Koppers (KOP) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, HWKN or KOP?

Hawkins has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Koppers has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer HWKN or KOP?

Hawkins currently has a consensus target price of $122.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.27%. Koppers has a consensus target price of $65.75, indicating a potential upside of 103.26%. Given Koppers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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 more profitable?

Hawkins has a net margin of 8.74% compared to Koppers' net margin of 3.55%. Hawkins' return on equity of 19.64% beat Koppers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hawkins	8.74%	19.64%	12.13%
Koppers	3.55%	16.71%	4.53%

Is HWKN or KOP a better dividend stock?

Hawkins pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. 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.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better 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	$919.16M	2.64	$75.36M	$3.91	29.64
Koppers	$2.15B	0.30	$89.20M	$3.52	9.19

Does the media refer more to HWKN or KOP?

In the previous week, Hawkins had 11 more articles in the media than Koppers. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Hawkins and 2 mentions for Koppers. Koppers' average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Hawkins' score of 0.13 indicating that Koppers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hawkins	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Koppers	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very 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 59.07% of users gave Hawkins an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hawkins	Outperform Votes 215 59.07%	Underperform Votes 149 40.93%
Koppers	Outperform Votes 343 65.96%	Underperform Votes 177 34.04%

Summary

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