Koppers Holdings Inc.

DB:KO9 Stock Report

Market Cap: €635.8m

Koppers Holdings Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 3/6

Koppers Holdings's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -17.9%, while the Chemicals industry saw earnings declining at 2.4% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 4.4% per year. Koppers Holdings's return on equity is 9.8%, and it has net margins of 3%.

Key information

-17.88%

Earnings growth rate

-17.17%

EPS growth rate

Chemicals Industry Growth12.41%
Revenue growth rate4.44%
Return on equity9.75%
Net Margin2.98%
Last Earnings Update31 Dec 2025

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Koppers Holdings makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.


Earnings and Revenue History

DB:KO9 Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
31 Dec 251,879561550
30 Sep 251,924161620
30 Jun 251,993151690
31 Mar 252,051261750
31 Dec 242,092521790
30 Sep 242,128761800
30 Jun 242,124791800
31 Mar 242,138771780
31 Dec 232,154891740
30 Sep 232,124901660
30 Jun 232,109831590
31 Mar 232,035701560
31 Dec 221,981641530
30 Sep 221,903731550
30 Jun 221,792641560
31 Mar 221,730781540
31 Dec 211,679851490
30 Sep 211,666821500
30 Jun 211,6791101460
31 Mar 211,6751131430
31 Dec 201,669901430
30 Sep 201,658931400
30 Jun 201,655721430
31 Mar 201,662571460
31 Dec 191,637631480
30 Sep 191,680381520
30 Jun 191,689281520
31 Mar 191,681141560
31 Dec 181,56301520
30 Sep 181,651101540
30 Jun 181,593231480
31 Mar 181,535431380
31 Dec 171,476301330
30 Sep 171,423521280
30 Jun 171,409441290
31 Mar 171,416351270
31 Dec 161,416291260
30 Sep 161,467-651230
30 Jun 161,529-671210
31 Mar 161,576-701220
31 Dec 151,627-721250
30 Sep 151,690-181390
30 Jun 151,696-311340
31 Mar 151,621-391210

Quality Earnings: KO9 has a large one-off loss of $98.3M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 31st December, 2025.

Growing Profit Margin: KO9's current net profit margins (3%) are higher than last year (2.5%).


Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis


Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: KO9's earnings have declined by 17.9% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: KO9's earnings growth over the past year (6.9%) exceeds its 5-year average (-17.9% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: KO9 earnings growth over the past year (6.9%) exceeded the Chemicals industry -6.8%.


Return on Equity

High ROE: KO9's Return on Equity (9.8%) is considered low.


Return on Assets


Return on Capital Employed


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/03/12 23:30
End of Day Share Price 2026/03/12 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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Ownership10 years
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Management10 years
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Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

Koppers Holdings Inc. is covered by 11 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Gary PrestopinoBarrington Research Associates, Inc.
Liam BurkeBrean Capital Historical (Janney Montgomery)
Liam BurkeB. Riley Securities, Inc.