Koppers (KOP) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HWKN or KOP?

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

Do analysts recommend HWKN or KOP?

Hawkins presently has a consensus target price of $122.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.82%. Koppers has a consensus target price of $64.00, indicating a potential upside of 125.83%. Given Koppers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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

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 $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Hawkins pays out 18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Koppers pays out 13.2% 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 increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Koppers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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 more volatility and risk, HWKN or KOP?

Hawkins has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Koppers has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor HWKN or KOP?

In the previous week, Hawkins had 1 more articles in the media than Koppers. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hawkins and 9 mentions for Koppers. Hawkins' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Koppers' score of 0.49 indicating that Hawkins is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	2.36	$75.36M	$3.92	27.34
Koppers	$2.09B	0.28	$89.20M	$2.43	11.66

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HWKN or KOP?

Koppers received 129 more outperform votes than Hawkins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.65% 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 344 65.65%	Underperform Votes 180 34.35%

Summary

Koppers beats Hawkins on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.