---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-004484"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KOP"
cik: "0001315257"
company_name: "Koppers Holdings Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T23:16:33.544861+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Koppers reports record Q4 sales $482.6M; net income down to $13.8M; guides 2023 adj. EBITDA ~$250M

## Summary
- Q4 sales $482.6M (record, +19.1% YoY); net income $13.8M ($0.65 diluted) vs $22.2M ($1.01) prior year.
- Adjusted EPS $1.09 vs $0.77; full-year sales $1.98B (record), adj. EBITDA $228.1M, adj. EPS $4.14.
- RUPS Q4 sales $193.0M (record, +24%); PC sales $140.8M (record) but margin compression; CMC sales $148.8M.
- 2023 guidance: sales ~$2.1B, adj. EBITDA ~$250M, adj. EPS ~$4.40; capex ~$105M with $40M discretionary.
- Declared first dividend since 2014; repurchased $23.6M stock; acquired Gross & Janes assets.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-004484
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KOP
- cik: 0001315257
- company_name: Koppers Holdings Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1315257/000095017023004484/0000950170-23-004484-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1315257/000095017023004484/kop-20230227.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-23-004484.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Koppers Holdings Inc. reported Fourth Quarter 2022 results: revenue $482.6 million, net income $13.8 million, EPS $0.65 per diluted share.
  - Period: Fourth Quarter 2022
  - Revenue: $482.6 million
  - Net income: $13.8 million
  - EPS: $0.65 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: today reported net income attributable to Koppers for the fourth quarter of 2022 of $13.8 million, or $0.65 per diluted share, compared to $22.2 million, or $1.01 per diluted share, in the prior year quarter. Adjusted net income attributable to Koppers and adjusted earnings per share (EPS) were $23.0 million and $1.09 per share for the fourth quarter of 2022, compared to $16.9 million and $0.77 per share in the prior year quarter, respectively. Consolidated sales of $482.6 million, which was a quarterly record, increased by $77.3 million, or 19.1 percent, compared with $405.3 million in the prior year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1315257/000095017023004484/0000950170-23-004484-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  Koppers Holdings Inc. reported Full Year 2022 results: revenue $1.98 billion.
  - Period: Full Year 2022
  - Revenue: $1.98 billion
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Consolidated sales for 2022 were a record $1.98 billion.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1315257/000095017023004484/0000950170-23-004484-index.htm

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