KOP Stock — Koppers Holdings Inc

Koppers Holdings Inc (KOP)

Updated October 16, 2026.

KOP is a Stock. its distribution rate is 0.83%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.81%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 69/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 268.3% over the past 20.7 years, 499.6 points behind SPY at 767.9%.

Koppers Holdings Inc. manufactures treated wood products, wood preservation chemicals, and carbon compounds for railroad, utility, construction, and industrial markets across the United States, Australasia, Europe, and internationally. The company operates three core segments: Railroad and Utility Products and Services, which treats crossties and poles; Performance Chemicals, offering wood preservatives and fire-retardant products under brands like MicroPro and FlamePro; and Carbon Materials and Chemicals, supplying creosote, carbon pitch, and related feedstocks. The stock currently carries a modest distribution rate paid quarterly.

KOP performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 268.3% over the past 20.7 years, 499.6 points behind SPY at 767.9%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 63.5%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 17.5%.

KOP key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

69 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.57%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

02/01/2006

Distribution rate

0.83%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.81%

5-year average yield

0.62

Last close

$43.32 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$819,249,126

Average volume

107918.0

Dividend

$0.09

Ex-dividend date

08/28/2026

Payment date

09/14/2026

Beta

1.23

Payout ratio

9.1%

Forward P/E

9.5147

EPS

$-4.64

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.83%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.81%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

KOP risks and drawbacks

KOP's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 17.5%.

Who may consider KOP — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (KOP pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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