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Koppers Holdings, Inc. (KOP)

CAPS Rating:
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The Company is an integrated global provider of carbon compounds and commercial wood treatment products. Its two principal businesses are Carbon Materials & Chemicals and Railroad & Utility Products.

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Chemicals (111), Growth (1902), Income (1401), Defensive (1457), Materials (342), Small Cap (1645), Distressed (1597)
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Koppers Holdings, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $27.36
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:03 PM
Open: $0.00
Previous Close: $27.02
Daily Range: $27.04 - $27.84
52-Week Range: $9.29 - $34.00
Volume: 86,613
Market Cap: $559.65M
P/E Ratio: 25.73
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Avatar Braho (73.98) Submitted: 7/19/07 3:50 AM

Big maker of railroad ties and supplier to aluminum industry, which are both in enjoying strong runs. They compete primarily on price. Weak dollar is improving their competitive position in NA and abroad. (NA is about 60% of sales, ROW 40%). #1 market share leader in many of their markets.

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Avatar JimAnt (37.30) Submitted: 4/25/07 8:51 PM

Long-term underperform. Lackluster mgmt. Overpriced & overvalued at $28. High P/E too.

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Avatar IBDvalueinvestin (97.53) Submitted: 8/24/09 10:51 AM : Outperform Start Price: $26.37 KOP Score: -4.90

Warren Buffett is buying railroads so buying a stock the supplies railroads is gotta be a good buy. Its like the shovel and pick suppliers of the mining industry.

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Avatar TheSmartMoney (72.96) Submitted: 5/07/09 1:27 PM : Outperform Start Price: $19.06 KOP Score: 23.22

I like them better than Dow Chem. They also pay you to hold their stock.

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Avatar Brooklyn1106 (63.44) Submitted: 4/28/09 2:48 PM : Outperform Start Price: $17.70 KOP Score: 29.17

Looks good, may benefit from stimulus construction, etc. we'll see..

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Avatar Cmoor (97.29) Submitted: 11/25/08 3:26 PM : Outperform Start Price: $16.64 KOP Score: 36.15

Leading supplier worldwide of carbon black and other stocks for manufacture of steel and aluminum, as well as creasote for railroad ties and utility poles. Good cash management and cost controls leave KOP able to grow its business by M&A or organic opportunities and still maintain and above average dividend. Extremely low PE, relative to both KOP history and the market.

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Avatar andcheese (67.92) Submitted: 10/31/08 11:09 AM : Outperform Start Price: $21.43 KOP Score: 12.91

The price-to-earnings multiple is a low 7.3. And the dividend is a solid 88 cents per year, out of strong earnings per share. So the yield is 4.4%. In other words, Koppers will pay for you to wait and hold the stock.





Is there a downside? Of course, in this stock market, we have seen that bad things can (and do) happen. But the bulk of the Koppers sell-off came in the September and October drop. Then, hedge funds were bailing out and selling everything they could unload to raise cash and meet margin calls. That seems to be over.





And Koppers appears to be holding its own in a tough economy. It sells a critical set of goods - poles and ties - to indispensable industries - electric and rail. The time seems right to take a look at Koppers and decide if you want to get paid 4.4% while the U.S. builds out its electric power grid and rail lines in the next decade. If any kind of basic industrial companies ought to do well going forward, Koppers is one.





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