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Kronos Worldwide Inc

KRO
4.920USD
+0.120+2.50%
Close 10/31, 16:00ETQuotes delayed by 15 min
565.98MMarket Cap
8.38P/E TTM

Kronos Worldwide Inc

4.920
+0.120+2.50%
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison
TradingKey Stock Score
Overall Financial Health
Valuation Dimensions
Earnings Forecast
Price Momentum
Institutional Confidence
Risk Assessment
Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score of Kronos Worldwide Inc

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively stable. Its valuation is considered fairly valued,and institutional recognition is very high. Over the past 30 days, multiple analysts have rated the company as a Hold. Despite a weak stock market performance, the company shows strong fundamentals and technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Kronos Worldwide Inc's Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking
52 / 70
Overall Ranking
266 / 4618
Industry
Chemicals

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score
Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 2 analysts
Hold
Current Rating
6.750
Target Price
+40.63%
Upside Space
Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Kronos Worldwide Inc Highlights

StrengthsRisks
Kronos Worldwide, Inc. is a global producer and marketer of value-added titanium dioxide pigments, or TiO2, a base industrial product used in a wide range of applications. The Company, along with its distributors and agents, sells and provides technical services for its products. TiO2 is a white inorganic pigment used in applications, such as coatings, plastics and paper, as well as many specialty products such as inks, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. The Company offers its customers a broad portfolio of products that include over 50 different TiO 2 pigment grades under the KRONOS trademark, which provide a variety of performance properties to meet customers' specific requirements. The Company manufactures and sells iron-based chemicals, which are co-products and processed co-products of the sulfate and chloride process TiO2 pigment production. It also manufactures and sells other specialty chemicals, which are side-stream products from the production of TiO2.
Turnaround to Profit
The company's performance has turned profitable, with the latest annual net income of USD .
High Dividend
The company is a high dividend payer, with the latest dividend payout ratio of 64.04%.
Undervalued
The company’s latest PB is 0.67, at a low 3-year percentile range.
Institutional Selling
The latest institutional holdings are 19.57M shares, decreasing 9.58% quarter-over-quarter.
Held by HACAX
Star Investor HACAX holds 595.00 shares of this stock.
Higher Market Activity
The company has more investor interest, with a 20-day turnover ratio of 1.07.

Financial Health

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company's current financial score is 6.73, which is lower than the Chemicals industry's average of 7.35. Its financial status is weak, and its operating efficiency is average. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 494.40M, representing a year-over-year decrease of 1.22%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year decrease of 147.18%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.73
Change
0

Financials

5.56

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents
Total assets
Total liabilities
Free cash flow
No Data

Quality of Earnings

4.62

Operational Efficiency

7.60

Growth Potential

8.03

Shareholder Returns

7.82

Kronos Worldwide Inc's Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current valuation score is 8.52, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 7.47. Its current P/E ratio is 8.38, which is 10064.01% below the recent high of 851.97 and 866.33% above the recent low of -64.24.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
8.52
Change
0

Valuation Dimensions

P/E
P/B
P/S
P/CF
Industry Ranking 52/70
No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 6.00, which is lower than the Chemicals industry's average of 7.26. The average price target for Kronos Worldwide Inc is 6.75, with a high of 7.50 and a low of 6.00.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.00
Change
0

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 2 analysts
Hold
Current Rating
6.750
Target Price
+37.20%
Upside Space
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Sell
Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

21
Total
10
Median
12
Average
Company name
Ratings
Analysts
Kronos Worldwide Inc
KRO
2
Sherwin-Williams Co
SHW
29
Linde PLC
LIN
26
PPG Industries Inc
PPG
26
Air Products and Chemicals Inc
APD
25
Dow Inc
DOW
22
1
2
3
4

Financial Forecasting

EPS
Revenue
Net Profit
EBIT
No Data

Data disclaimer: Analyst ratings and target prices are provided by LSEG for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice.

Price Momentum

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current price momentum score is 6.43, which is lower than the Chemicals industry's average of 6.68. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 5.64 and the support level at 4.45, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
6.25
Change
0.18

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

The Indicators feature provides value and direction analysis for various instruments under a selection of technical indicators, together with a technical summary.

This feature includes nine of the commonly used technical indicators: MACD, RSI, KDJ, StochRSI, ATR, CCI, WR, TRIX and MA. You may also adjust the timeframe depending on your needs.

Please note that technical analysis is only part of investment reference, and there is no absolute standard for using numerical values to assess direction. The results are for reference only, and we are not responsible for the accuracy of the indicator calculations and summaries.

Indicators
Sell(2)
Neutral(4)
Buy(1)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MACD(12,26,9)
0.045
Neutral
RSI(14)
40.447
Neutral
STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)
32.005
Neutral
ATR(14)
0.219
Low Volatility
CCI(14)
-33.635
Neutral
Williams %R
71.795
Sell
TRIX(12,20)
-0.728
Sell
StochRSI(14)
67.144
Buy
Moving Average
Sell(5)
Neutral(0)
Buy(1)
Indicators
Value
Direction
MA5
4.932
Sell
MA10
4.873
Buy
MA20
5.073
Sell
MA50
5.670
Sell
MA100
5.872
Sell
MA200
6.885
Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 3.00, which is lower than the Chemicals industry's average of 6.91. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 17.01%, representing a quarter-over-quarter decrease of 82.72%. The largest institutional shareholder is The Vanguard, holding a total of 2.26M shares, representing 1.97% of shares outstanding, with 2.61% increase in holdings.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
3.00
Change
0

Institutional Shareholding

No Data

Shareholder Activity

Name
Shares Held
Chg %
Valhi Inc
57.99M
--
NLKW Holding, L.L.C.
35.22M
--
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P.
3.33M
+2.69%
Boston Partners
2.52M
+60.00%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Star Investors
2.26M
+0.88%
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.
1.39M
-4.28%
Neuberger Berman, LLC
869.97K
+24.18%
Renaissance Technologies LLC
Star Investors
641.53K
-15.86%
State Street Investment Management (US)
574.72K
+1.10%
Mellon Investments Corporation
546.86K
-1.63%
1
2

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated: 2025-10-31

The company’s current risk assessment score is 4.04, which is lower than the Chemicals industry's average of 5.83. The company's beta value is 1.06. This indicates that the stock tends to outperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences larger declines during downward trending markets.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score
4.04
Change
0
Beta vs S&P 500 index
1.06
VaR
+3.92%
240-Day Maximum Drawdown
+59.42%
240-Day Volatility
+46.87%

Return

Best Daily Return
60 days
+9.70%
120 days
+9.70%
5 years
+16.65%
Worst Daily Return
60 days
-7.93%
120 days
-7.93%
5 years
-19.06%
Sharpe Ratio
60 days
-0.52
120 days
-1.46
5 years
-0.25

Risk Assessment

Maximum Drawdown
240 days
+59.42%
3 years
+67.11%
5 years
+75.83%
Return-to-Drawdown Ratio
240 days
-0.95
3 years
-0.24
5 years
-0.18
Skewness
240 days
+0.63
3 years
+0.02
5 years
-0.03

Volatility

Realised Volatility
240 days
+46.87%
5 years
+40.79%
Standardised True Range
240 days
+5.92%
5 years
+7.87%
Downside Risk-Adjusted Return
120 days
-271.04%
240 days
-271.04%
Maximum Daily Upside Volatility
60 days
+38.45%
Maximum Daily Downside Volatility
60 days
+28.69%

Liquidity

Average Turnover Rate
60 days
+0.29%
120 days
+0.25%
5 years
--
Turnover Deviation
20 days
+106.85%
60 days
+43.87%
120 days
+25.58%

Peer Comparison

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8.16 /10
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8.12 /10
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