Koppers (KOP) to Release Earnings on Wednesday

Koppers (NYSE:KOP) is expected to release its earnings data before the market opens on Wednesday, February 26th. Analysts expect Koppers to post earnings of $0.95 per share and revenue of $497.00 million for the quarter. Persons that are interested in registering for the company’s earnings conference call can do so using this link.

Koppers Stock Performance

Shares of Koppers stock opened at $30.30 on Wednesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $31.19 and a two-hundred day moving average of $34.88. The stock has a market capitalization of $614.12 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.61 and a beta of 1.83. Koppers has a 52 week low of $28.57 and a 52 week high of $58.23. 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 Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 7th will be given a dividend of $0.08 per share. This is a boost 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 dividend yield of 1.06%. Koppers’s payout ratio is presently 7.95%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts recently commented on the stock. Barrington Research restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $64.00 price objective on shares of Koppers in a research report on Tuesday, November 12th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Koppers from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th.

Koppers Company Profile

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.