secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Koppers Holdings Inc. (KOP)
CIK:        0001315257
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-06T12:14:08+00:00
Accession:  0001315257-26-000046
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Koppers Q2 net loss $147.5M on $215.8M impairment; adjusted EPS $1.37 vs $1.48
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- Net loss of $147.5M vs prior-year income of $16.4M; includes $215.8M impairment, restructuring, plant closure costs.
- Sales up 3% to $520.1M; adjusted EPS $1.37 vs $1.48, down 7.4%.
- Adjusted EBITDA $71.0M vs $77.1M, down 7.9%.
- Record YTD operating cash flow $96.3M (vs $27.8M) and free cash flow $72.6M (vs $1.4M).
- Returned $47.4M to shareholders YTD vs $32.4M in prior year period.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1315257/000131525726000046/0001315257-26-000046-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1315257/000131525726000046/kop-20260806.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001315257-26-000046

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