KOP vs WFG vs WY Stock Comparison

Koppers Holdings, West Fraser Timber and Weyerhaeuser Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
KOP Koppers Holdings Inc.
$40.18 -13.1% 1M +39.9% 1Y
Market cap
$761.29M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.89B
Div. yield
–
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
4 wins
WY Weyerhaeuser Co
$19.49 -7.9% 1M -18.3% 1Y
Market cap
$14.12B
P/E
29.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.85B
Div. yield
0.04%
Lumber Basic Materials
5 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Weyerhaeuser leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Weyerhaeuser 5, Koppers Holdings 4, West Fraser Timber 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionKOPWFGWYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $761.29M $5.53B $14.12B WY
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -8.8x -4.0x 29.9x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.5x — 69.6x KOP
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -5.0% -10.2% -2.6% WY
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -4.6% -26.2% 6.9% WY
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -2.7% — 5.7% WY
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 23.6x -181.5x 3.6x WFG
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.04% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +39.9% +6.1% -18.3% KOP
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.1%/yr -3.8%/yr -12.1%/yr KOP
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 35.4% 33.6% 27.5% WY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 47/100 33/100 44/100 KOP

Percentile Scorecard

KOPWFGWY

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisKOPWFGWY
Valuation 73 #26 of 94 44 #161 of 287 51 #142 of 287
Growth 26 #68 of 92 5 #253 of 267 26 #198 of 267
Profitability 41 #53 of 89 21 #191 of 240 50 #121 of 240
Financial Health 18 #80 of 97 – 39 #180 of 295
Shareholder Returns 78 #16 of 70 61 #81 of 204 54 #94 of 204
Overall 47 33 44
  • KOP ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • WFG ranked among 308 companies in Basic Materials
  • WY ranked among 308 companies in Basic Materials

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodKOPWFGWYSPY
1 month -13.1%-4.5%-7.9% -1.0%
3 months -19.9%+5.4%-18.6% +2.9%
6 months -0.2%+6.6%-22.1% +6.4%
Year to date +48.4%+14.1%-17.7% +11.4%
1 year +39.9%+6.1%-18.3% +13.1%
3 years +13.0%+5.4%-32.7% +79.4%
3 years, per year +4.1%+1.8%-12.4% +21.5%
5 years +16.6%-17.8%-47.5% +67.7%
5 years, per year +3.1%-3.8%-12.1% +10.9%
10 years +18.6%+128.9%-37.7% +255.2%
10 years, per year +1.7%+8.6%-4.6% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureKOPWFGWYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 35.4%33.6%27.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 36.3%32.5%25.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.950.640.23 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.130.18-0.67 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -58.8%-43.2%-56.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -23.2%-9.0%-28.1% -2.5%
52-week high $52.33$76.69$27.10 $779.14
52-week low $26.67$57.91$18.48 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleKOPWFGWY
P/E now vs peer median -8.8xmedian 21.5x -4.0xmedian 17.9x 29.8xmedian 17.9x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.4x 1.1xmedian 1.8x 2.0xmedian 1.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 44.5xmedian 12.4x -2,936xmedian 9.8x 14.0xmedian 9.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 5.5xmedian 15.5x -12.7xmedian 16.0x -31.4xmedian 16.0x
P/B now vs peer median 2.0xmedian 1.6x 1.0xmedian 1.8x 1.5xmedian 1.8x
PEG now vs peer median 0.19median 1.70 0.61median 0.73 -2.49median 0.73

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsKOPWFGWY
Revenue $1.89B $5.24B $6.85B
Gross profit $423.40M $1.14B $994.00M
Operating income -$42.30M -$1.49B $844.00M
Net income -$86.90M -$1.20B $472.00M
Free cash flow $138.70M -$435.00M -$447.00M
R&D – – $5.00M
EPS (diluted) $-4.54 $-17.33 $0.65
Cash & equivalents $40.70M $74.00M $527.00M
Total debt $897.60M $437.00M $5.43B
Shares (diluted) 19.13M 79.16M 721.90M
Enterprise value $601.89M $4.63B $12.43B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricKOPWFGWY
P/E -8.8x -4.0x 29.8x
P/FCF 5.5x -12.7x -31.4x
P/Operating cash flow 4.0x – 25.7x
P/S 0.4x 1.1x 2.0x
P/B 2.0x 1.0x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 2.6x 1.0x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA 44.5x -2,936x 14.0x
EV/EBIT -38.2x -3.9x 22.4x
EV/Revenue 0.9x 1.1x 2.8x
EV/FCF 11.7x -13.5x -42.4x
EV/Operating cash flow 8.5x – 34.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.19 0.61 -2.49

Growth

14 metrics
MetricKOPWFGWY
Revenue growth (1Y) -5.0% -10.2% -2.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -3.5% -13.9% -4.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.3% -29.4% -18.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.9% -27.6% -18.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -134.6% -867.5% 46.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -30.9% -52.1% -12.1%
Net income growth (1Y) -675.5% -1,620% 69.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -44.9% -188.8% -12.4%
EPS growth (1Y) -708.8% -331.3% 69.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -46.9% -6.5% -12.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 44.4% – -40.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 34.2% – -26.0%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 92.9% 17.8% -263.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 83.6% 1.3% -36.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricKOPWFGWY
Gross margin 22.4% 21.8% 14.5%
EBITDA margin 1.9% 0.0% 19.8%
Operating margin -2.2% -28.4% 12.3%
Pretax margin -5.2% -29.3% 5.5%
Net margin -4.6% -26.2% 6.9%
FCF margin 7.3% -8.3% -6.5%
Operating cash flow margin 10.1% – 8.0%
Return on equity -18.6% -24.5% 5.0%
Return on assets -4.8% – 2.9%
Return on invested capital -2.7% – 5.7%
Return on capital employed -2.8% – 5.4%
Asset turnover 1.1x – 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -2.2x – 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% – 0.6%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricKOPWFGWY
Debt / assets 52.1% – 32.9%
Debt / equity 2.3x 0.1x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 23.6x -181.5x 3.6x
Debt / FCF 6.5x -1.0x -12.1x
Liabilities / assets 77.5% – 42.7%
Equity / assets 22.5% – 57.3%
Interest coverage -0.7x – 3.1x
Current ratio 2.3x – 1.8x
Quick ratio 0.9x – 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.1x – 0.6x
Altman Z-score 1.95 – 1.95

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricKOPWFGWY
Dividend yield 0.9% 1.8% 4.3%
Net buyback yield 6.8% – 0.4%
Shareholder yield 7.7% 1.8% 4.7%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 128.2%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – -135.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 1.9%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -20.5%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusKOPWFGWY
Forward P/E 10.5xFY2026 – 69.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.83FY2026 $-3.97FY2026 $0.28FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -5.9%FY2026 – +40.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +23.5% – +107.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.85BFY2026 $5.84BFY2026 $7.59BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.6%FY2026 +6.9%FY2026 +9.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +2.4% +9.9% -2.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersKOPWFGWY
Held by institutions 100.0% 49.7% 90.2%
Institutions holding 219 166 903
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.7% +3.1% +2.1%
Institutions buying 108 79 432
Institutions selling 66 55 318
Buyers to sellers 1.64 1.44 1.36

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

KOPWFGWY
KOP 1.00 0.24 0.29
WFG 0.24 1.00 0.60
WY 0.29 0.60 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, KOP, WFG and WY?

Weyerhaeuser (WY) is the largest by market capitalisation: Koppers Holdings (KOP) $761.29M, West Fraser Timber (WFG) $5.53B, Weyerhaeuser (WY) $14.12B.

Which company is growing faster?

Weyerhaeuser (WY) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Koppers Holdings (KOP) -5.0%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) -10.2%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) -2.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Weyerhaeuser (WY) has the highest net margin (Koppers Holdings (KOP) -4.6%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) -26.2%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 6.9%). On return on invested capital, Weyerhaeuser (WY) leads (Koppers Holdings (KOP) -2.7%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 5.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Koppers Holdings (KOP) returned the most: Koppers Holdings (KOP) +39.9%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) +6.1%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) -18.3%. Over five years, Koppers Holdings (KOP) compounded fastest (Koppers Holdings (KOP) +3.1%/yr, West Fraser Timber (WFG) -3.8%/yr, Weyerhaeuser (WY) -12.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Koppers Holdings (KOP) 0.00%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) 0.00%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 0.04%. Koppers Holdings (KOP) and West Fraser Timber (WFG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Weyerhaeuser (WY) has been the steadiest (Koppers Holdings (KOP) 35.4%, West Fraser Timber (WFG) 33.6%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 27.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, KOP, WFG and WY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Weyerhaeuser (WY) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.