Koppers Holdings reports Q1 adjusted EPS 62c, consensus 67c

Reports Q1 revenue $497.6M, consensus $501.67M. CEO Leroy Ball said, “As projected, PC and RUPS showed year-over-year improvement in profitability, which was unfortunately negated by slumping CMC markets. Weather-related plant outages and higher costs early in the quarter ultimately became too much to overcome as end markets performed mostly as expected. Additionally, various unfavorable factors affected our rail maintenance-of-way businesses and created an additional unexpected earnings drag. A mixed market outlook and specific short-term customer challenges are causing us to be cautious about the remainder of 2024. Our team will continue to focus on the things that we can control, particularly actions related to cost reduction and free cash flow.”