Jefferies Reaffirms Their Hold Rating on Koppers Holdings Inc (KOP)


In a report released yesterday, Laurence Alexander from Jefferies reiterated a Hold rating on Koppers Holdings Inc (NYSE: KOP), with a price target of $37. The company’s shares opened today at $35.25, close to its 52-week low of $33.65.

According to TipRanks.com, Alexander is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 13.4% and a 65.6% success rate. Alexander covers the Consumer Goods sector, focusing on stocks such as Sherwin-Williams Company, Venator Materials Plc, and Omnova Solutions Inc.

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Koppers Holdings Inc with a $52.67 average price target.

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Koppers Holdings Inc’s market cap is currently $750.7M and has a P/E ratio of 34.52. The company has a Price to Book ratio of 8.30.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 62 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. Most recently, in May 2018, Joseph P. Dowd, the Global VP, SHE & Process Excel of KOP sold 10,887 shares for a total of $438,452.

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Koppers Holdings, Inc. operates as a holding company, which produces treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals and carbon compounds. It operates through the following segments: Carbon Materials & Chemicals; Railroad and Utility Products & Services; and Performance Chemicals.

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