Koppers (KOP) Competitors

Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) and Koppers (NYSE:KOP) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HWKN or KOP?

69.7% of Hawkins shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Koppers shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Hawkins shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Koppers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HWKN or KOP more profitable?

Hawkins has a net margin of 8.60% compared to Koppers' net margin of 3.55%. Hawkins' return on equity of 18.95% beat Koppers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hawkins	8.60%	18.95%	11.87%
Koppers	3.55%	16.71%	4.53%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, HWKN or KOP?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hawkins	$952.13M	2.30	$75.36M	$3.92	26.64
Koppers	$2.15B	0.28	$89.20M	$3.52	8.58

Is HWKN or KOP a better dividend stock?

Hawkins pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Koppers pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Hawkins pays out 18.4% 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. Hawkins has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Koppers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, HWKN or KOP?

Hawkins has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Koppers has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor HWKN or KOP?

In the previous week, Hawkins had 5 more articles in the media than Koppers. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hawkins and 3 mentions for Koppers. Koppers' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Hawkins' score of 0.20 indicating that Koppers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hawkins	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Koppers	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HWKN or KOP?

Koppers received 128 more outperform votes than Hawkins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.96% of users gave Koppers an outperform vote while only 58.90% of users gave Hawkins an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hawkins	Outperform Votes 215 58.90%	Underperform Votes 150 41.10%
Koppers	Outperform Votes 343 65.96%	Underperform Votes 177 34.04%

Do analysts rate HWKN or KOP?

Hawkins presently has a consensus price target of $122.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.85%. Koppers has a consensus price target of $65.75, suggesting a potential upside of 117.69%. Given Koppers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Koppers is more favorable than Hawkins.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hawkins	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Koppers	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Summary

Koppers beats Hawkins on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.