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How Koppers Holdings Inc. stacks up
KOP · against 557 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
10/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #503 of 558 · scores higher than 9% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score74 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including KOP · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 10?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly because of its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are weaker than most Basic Materials peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 93% of peers. Return on assets: -5.0% vs peer median 2.5%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 88% of peers. Return on invested capital: -2.7% vs peer median 6.7%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 85% of peers. Operating margin: -2.2% vs peer median 7.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = KOP, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | KOP | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 527 reported | -2.7% | 5.3% | 13% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 545 reported | -2.2% | 5.9% | 16% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 540 reported | -5.0% | 1.9% | 8% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 535 reported | -19.0% | 4.2% | 9% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 573 reported | 22.4% | 18.8% | 58% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around KOPScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score