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Kronos Worldwide Inc

KRO

6.140USD

+0.110+1.82%

Close 09/15, 16:00（ET）Quotes delayed by 15 min

706.32MMarket Cap

10.46P/E TTM

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Kronos Worldwide Inc

6.140

+0.110+1.82%

Overview Company Financials Analysis

TradingKey Stock Score

Overall Financial Health

Valuation Dimensions

Earnings Forecast

Price Momentum

Institutional Confidence

Risk Assessment

Peer Comparison

TradingKey Stock Score

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-12

Key Insights

The company's fundamentals are relatively stable. Its valuation is considered undervalued,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 technicals. The stock price is trading sideways between the support and resistance levels, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Industry Ranking

43 / 72

Overall Ranking

215 / 4724

Industry

Chemicals

Support & Resistance

No Data

Score Analysis

Current score

Previous score

Analyst Rating

Based on 2 analysts

Hold

Current Rating

8.000

Target Price

+32.67%

Upside Space

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

Company 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 86.20M.%!(EXTRA int=2)

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 0.82, at a low 3-year percentile range.

Institutional Selling

The latest institutional holdings are 113.26M shares, decreasing 1.58% quarter-over-quarter.

Held by The Vanguard

Star Investor The Vanguard holds 2.26M 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：2025-09-12

The company's current financial score is 5.91, which is lower than the Chemicals industry's average of 6.99. Its financial status is weak, and its operating efficiency is average. Its latest quarterly revenue reached 489.80M, representing a year-over-year increase of 2.30%, while its net profit experienced a year-over-year increase of 123.46%.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

5.91

Change

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Financials

5.86

Key Metrics

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Total liabilities

Free cash flow

No Data

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Quality of Earnings

3.87

Key Metrics

Total revenue

Operating profit

Total assets

SG&A

No Data

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Operational Efficiency

7.45

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Income after tax

No Data

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Growth Potential

7.23

Key Metrics

Cash flow from operating activities

Total revenue

No Data

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Shareholder Returns

5.15

Key Metrics

Free cash flow

No Data

Company Valuation

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-12

The company’s current valuation score is 1.80, which is lower than the Chemicals industry's average of 2.55. Its current P/E ratio is 10.63, which is -3.61% below the recent high of 10.25 and 22.75% above the recent low of 8.21.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

4.60

Change

Valuation Dimensions

P/E

P/B

P/S

P/CF

Industry Ranking 43/72

No Data

Earnings Forecast

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-12

The company’s current earnings forecast score is 6.00, which is lower than the Chemicals industry's average of 7.30. The average price target for Kronos Worldwide Inc is 8.00, with a high of 8.50 and a low of 7.50.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

6.00

Change

Support & Resistance

No Data

Analyst Rating

Based on 2 analysts

Hold

Current Rating

8.000

Target Price

+32.67%

Upside Space

Strong Buy

Buy

Hold

Sell

Strong Sell

Peer Comparison

Total

Median

Average

Company name

Ratings

Analysts

Kronos Worldwide Inc

KRO

Sherwin-Williams Co

SHW

Linde PLC

LIN

PPG Industries Inc

PPG

Air Products and Chemicals Inc

APD

Dow Inc

DOW

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：2025-09-12

The company’s current price momentum score is 9.17, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 8.17. Sideways: Currently, the stock price is trading between the resistance level at 6.95 and the support level at 5.11, making it suitable for range-bound swing trading.

Score

Industry at a Glance

Previous score

8.43

Change

-2.29

Support & Resistance

No Data

Indicators

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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(3)

Neutral(3)

Buy(1)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MACD(12,26,9)

-0.031

Neutral

RSI(14)

50.243

Neutral

STOCH(KDJ)(9,3,3)

41.462

Sell

ATR(14)

0.256

High Vlolatility

CCI(14)

-75.820

Neutral

Williams %R

61.592

Sell

TRIX(12,20)

0.259

Sell

StochRSI(14)

42.035

Buy

Moving Average

Sell(5)

Neutral(0)

Buy(1)

Indicators

Value

Direction

MA5

6.202

Sell

MA10

6.200

Sell

MA20

6.223

Sell

MA50

6.057

Buy

MA100

6.435

Sell

MA200

7.671

Sell

Institutional Confidence

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-12

The company’s current institutional recognition score is 10.00, which is higher than the Chemicals industry's average of 7.92. The latest institutional shareholding proportion is 98.44%, representing a quarter-over-quarter increase of 0.22%. 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

10.00

Change

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.

3.24M

+2.47%

Boston Partners

1.58M

+11.60%

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

Star Investors

2.24M

+1.73%

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

1.46M

-1.20%

Neuberger Berman, LLC

700.55K

+17.67%

Renaissance Technologies LLC

Star Investors

762.43K

+3.84%

State Street Global Advisors (US)

568.45K

-2.18%

Mellon Investments Corporation

555.94K

-3.55%

Risk Assessment

Currency: USD Updated：2025-09-12

The U.S. Dollar Index is currently in a neutral state, which has a neutral effect on the Chemicals export-driven industry. The Dollar Index (DXY) measures the value of the U.S. dollar against a basket of major currencies, including the euro, yen, pound sterling, Canadian dollar, Swedish krona, and Swiss franc. The company’s current risk assessment score is 3.15, which is lower than the Chemicals industry's average of 4.12. The company's beta value is 1.03. This indicates that the stock tends to outperform the index during upward trending markets but experiences larger declines during downward trending markets.