Koppers Holdings Management

Management criteria checks 3/4

Koppers Holdings' CEO is Leroy Ball, appointed in Jan 2015, has a tenure of 9.25 years. total yearly compensation is $5.96M, comprised of 15.4% salary and 84.6% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 1.52% of the company’s shares, worth $17.66M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 4.3 years and 7.4 years respectively.

Key information

Leroy Ball

Chief executive officer

US$6.0m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage15.4%
CEO tenure9.3yrs
CEO ownership1.5%
Management average tenure4.3yrs
Board average tenure7.4yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

Koppers Performs As Usual But Is Overvalued

Feb 08

Earnings Working Against Koppers Holdings Inc.'s (NYSE:KOP) Share Price

Jan 26
Earnings Working Against Koppers Holdings Inc.'s (NYSE:KOP) Share Price

Is Koppers Holdings Inc. (NYSE:KOP) Potentially Undervalued?

Dec 20
Is Koppers Holdings Inc. (NYSE:KOP) Potentially Undervalued?

Koppers Holdings: Strengthening Top And Bottom Line Results

Dec 19

Is Koppers Holdings (NYSE:KOP) Using Too Much Debt?

Nov 12
Is Koppers Holdings (NYSE:KOP) Using Too Much Debt?

Koppers Holdings: Diversification Resulting In Margin Expansion

Sep 25

What Does Koppers Holdings Inc.'s (NYSE:KOP) Share Price Indicate?

Sep 20
What Does Koppers Holdings Inc.'s (NYSE:KOP) Share Price Indicate?

Koppers Holdings (NYSE:KOP) Hasn't Managed To Accelerate Its Returns

Sep 02
Koppers Holdings (NYSE:KOP) Hasn't Managed To Accelerate Its Returns

Koppers Holdings: Things Are Starting To Improve, But Risks Remain High

Jun 15

Koppers Holdings raises dividend by 20% to $0.06

Feb 16

Does Koppers Holdings (NYSE:KOP) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

Feb 03
Does Koppers Holdings (NYSE:KOP) Have A Healthy Balance Sheet?

Koppers Holdings: Beware Of Cyclical Downturn

Jan 20

Is It Too Late To Consider Buying Koppers Holdings Inc. (NYSE:KOP)?

Jan 14
Is It Too Late To Consider Buying Koppers Holdings Inc. (NYSE:KOP)?

Koppers Holdings Non-GAAP EPS of $1.19 beats by $0.02, revenue of $536.1M misses by $18.9M

Nov 04

Koppers expands market share in industrial, wood preservation technology markets

Oct 24

Koppers to acquire crosstie supplier Gross & Janes

Oct 17

Koppers Holdings announces new, five-year $50M contract for crosstie disposal

Oct 10

Koppers Holdings (NYSE:KOP) Has No Shortage Of Debt

Sep 02
Koppers Holdings (NYSE:KOP) Has No Shortage Of Debt

Koppers Holdings goes ex-dividend tomorrow

Aug 24

Here's What's Concerning About Koppers Holdings' (NYSE:KOP) Returns On Capital

Aug 13
Here's What's Concerning About Koppers Holdings' (NYSE:KOP) Returns On Capital

Koppers Holdings Is A Value Trap

Jul 24

What Does Koppers Holdings Inc.'s (NYSE:KOP) Share Price Indicate?

Feb 23
What Does Koppers Holdings Inc.'s (NYSE:KOP) Share Price Indicate?

The Returns At Koppers Holdings (NYSE:KOP) Aren't Growing

Jan 13
The Returns At Koppers Holdings (NYSE:KOP) Aren't Growing

Here's Why Koppers Holdings (NYSE:KOP) Has A Meaningful Debt Burden

Nov 04
Here's Why Koppers Holdings (NYSE:KOP) Has A Meaningful Debt Burden

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Leroy Ball's remuneration changed compared to Koppers Holdings's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Dec 31 2023US$6mUS$916k

US$89m

Sep 30 2023n/an/a

US$90m

Jun 30 2023n/an/a

US$83m

Mar 31 2023n/an/a

US$70m

Dec 31 2022US$6mUS$890k

US$64m

Sep 30 2022n/an/a

US$73m

Jun 30 2022n/an/a

US$64m

Mar 31 2022n/an/a

US$78m

Dec 31 2021US$5mUS$883k

US$85m

Sep 30 2021n/an/a

US$82m

Jun 30 2021n/an/a

US$110m

Mar 31 2021n/an/a

US$113m

Dec 31 2020US$4mUS$864k

US$90m

Sep 30 2020n/an/a

US$93m

Jun 30 2020n/an/a

US$72m

Mar 31 2020n/an/a

US$57m

Dec 31 2019US$5mUS$858k

US$63m

Sep 30 2019n/an/a

US$38m

Jun 30 2019n/an/a

US$28m

Mar 31 2019n/an/a

US$14m

Dec 31 2018US$4mUS$833k

-US$300k

Sep 30 2018n/an/a

US$10m

Jun 30 2018n/an/a

US$23m

Mar 31 2018n/an/a

US$43m

Dec 31 2017US$4mUS$793k

US$30m

Compensation vs Market: Leroy's total compensation ($USD5.96M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD3.45M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Leroy's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.


CEO

Leroy Ball (54 yo)

9.3yrs

Tenure

US$5,960,553

Compensation

Mr. Leroy Mangus Ball, Jr. serves as Director at Highmark Inc. since 2024 and served as its Director since 2022 until 2023. He serves as Director of Highmark Health since January 2023. He has been the Chie...


Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Leroy Ball
CEO & Director9.3yrsUS$5.96m1.52%
$ 17.7m
James Sullivan
President & COO4.3yrsUS$2.73m0.53%
$ 6.1m
Jimmi Smith
Chief Financial Officer2.2yrsUS$1.25m0.13%
$ 1.5m
Stephanie Apostolou
General Counsel & Secretary4.1yrsUS$1.20m0.16%
$ 1.8m
Leslie Hyde
Senior VP & Chief Sustainability Officer of Koppers Inc.no dataUS$1.14m0.26%
$ 3.1m
Bradley Pearce
Chief Accounting Officer4.9yrsno data0.14%
$ 1.6m
Quynh McGuire
Vice President of Investor Relations4.3yrsno datano data
Jessica Franklin
Manager of Corporate Communicationsno datano datano data
Christian Nielsen
Senior Vice President of Global Carbon Materials & Chemicalsno datano datano data
Tracie McCormick
Treasurer2.1yrsno datano data
Travis Gross
Vice President of Railroad Products & Servicesno datano datano data

4.3yrs

Average Tenure

56yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: KOP's management team is considered experienced (4.3 years average tenure).


Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Leroy Ball
CEO & Director9.2yrsUS$5.96m1.52%
$ 17.7m
Albert Neupaver
Independent Director14.7yrsUS$208.49k0.35%
$ 4.0m
Sonja Wilkerson
Independent Director5.6yrsUS$210.99k0.081%
$ 947.7k
Stephen Tritch
Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board14.9yrsUS$295.99k0.22%
$ 2.5m
Andrew Sandifer
Independent Director1.1yrsUS$190.24k0%
$ 0
Xudong Feng
Independent Director14.9yrsUS$210.51k0.12%
$ 1.4m
David Motley
Independent Director5.6yrsUS$208.49k0.065%
$ 754.3k
Traci Jensen
Independent Director5.6yrsUS$195.99k0.10%
$ 1.2m
Nishan Vartanian
Independent Directorless than a yearno data0%
$ 0
Louis Testoni
Independent Director10.9yrsUS$218.01k0.19%
$ 2.2m

7.4yrs

Average Tenure

63.5yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: KOP's board of directors are considered experienced (7.4 years average tenure).


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