Koppers Holdings Inc’s filing revealed that its BOARD MEMBER AFFILIATE Tritch Stephen R acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.13 million on Nov 20 ’24. In the deal valued at $37.04 per share,3,533 shares were bought.
Then, Tritch Stephen R sold 3,533 shares, generating $131,004 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $37.08, the Director now owns 47,737 shares.
Before that, BALL M LEROY sold 6,000 shares. Koppers Holdings Inc shares valued at $223,580 were divested by the CEO at a price of $37.26 per share. As a result of the transaction, BALL M LEROY now holds 314,325 shares, worth roughly $9.47 million.
Singular Research upgraded its Koppers Holdings Inc [KOP] rating to a Buy from a a Hold in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Monness Crespi & Hardt’s analysts, who remained covering the stock and in early May has reiterated a ‘”a Buy”‘ rating for it. Monness Crespi & Hardt also remained covering KOP and reiterated its “Buy” recommendation on January 29, 2021. Monness Crespi & Hardt maintained its rating on April 28, 2020. It rated KOP as “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of KOP
On Friday, Koppers Holdings Inc [NYSE:KOP] saw its stock unchanged to $30.14. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 3.18%. Koppers Holdings Inc shares have fallen nearly -6.98% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -38.67% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $58.23 was reached on 01/02/25, a 52-week low of $28.57 was recorded on 02/04/25. SMA at 50 days reached $31.79, while 200 days put it at $36.93.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For KOP Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 29.82, which if violated will result in even more drops to 29.49. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 30.70. A further resistance level may holdings at 31.25. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 45.48, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at 0.16, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 46.71%. Stochastics %K at 46.44% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in Koppers Holdings Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Koppers Holdings Inc stocks on 2025-01-31, growing by 0.14 million shares to a total of 0.52 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2024-12-31 was 0.38 million shares. There was a rise of 26.97%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on February 28, 2020 when Monness Crespi & Hardt resumed its ‘”a Buy”‘ rating for the stock and retained the price target to $35.
