Koppers Holdings, Inc. (KOP) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Comparison

Company

Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

Koppers Holdings, Inc.

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Why is Koppers Holdings, Inc. ?

Poor long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 9.36% of over the last 5 years

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at USD 9.14
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y) Highest at 9.87%
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -4.73% (YoY)

With ROCE of 14.00%, it has a fair valuation with a 1.16 Enterprise value to Capital Employed

The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -23.16%, its profits have risen by 3% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 1.6

Below par performance in long term as well as near term

Along with generating -23.16% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Koppers Holdings, Inc. should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Specialty Chemicals should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Specialty Chemicals)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Koppers Holdings, Inc. for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Koppers Holdings, Inc.

-24.78%

-0.75

40.09%

S&P 500

13.22%

0.64

20.20%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

3.15%

EBIT Growth (5y)

9.36%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

3.00

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

3.85

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

1.96

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

1.46

Tax Ratio

37.46%

Dividend Payout Ratio

11.38%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

100.00%

ROCE (avg)

12.66%

ROE (avg)

19.60%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

1.47

EV to EBIT

8.27

EV to EBITDA

6.19

EV to Capital Employed

1.16

EV to Sales

0.83

PEG Ratio

1.59

Dividend Yield

63.07%

ROCE (Latest)

14.00%

ROE (Latest)

15.84%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Mildly Bullish

Bearish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Bullish

Mildly Bearish

Moving Averages

Mildly Bearish (Daily)

KST

Bearish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bullish

Mildly Bearish

OBV

No Trend

Mildly Bearish

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

Analyse All Technical Factors

Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

8What is working for the Company

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 9.14

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 9.87%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -4.73% (YoY

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 40.9 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 28.07 MM

-5What is not working for the Company

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 2.92%

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 4.01 times

CASH AND EQV(HY)

Lowest at USD 71.7 MM

Here's what is working for Koppers Holdings, Inc.

Pre-Tax Profit

At USD 40.9 MM has Grown at 78.02%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 22.97 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Dividend per share

Highest at USD 9.14 and Grown

In each year in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Pre-Tax Profit

Highest at USD 40.9 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit

Highest at USD 28.07 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Dividend Payout Ratio

Highest at 9.87%

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by -4.73% (YoY)

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Koppers Holdings, Inc.

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Lowest at 4.01 times and Fallen

In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company's pace of selling inventory has slowed

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Cash and Eqv

Lowest at USD 71.7 MM

in the last six Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Short Term liquidity is deteriorating

Cash and Cash Equivalents