Koppers Holdings Valuation

Is KOP undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of KOP when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: KOP ($31.01) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($6.34)

Significantly Below Fair Value: KOP is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for KOP?

Key metric: As KOP is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for KOP. This is calculated by dividing KOP's market cap by their current earnings.
What is KOP's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio8.3x
EarningsUS$75.50m
Market CapUS$628.54m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does KOP's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for KOP vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average17x
OEC Orion
28.1x52.9%US$897.0m
SIRE Sisecam Resources
7.6xn/aUS$511.9m
ASIX AdvanSix
19.4x105.5%US$749.8m
WLKP Westlake Chemical Partners
13.1xn/aUS$808.7m
KOP Koppers Holdings
8.3x19.4%US$628.5m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: KOP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.3x) compared to the peer average (20.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does KOP's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Chemicals Industry?

7 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FFHL Fuwei Films (Holdings)
2.8xn/aUS$27.11m
BSLK Bolt Projects Holdings
0.07xn/aUS$10.35m
BON Bon Natural Life
2.4xn/aUS$5.84m
GSPI Green Star Products
1.7xn/aUS$1.64m
KOP 8.3xIndustry Avg. 20.4xNo. of Companies8PE01224364860+
7 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: KOP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.3x) compared to the US Chemicals industry average (20.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is KOP's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

KOP PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio8.3x
Fair PE Ratio17.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: KOP is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17.4x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst KOP forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$31.01
US$64.50
+108.0%
0.8%US$65.00US$64.00n/a2
Dec ’25US$38.46
US$64.50
+67.7%
0.8%US$65.00US$64.00n/a2
Nov ’25US$34.21
US$64.50
+88.5%
0.8%US$65.00US$64.00n/a2
Oct ’25US$36.73
US$64.50
+75.6%
0.8%US$65.00US$64.00n/a2
Sep ’25US$39.58
US$64.50
+63.0%
0.8%US$65.00US$64.00n/a2
Aug ’25US$38.41
US$64.50
+67.9%
0.8%US$65.00US$64.00n/a2
Jul ’25US$36.16
US$64.50
+78.4%
0.8%US$65.00US$64.00n/a2
Jun ’25US$44.33
US$64.50
+45.5%
0.8%US$65.00US$64.00n/a2
May ’25US$52.35
US$64.50
+23.2%
0.8%US$65.00US$64.00n/a2
Apr ’25US$54.79
US$64.50
+17.7%
0.8%US$65.00US$64.00n/a2
Mar ’25US$52.97
US$64.50
+21.8%
0.8%US$65.00US$64.00n/a2
Feb ’25US$52.66
US$64.50
+22.5%
0.8%US$65.00US$64.00n/a2
Jan ’25US$51.22
US$47.50
-7.3%
5.3%US$50.00US$45.00n/a2
Dec ’24US$45.14
US$47.50
+5.2%
5.3%US$50.00US$45.00US$38.462
Nov ’24US$36.90
US$47.50
+28.7%
5.3%US$50.00US$45.00US$34.212
Oct ’24US$39.55
US$47.50
+20.1%
5.3%US$50.00US$45.00US$36.732
Sep ’24US$39.90
US$47.50
+19.0%
5.3%US$50.00US$45.00US$39.582
Aug ’24US$38.60
US$41.67
+7.9%
15.0%US$50.00US$35.00US$38.413
Jul ’24US$34.10
US$42.50
+24.6%
13.2%US$50.00US$35.00US$36.164
Jun ’24US$29.19
US$42.50
+45.6%
13.2%US$50.00US$35.00US$44.334
May ’24US$33.13
US$42.50
+28.3%
13.2%US$50.00US$35.00US$52.354
Apr ’24US$34.97
US$42.50
+21.5%
13.2%US$50.00US$35.00US$54.794
Mar ’24US$38.12
US$42.50
+11.5%
13.2%US$50.00US$35.00US$52.974
Feb ’24US$34.48
US$40.50
+17.5%
19.5%US$50.00US$29.00US$52.664
Jan ’24US$28.20
US$40.50
+43.6%
19.5%US$50.00US$29.00US$51.224
Dec ’23US$29.89
US$40.50
+35.5%
19.5%US$50.00US$29.00US$45.144

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but there are not enough analysts covering the stock to determine statistical confidence in agreement.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 04:11
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Koppers Holdings Inc. is covered by 13 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 BurkeB. Riley Securities, Inc.
Liam BurkeFBR Capital Markets & Co.