Kronos Worldwide is a specialty chemicals business based in the US. Kronos Worldwide shares (KRO) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Kronos Worldwide employs 2,196 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.7 billion.
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| Latest market close | $11.77 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $5.82 - $14.37 |
| 50-day moving average | $13.04 |
| 200-day moving average | $10.32 |
| Wall St. target price | $11.67 |
| PE ratio | N/A |
| Dividend yield | $0.76 (1.8%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $-0.23 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $11.77 from 2024-07-23
| 1 week (2024-07-18) | 6.81% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-06-25) | -7.61% |
| 3 months (2024-04-25) | 3.61% |
| 6 months (2024-01-25) | 21.59% |
| 1 year (2023-07-25) | 22.86% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-07-22) | -31.49% |
| 3 years (2021-07-23) | 13.7 |
| 5 years (2019-07-25) | 12.245 |
Valuing Kronos Worldwide stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Kronos Worldwide's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Kronos Worldwide's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $26.5 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Kronos Worldwide's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $1.7 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 2.8% |
| Gross profit TTM | $391.1 million |
| Return on assets TTM | -0.72% |
| Return on equity TTM | -3.06% |
| Profit margin | -1.5% |
| Book value | $6.73 |
| Market Capitalization | $1.3 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
We're not expecting Kronos Worldwide to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Kronos Worldwide's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 22 May 2011. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Kronos Worldwide shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Kronos Worldwide shares which in turn could have impacted Kronos Worldwide's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Kronos Worldwide's shares have ranged in value from as little as $5.8178 up to $14.37. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Kronos Worldwide's is 1.164. This would suggest that Kronos Worldwide's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Kronos Worldwide, Inc. produces and markets titanium dioxide pigments (TiO2) in Europe, North America, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company produces TiO2 in two crystalline forms, rutile and anatase to impart whiteness, brightness, opacity, and durability for various products, including paints, coatings, plastics, paper, fibers, and ceramics, as well as for various specialty products, such as inks, foods, and cosmetics. It also produces ilmenite, a raw material used directly as a feedstock by sulfate-process TiO2 plants; iron-based chemicals, which are used as treatment and conditioning agents for industrial effluents and municipal wastewater, as well as in the manufacture of iron pigments, cement, and agricultural products; specialty chemicals for use in the formulation of pearlescent pigments, and production of electroceramic capacitors for cell phones and other electronic devices, as well as for use in natural gas pipe, and other specialty applications. In addition, the company provides technical services for its products. It sells its products under the KRONOS brand through agents and distributors to paint, plastics, decorative laminate, and paper manufacturers. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
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