Koppers traded at $38.55 this Wednesday March 4th, increasing $1.82 or 4.96 percent since the previous trading session. Looking back, over the last four weeks, Koppers gained 22.38 percent. Over the last 12 months, its price rose by 34.98 percent. Looking ahead, we forecast Koppers to be priced at 36.64 by the end of this quarter and at 33.38 in one year, according to Trading Economics global macro models projections and analysts expectations.
Koppers Holdings Inc. is an integrated global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals and carbon compounds. Its products and services are used in a variety of niche applications in a range of end-markets, including the railroad, specialty chemical, utility, residential lumber, agriculture, aluminum, steel, rubber, and construction industries. Its segments include Railroad and Utility Products and Services (RUPS), Performance Chemicals (PC) and Carbon Materials and Chemicals (CMC). Its RUPS business sells treated and untreated wood products, rail joint bars and services to the railroad markets in the United States and Canada and the utility markets in the United States and Australia. Its PC business maintains sales and manufacturing capabilities in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, Australia and New Zealand. Its CMC business manufactures its products and sells them to its global customer base under long-term contracts or through purchase orders.