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Koppers Holdings (Koppers Holdings) Financial Strength : 5 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Koppers Holdings Financial Strength?

Koppers Holdings has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Koppers Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.10. Koppers Holdings's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.45. As of today, Koppers Holdings's Altman Z-Score is 2.61.


Competitive Comparison of Koppers Holdings's Financial Strength

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Koppers Holdings's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Koppers Holdings's Financial Strength Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Koppers Holdings's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Koppers Holdings's Financial Strength falls into.



Koppers Holdings Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Koppers Holdings's Interest Expense for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-18 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Dec. 2023 was $37 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $903 Mil.

Koppers Holdings's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*37.2/-17.7
=2.10

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Koppers Holdings's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Dec. 2023 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(27.9 + 902.8) / 2052.8
=0.45

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Koppers Holdings has a Z-score of 2.61, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that Koppers Holdings is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may faces bankrupcy risk.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 2.61 is in the grey area. This implies that the company is under some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.8, the company may face bankruptcy risk.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Koppers Holdings  (NYSE:KOP) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Koppers Holdings has the Financial Strength Rank of 5.


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Koppers Holdings (Koppers Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
436 Seventh Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 15219
Koppers Holdings, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells wood products, wood treatment chemicals, and carbon compounds used in markets such as railroad, aluminum and steel, agriculture, utilities, and residential lumber. The company is organized into three business segments: railroad and utility products and services, performance chemicals, and carbon materials and chemicals. Its product portfolio includes treated and untreated wood products like crossties used in railroads, wood preservation chemicals, and carbon compounds such as creosote used in the treatment of wood crossties, among others. Most revenue comes from the company's railroad and utility products and services segment, and more than half of the company's revenue is earned in the United States.
Executives
M Leroy Ball officer: VP and Chief Financial Officer 436 SEVENTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15219
Bradley A Pearce officer: Chief Accounting Officer 436 SEVENTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15219
Joseph P Dowd officer: VP North American CM&C 436 SEVENTH AVENUE, SUITE 1550, PITTSBURGH PA 15219
James A. Sullivan officer: SVP Global CM&C 400 CALGON CARBON DRIVE, PITTSBURGH PA 15205
Leslie S Hyde officer: VP Sfty Env.Aff.Koppers Inc. C/O KOPPERS INC, 436 SEVENTH AVENUE, SUITE 1550, PITTSBURG PA 15219
Daniel J Skrovanek officer: VP, Growth & Innovation 436 SEVENTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15219
Traci L Jensen director 1200 WILLOW LAKE BOULEVARD, P.O. BOX 64683, ST. PAUL MN 55164-0683
Andrew D Sandifer director FMC CORPORATION, 2929 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
Kevin Washington officer: VP, External Affairs 436 SEVENTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15219
Xudong Feng director 436 SEVENTH AVENUE, SUITE 1550, PITTSBURGH PA 15219
Albert J Neupaver director
Stephen R Tritch director 4171 ESSEN LANE, BATON ROUGE LA 70809
David L Motley director 517 AVONWORTH HEIGHTS DRIVE, PITTSBURGH PA 151237
Sonja Michelle Wilkerson director
Louis L Testoni director 436 SEVENTH AVENUE, SUITE 1550, PITTSBURGH PA 15219