -19.00% |
| Return on Assets | 6.49% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $97.28 |
| Book Value | $20.47 |
| Price-to-Book | 2.30 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 0.47 |
| EV/Revenue | 0.978 |
| EV/EBITDA | 46.90 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 7.30% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 3.00% |
| Shares Outstanding | $18.91M |
| Float | $16.46M |
| % Insiders | 7.19% |
| % Institutions | 105.44% |
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Koppers' Q2 results beat estimates as strong PC volumes and utility pole demand offset pricing pressure and higher costs.

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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Koppers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: KOP) today announced that the company will host meetings with the investment community in Montreal and Toronto on August 11-12, 2026. Koppers management will be represented by Leroy Ball, Chief Executive Officer and Chair, Eric Brenner, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and Quynh McGuire, Vice President of Investor Relations.

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Koppers (KOP) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.37 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.12 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.48 per share a year ago.

Although the revenue and EPS for Koppers (KOP) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended June 2026, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

Sales of $520.1 million vs. $504.8 million in Prior Year Quarter Net (loss) income of $(147.5) million, which included $215.8 million of impairment, restructuring and plant closure costs, vs.

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Koppers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: KOP), an integrated global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals, and carbon compounds, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.09 per share of Koppers common stock. The dividend is payable on September 14, 2026, to shareholders of record as of the close of trading on August 28, 2026.

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