KOP vs WY vs GLW Stock Comparison

Koppers Holdings, Weyerhaeuser and Corning 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
1 win
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
3 wins
GLW Corning Inc /Ny
$123.63 -20.0% 1M +44.0% 1Y
Market cap
$109.74B
P/E
57.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.96B
Div. yield
0.01%
Specialty Chemicals Basic Materials
8 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Corning leads on 8 of the 12 questions below (Corning 8, Weyerhaeuser 3, Koppers Holdings 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionKOPWYGLWLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $761.29M $14.12B $109.74B GLW
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -8.8x 29.9x 57.8x WY
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.5x 69.6x 35.8x KOP
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -5.0% -2.6% +19.4% GLW
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -4.6% 6.9% 11.2% GLW
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -2.7% 5.7% 10.4% GLW
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 23.6x 3.6x 1.5x GLW
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.04% 0.01% WY
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +39.9% -18.3% +44.0% GLW
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +3.1%/yr -12.1%/yr +26.5%/yr GLW
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 35.4% 27.5% 74.5% WY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 47/100 44/100 57/100 GLW

Percentile Scorecard

KOPWYGLW

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

AxisKOPWYGLW
Valuation 73 #26 of 94 51 #142 of 287 19 #76 of 94
Growth 26 #68 of 92 26 #198 of 267 99 #2 of 92
Profitability 41 #53 of 89 50 #121 of 240 81 #18 of 89
Financial Health 18 #80 of 97 39 #180 of 295 59 #40 of 97
Shareholder Returns 78 #16 of 70 54 #94 of 204 29 #50 of 70
Overall 47 44 57
  • KOP ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals
  • WY ranked among 308 companies in Basic Materials
  • GLW ranked among 99 companies in Chemicals

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodKOPWYGLWSPY
1 month -13.1%-7.9%-20.0% -1.0%
3 months -19.9%-18.6%-15.7% +2.9%
6 months -0.2%-22.1%-29.7% +6.4%
Year to date +48.4%-17.7%+41.2% +11.4%
1 year +39.9%-18.3%+44.0% +13.1%
3 years +13.0%-32.7%+360.3% +79.4%
3 years, per year +4.1%-12.4%+66.4% +21.5%
5 years +16.6%-47.5%+223.4% +67.7%
5 years, per year +3.1%-12.1%+26.5% +10.9%
10 years +18.6%-37.7%+419.0% +255.2%
10 years, per year +1.7%-4.6%+17.9% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureKOPWYGLWSPY
Volatility, 1Y 35.4%27.5%74.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 36.3%25.5%75.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.950.233.01 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.13-0.670.59 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -58.8%-56.6%-51.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -23.2%-28.1%-51.6% -2.5%
52-week high $52.33$27.10$255.69 $779.14
52-week low $26.67$18.48$78.03 $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.

MultipleKOPWYGLW
P/E now vs peer median -8.8xmedian 21.5x 29.8xmedian 17.9x 56.1xmedian 21.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.4x 2.0xmedian 1.8x 6.3xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 44.5xmedian 12.4x 14.0xmedian 9.8x 27.9xmedian 12.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 5.5xmedian 15.5x -31.4xmedian 16.0x 44.5xmedian 15.5x
P/B now vs peer median 2.0xmedian 1.6x 1.5xmedian 1.8x 8.1xmedian 1.6x
PEG now vs peer median 0.19median 1.70 -2.49median 0.73 1.28median 1.70

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 monthsKOPWYGLW
Revenue $1.89B $6.85B $16.96B
Gross profit $423.40M $994.00M $6.17B
Operating income -$42.30M $844.00M $2.60B
Net income -$86.90M $472.00M $2.07B
Free cash flow $138.70M -$447.00M $2.40B
R&D – $5.00M $1.14B
EPS (diluted) $-4.54 $0.65 $2.17
Cash & equivalents $40.70M $527.00M $2.50B
Total debt $897.60M $5.43B $33.16B
Shares (diluted) 19.13M 721.90M 875.00M
Enterprise value $601.89M $12.43B $102.31B

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
MetricKOPWYGLW
P/E -8.8x 29.8x 56.1x
P/FCF 5.5x -31.4x 44.5x
P/Operating cash flow 4.0x 25.7x 27.2x
P/S 0.4x 2.0x 6.3x
P/B 2.0x 1.5x 8.1x
P/Tangible book 2.6x 1.5x 8.5x
EV/EBITDA 44.5x 14.0x 27.9x
EV/EBIT -38.2x 22.4x 43.3x
EV/Revenue 0.9x 2.8x 6.6x
EV/FCF 11.7x -42.4x 47.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 8.5x 34.6x 28.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.19 -2.49 1.28

Growth

14 metrics
MetricKOPWYGLW
Revenue growth (1Y) -5.0% -2.6% 19.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -3.5% -4.9% 8.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -0.3% -18.1% 24.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 2.9% -18.1% 15.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) -134.6% 46.5% 51.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -30.9% -12.1% 39.6%
Net income growth (1Y) -675.5% 69.2% 128.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -44.9% -12.4% 44.1%
EPS growth (1Y) -708.8% 69.7% 129.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -46.9% -12.0% 43.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 44.4% -40.4% 79.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 34.2% -26.0% 27.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 92.9% -263.1% 100.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 83.6% -36.0% 111.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricKOPWYGLW
Gross margin 22.4% 14.5% 36.4%
EBITDA margin 1.9% 19.8% 23.8%
Operating margin -2.2% 12.3% 15.3%
Pretax margin -5.2% 5.5% 14.2%
Net margin -4.6% 6.9% 11.2%
FCF margin 7.3% -6.5% 14.1%
Operating cash flow margin 10.1% 8.0% 23.1%
Return on equity -18.6% 5.0% 16.3%
Return on assets -4.8% 2.9% 6.5%
Return on invested capital -2.7% 5.7% 10.4%
Return on capital employed -2.8% 5.4% 10.0%
Asset turnover 1.1x 0.4x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -2.2x 1.2x 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 0.6% 2.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricKOPWYGLW
Debt / assets 52.1% 32.9% 25.7%
Debt / equity 2.3x 0.6x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 23.6x 3.6x 1.5x
Debt / FCF 6.5x -12.1x 3.5x
Liabilities / assets 77.5% 42.7% 60.2%
Equity / assets 22.5% 57.3% 39.8%
Interest coverage -0.7x 3.1x 7.3x
Current ratio 2.3x 1.8x 1.8x
Quick ratio 0.9x 1.0x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.6x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 1.95 1.95 4.89

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricKOPWYGLW
Dividend yield 0.9% 4.3% 0.9%
Net buyback yield 6.8% 0.4% -0.5%
Shareholder yield 7.7% 4.7% 0.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 128.2% 47.8%
Payout ratio (FCF) – -135.3% 41.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 1.9% -0.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -20.5% 0.9%

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.

ConsensusKOPWYGLW
Forward P/E 10.5xFY2026 69.6xFY2026 35.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.83FY2026 $0.28FY2026 $3.45FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -5.9%FY2026 +40.0%FY2026 +36.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +23.5% +107.1% +23.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.85BFY2026 $7.59BFY2026 $18.31BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -1.6%FY2026 +9.9%FY2026 +11.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +2.4% -2.0% +30.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersKOPWYGLW
Held by institutions 100.0% 90.2% 73.0%
Institutions holding 219 903 2,680
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.7% +2.1% +3.5%
Institutions buying 108 432 1,474
Institutions selling 66 318 949
Buyers to sellers 1.64 1.36 1.55

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.

KOPWYGLW
KOP 1.00 0.29 0.15
WY 0.29 1.00 -0.02
GLW 0.15 -0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, KOP, WY and GLW?

Corning (GLW) is the largest by market capitalisation: Koppers Holdings (KOP) $761.29M, Weyerhaeuser (WY) $14.12B, Corning (GLW) $109.74B.

Which stock is cheaper, KOP, WY and GLW?

Weyerhaeuser (WY) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Koppers Holdings (KOP) -8.8x, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 29.9x, Corning (GLW) 57.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Koppers Holdings (KOP) is cheapest (Koppers Holdings (KOP) 10.5x, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 69.6x, Corning (GLW) 35.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Corning (GLW) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Koppers Holdings (KOP) -5.0%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) -2.6%, Corning (GLW) +19.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Corning (GLW) has the highest net margin (Koppers Holdings (KOP) -4.6%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 6.9%, Corning (GLW) 11.2%). On return on invested capital, Corning (GLW) leads (Koppers Holdings (KOP) -2.7%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 5.7%, Corning (GLW) 10.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Corning (GLW) returned the most: Koppers Holdings (KOP) +39.9%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) -18.3%, Corning (GLW) +44.0%. Over five years, Corning (GLW) compounded fastest (Koppers Holdings (KOP) +3.1%/yr, Weyerhaeuser (WY) -12.1%/yr, Corning (GLW) +26.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Weyerhaeuser (WY) has the highest dividend yield: Koppers Holdings (KOP) 0.00%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 0.04%, Corning (GLW) 0.01%. Koppers Holdings (KOP) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Weyerhaeuser (WY) has been the steadiest (Koppers Holdings (KOP) 35.4%, Weyerhaeuser (WY) 27.5%, Corning (GLW) 74.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Corning (GLW) leads on 8. 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.