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Koppers (KOP) Competitors

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$31.01 -0.34 (-1.08%)
(As of 12/20/2024 04:33 PM ET)

KOP vs. KRO, TG, LYB, WLK, CBT, HWKN, TREX, LPX, CDE, and MTX

Should you be buying Koppers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Koppers include Kronos Worldwide (KRO), Tredegar (TG), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Westlake (WLK), Cabot (CBT), Hawkins (HWKN), Trex (TREX), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), Coeur Mining (CDE), and Minerals Technologies (MTX).

Koppers vs.

Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO) and Koppers (NYSE:KOP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

Koppers has higher revenue and earnings than Kronos Worldwide. Koppers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kronos Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kronos Worldwide$1.86B0.61-$49.10M$0.8112.11
Koppers$2.13B0.30$89.20M$3.528.81

Kronos Worldwide presently has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.32%. Koppers has a consensus target price of $65.75, indicating a potential upside of 112.03%. Given Koppers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Koppers is more favorable than Kronos Worldwide.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kronos Worldwide
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67
Koppers
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

Kronos Worldwide has a net margin of 5.05% compared to Koppers' net margin of 3.55%. Koppers' return on equity of 16.71% beat Kronos Worldwide's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kronos Worldwide5.05% 11.74% 5.30%
Koppers 3.55%16.71%4.53%

15.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Koppers shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Koppers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Kronos Worldwide has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Koppers has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Kronos Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Koppers pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Kronos Worldwide pays out 24.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Koppers pays out 8.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

In the previous week, Koppers had 4 more articles in the media than Kronos Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Koppers and 0 mentions for Kronos Worldwide. Kronos Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Koppers' score of 0.11 indicating that Kronos Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Kronos Worldwide Very Positive
Koppers Neutral

Koppers received 50 more outperform votes than Kronos Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.96% of users gave Koppers an outperform vote while only 57.91% of users gave Kronos Worldwide an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kronos WorldwideOutperform Votes
293
57.91%
Underperform Votes
213
42.09%
KoppersOutperform Votes
343
65.96%
Underperform Votes
177
34.04%

Summary

Koppers beats Kronos Worldwide on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KOP vs. The Competition

MetricKoppersLumber & wood products, except furniture IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$628.54M$5.16B$2.83B$19.18B
Dividend Yield0.88%0.91%5.15%3.60%
P/E Ratio8.8119.62111.7941.30
Price / Sales0.303.06792,415.3417.60
Price / Cash4.7720.6224.2721.28
Price / Book1.285.593.395.32
Net Income$89.20M$157.53M$154.11M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-8.28%-8.18%-2.89%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-17.92%-8.95%1.41%-3.68%
1 Year Performance-37.01%-1.62%17.82%12.14%

Koppers Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KOP
Koppers
4.5512 of 5 stars
$31.01
-1.1%
$65.75
+112.0%
-37.0%$628.54M$2.13B8.812,108High Trading Volume
KRO
Kronos Worldwide
3.3479 of 5 stars
$10.23
-0.4%
$12.00
+17.3%
+0.3%$1.18B$1.86B12.682,196Positive News
TG
Tredegar
0.5765 of 5 stars
$8.23
+2.7%
N/A+49.4%$282.78M$702.68M-10.141,900Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
LYB
LyondellBasell Industries
4.986 of 5 stars
$75.17
-0.7%
$97.36
+29.5%
-23.3%$24.41B$40.73B11.5220,000Analyst Forecast
WLK
Westlake
4.7385 of 5 stars
$117.37
-1.7%
$162.17
+38.2%
-19.4%$15.11B$12.55B168.2515,520Analyst Upgrade
CBT
Cabot
4.8133 of 5 stars
$102.01
-1.3%
$105.00
+2.9%
+10.6%$5.55B$3.99B15.344,200Short Interest ↓
Positive News
HWKN
Hawkins
3.5509 of 5 stars
$129.22
-0.5%
$122.00
-5.6%
+74.4%$2.70B$934.42M33.21928
TREX
Trex
3.6534 of 5 stars
$77.84
+1.1%
$79.94
+2.7%
-13.9%$8.34B$1.09B35.151,765
LPX
Louisiana-Pacific
3.1518 of 5 stars
$113.48
+0.6%
$102.22
-9.9%
+50.0%$7.97B$2.92B19.634,100Insider Trade
Positive News
CDE
Coeur Mining
4.0899 of 5 stars
$6.41
-2.3%
$7.81
+21.9%
+73.5%$2.56B$1.01B-218.672,074News Coverage
MTX
Minerals Technologies
2.9185 of 5 stars
$79.99
+1.1%
N/A+11.8%$2.55B$2.12B16.764,070Positive News

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This page (NYSE:KOP) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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