Kronos Worldwide (KRO)
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$11.25 USD
+0.20 (1.81%)
Updated Sep 4, 2024 04:00 PM ET
After-Market: $11.25 0.00 (0.00%) 7:58 PM ET
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Company Summary
Dallas, TX-based Kronos Worldwide, Inc. is a leading producer and marketer of TiO2, a white pigment for providing whiteness, brightness and opacity that is used in a broad range of products. TiO2 is a key component of applications such as coatings, plastics and paper, inks, food and cosmetics and is the biggest commercially used whitening pigment.
TiO2 is broadly considered to be superior to other white pigments mostly due to its opacity that is the ability to cover or mask other materials efficiently and effectively. It is developed and marketed based on specific end-use ...
Company Summary
Dallas, TX-based Kronos Worldwide, Inc. is a leading producer and marketer of TiO2, a white pigment for providing whiteness, brightness and opacity that is used in a broad range of products. TiO2 is a key component of applications such as coatings, plastics and paper, inks, food and cosmetics and is the biggest commercially used whitening pigment.
TiO2 is broadly considered to be superior to other white pigments mostly due to its opacity that is the ability to cover or mask other materials efficiently and effectively. It is developed and marketed based on specific end-use applications.
The company provides its customers a vast portfolio of products that include more than 40 different TiO2 pigment grades that offer a number of performance properties to address customers’ specific needs. Its major customers include domestic and international paint, plastics, decorative laminate and paper makers.
For coatings, TiO2 is used to provide opacity, durability, tinting strength and brightness in industrial coatings, and coatings for commercial and residential interiors and exteriors, automobiles, aircraft, machines, appliances and traffic paint, among others. For plastics, TiO2 improves the optical and physical properties of plastics, including whiteness and opacity. The company’s TiO2 is also used in the production of several types of paper including laminate paper and filled paper.
Kronos Worldwide is among the top six producers of TiO2 globally. It produced 401,000 metric tons of TiO2 in 2023. The company’s average production capacity utilization rates was 72% in 2023.
Kronos Worldwide along with its distributors and agents market and provide technical services for its products in about 100 countries. The company’s primary markets are North America (16% market share in 2023) and Europe (12%). Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and Rest of the World accounted for 44%, 41%, 9% and 6% of its TiO2 sales volumes in 2023. Coatings, plastics, paper and other accounted for 57%, 30%, 9% and 4% of sales volumes last year.
Roughly 50% of the company’s common stock was owned by Valhi, Inc. (VHI) and around 31% was owned by a fully-owned subsidiary of NL Industries, Inc. (NL) at the end of 2022.
General Information
Kronos Worldwide Inc
5430 LBJ FREEWAY SUITE 1700
DALLAS, TX 75240
Phone: 972-233-1700
Fax: 972-448-1445
Web: http://www.kronostio2.com
Email: NA
Industry | Chemical - Diversified |
Sector | Basic Materials |
Fiscal Year End | December |
Last Reported Quarter | 6/30/2024 |
Exp Earnings Date | 11/7/2024 |
EPS Information
Current Quarter EPS Consensus Estimate | 0.34 |
Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate | 0.88 |
Estimated Long-Term EPS Growth Rate | NA |
Exp Earnings Date | 11/7/2024 |
Price and Volume Information
Zacks Rank | ![]() |
Yesterday's Close | 11.05 |
52 Week High | 14.50 |
52 Week Low | 6.16 |
Beta | 1.15 |
20 Day Moving Average | 186,365.95 |
Target Price Consensus | 11.67 |
4 Week | 4.94 |
12 Week | -17.78 |
YTD | 11.17 |
4 Week | -0.55 |
12 Week | -20.07 |
YTD | -4.10 |
Shares Outstanding (millions) | 115.04 |
Market Capitalization (millions) | 1,271.15 |
Short Ratio | NA |
Last Split Date | 5/23/2011 |
Dividend Yield | 6.88% |
Annual Dividend | $0.76 |
Payout Ratio | 76.00 |
Change in Payout Ratio | 70.23 |
Last Dividend Payout / Amount | 6/10/2024 / $NA |
Fundamental Ratios
P/E (F1) | 12.53 |
Trailing 12 Months | 1,105.00 |
PEG Ratio | NA |
vs. Previous Year | 342.86% |
vs. Previous Quarter | 142.86% |
vs. Previous Year | 12.93% |
vs. Previous Quarter | 4.53% |
Price/Book | 1.64 |
Price/Cash Flow | 317.76 |
Price / Sales | 0.72 |
6/30/24 | 0.24 |
3/31/24 | -3.13 |
12/31/23 | -5.73 |
6/30/24 | 0.11 |
3/31/24 | -1.47 |
12/31/23 | -2.74 |
6/30/24 | 3.61 |
3/31/24 | 3.68 |
12/31/23 | 3.01 |
6/30/24 | 1.98 |
3/31/24 | 1.90 |
12/31/23 | 1.49 |
6/30/24 | 0.11 |
3/31/24 | -1.50 |
12/31/23 | -2.95 |
6/30/24 | 0.11 |
3/31/24 | -1.50 |
12/31/23 | -2.95 |
6/30/24 | 0.06 |
3/31/24 | -2.28 |
12/31/23 | -4.37 |
6/30/24 | 6.73 |
3/31/24 | 6.73 |
12/31/23 | 7.03 |
6/30/24 | 3.05 |
3/31/24 | 2.91 |
12/31/23 | 2.71 |
6/30/24 | 0.55 |
3/31/24 | 0.58 |
12/31/23 | 0.57 |
6/30/24 | 35.36 |
3/31/24 | 36.52 |
12/31/23 | 36.24 |