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Koppers Holdings (Koppers Holdings) Current Ratio : 2.29 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Koppers Holdings Current Ratio?

The current ratio is a liquidity ratio that measures a company's ability to pay short-term obligations. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Koppers Holdings's current ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.29.

Koppers Holdings has a current ratio of 2.29. It generally indicates good short-term financial strength.

The historical rank and industry rank for Koppers Holdings's Current Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

KOP' s Current Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.49   Med: 1.98   Max: 2.7
Current: 2.29

During the past 13 years, Koppers Holdings's highest Current Ratio was 2.70. The lowest was 1.49. And the median was 1.98.

KOP's Current Ratio is ranked better than
59.21% of 1569 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.95 vs KOP: 2.29

Koppers Holdings Current Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Koppers Holdings's Current Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Koppers Holdings Current Ratio Chart

Koppers Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Current Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.75 1.93 2.20 1.97 2.14

Koppers Holdings Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Current Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.25 2.43 2.24 2.14 2.29

Competitive Comparison of Koppers Holdings's Current Ratio

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Koppers Holdings's Current Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Current Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Koppers Holdings's Current Ratio Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Koppers Holdings's Current Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Koppers Holdings's Current Ratio falls into.



Koppers Holdings Current Ratio Calculation

The current ratio is mainly used to give an idea of the company's ability to pay back its short-term liabilities with its short-term assets.

Koppers Holdings's Current Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Current Ratio (A: Dec. 2023 )=Total Current Assets (A: Dec. 2023 )/Total Current Liabilities (A: Dec. 2023 )
=699/325.9
=2.14

Koppers Holdings's Current Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Current Ratio (Q: Mar. 2024 )=Total Current Assets (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Total Current Liabilities (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=707.7/308.9
=2.29

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Koppers Holdings  (NYSE:KOP) Current Ratio Explanation

The current ratio can give a sense of the efficiency of a company's operating cycle or its ability to turn its product into cash. Companies that have trouble getting paid on their receivables or have long inventory turnover can run into liquidity problems because they are unable to alleviate their obligations. Because business operations differ in each industry, it is always more useful to compare companies within the same industry.

Acceptable current ratios vary from industry to industry and are generally between 1 and 3 for healthy businesses.

The higher the current ratio, the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. A ratio under 1 suggests that the company would be unable to pay off its obligations if they came due at that point. While this shows the company is not in good financial health, it does not necessarily mean that it will go bankrupt - as there are many ways to access financing - but it is definitely not a good sign.

If all other things were equal, a creditor, who is expecting to be paid in the next 12 months, would consider a high current ratio to be better than a low current ratio, because a high current ratio means that the company is more likely to meet its liabilities which fall due in the next 12 months.


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Koppers Holdings (Koppers Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
436 Seventh Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 15219
Koppers Holdings, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells wood products, wood treatment chemicals, and carbon compounds used in markets such as railroad, aluminum and steel, agriculture, utilities, and residential lumber. The company is organized into three business segments: railroad and utility products and services, performance chemicals, and carbon materials and chemicals. Its product portfolio includes treated and untreated wood products like crossties used in railroads, wood preservation chemicals, and carbon compounds such as creosote used in the treatment of wood crossties, among others. Most revenue comes from the company's railroad and utility products and services segment, and more than half of the company's revenue is earned in the United States.
Executives
M Leroy Ball officer: VP and Chief Financial Officer 436 SEVENTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15219
Bradley A Pearce officer: Chief Accounting Officer 436 SEVENTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15219
Joseph P Dowd officer: VP North American CM&C 436 SEVENTH AVENUE, SUITE 1550, PITTSBURGH PA 15219
James A. Sullivan officer: SVP Global CM&C 400 CALGON CARBON DRIVE, PITTSBURGH PA 15205
Leslie S Hyde officer: VP Sfty Env.Aff.Koppers Inc. C/O KOPPERS INC, 436 SEVENTH AVENUE, SUITE 1550, PITTSBURG PA 15219
Daniel J Skrovanek officer: VP, Growth & Innovation 436 SEVENTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15219
Traci L Jensen director 1200 WILLOW LAKE BOULEVARD, P.O. BOX 64683, ST. PAUL MN 55164-0683
Andrew D Sandifer director FMC CORPORATION, 2929 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
Kevin Washington officer: VP, External Affairs 436 SEVENTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA 15219
Xudong Feng director 436 SEVENTH AVENUE, SUITE 1550, PITTSBURGH PA 15219
Albert J Neupaver director
Stephen R Tritch director 4171 ESSEN LANE, BATON ROUGE LA 70809
David L Motley director 517 AVONWORTH HEIGHTS DRIVE, PITTSBURGH PA 151237
Sonja Michelle Wilkerson director
Louis L Testoni director 436 SEVENTH AVENUE, SUITE 1550, PITTSBURGH PA 15219