Koppers (NYSE:KOP) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Koppers (NYSE:KOP) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 4.750-4.750 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 4.300. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.2 billion-$2.2 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.1 billion.

Koppers Stock Performance

Shares of Koppers stock opened at $32.26 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a current ratio of 2.54. Koppers has a 1 year low of $28.57 and a 1 year high of $58.23. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $30.96 and its 200-day simple moving average is $34.72. The firm has a market cap of $653.88 million, a PE ratio of 9.16 and a beta of 1.83.

Koppers Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 24th. Investors of record on Friday, March 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.08 per share. This is a positive change from Koppers’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.07. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 7th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.99%. Koppers’s dividend payout ratio is 9.09%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on KOP shares. Barrington Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $64.00 target price on shares of Koppers in a research report on Monday. StockNews.com raised shares of Koppers from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 11th.

About Koppers

Koppers Holdings Inc provides treated wood products, wood preservation chemicals, and carbon compounds in the United States, Australasia, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through Railroad and Utility Products and Services (RUPS), Performance Chemicals (PC), and Carbon Materials and Chemicals (CMC) segments.