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Kronos Worldwide Inc
KRO Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals
Kronos Worldwide Inc’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.9 billion, down 1.47% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 12.9%, EPS grew 262.5%, free cash flow grew 291.6% and total debt fell 3.34%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Insiders bought in the last twelve months.
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| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 3.94 | 12.01 | 10.51 | 9.65 | 6.81 | 12.06 | 8.48 | 6.16 | 8.26 | 4.08 |
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| High | 12.68 | 29.49 | 29.15 | 16.13 | 15.39 | 18.41 | 19.78 | 12.01 | 14.50 | 10.12 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 2,260 | 2,245 | 2,195 | 2,200 | 2,242 | 2,248 | 2,266 | 2,196 | 2,524 | 2,263 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.60 | 0.77 | 0.76 | 0.79 | 0.73 | 0.86 | 0.85 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.82 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 1,364 | 1,729 | 1,662 | 1,731 | 1,639 | 1,939 | 1,930 | 1,667 | 1,887 | 1,859 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 19.40 | 32.95 | 33.83 | 22.31 | 21.43 | 23.01 | 20.26 | 9.89 | 19.04 | 11.46 | |||||
| EBT | 61 | 306 | 294 | 121 | 80 | 153 | 134 | (73) | 150 | (97) | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 4.49 | 17.68 | 17.68 | 7.00 | 4.88 | 7.91 | 6.94 | (4.37) | 7.93 | (5.24) | |||||
| Net income | 43 | 355 | 205 | 87 | 64 | 113 | 105 | (49) | 86 | (111) | |||||
| Depreciation | 41 | 41 | 50 | 55 | 65 | 58 | 56 | 53 | 64 | 65 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 11.77 | 14.92 | 14.34 | 14.95 | 14.18 | 16.79 | 16.71 | 14.48 | 16.41 | 16.17 | ||||
| Earnings | 0.37 | 3.06 | 1.77 | 0.75 | 0.55 | 0.98 | 0.90 | (0.43) | 0.75 | (0.96) | |||||
| Cash flow | 0.77 | 2.38 | 1.63 | 1.38 | 0.89 | 1.79 | 0.71 | 0.05 | 0.63 | 0.02 | |||||
| Capex | (0.46) | (0.55) | (0.49) | (0.48) | (0.54) | (0.51) | (0.55) | (0.41) | (0.26) | (0.37) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 0.32 | 1.83 | 1.14 | 0.91 | 0.34 | 1.28 | 0.16 | (0.36) | 0.37 | (0.35) | |||||
| Book value | 3.41 | 6.51 | 7.25 | 7.05 | 6.89 | 7.53 | 8.29 | 7.02 | 7.10 | 6.53 | |||||
| Shares, m | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 115 | 115 | 115 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 32.27 | 8.60 | 6.51 | 17.87 | 27.11 | 15.32 | 10.76 | 0.00 | 13.18 | 0.00 | ||||
| P/S | 1.03 | 1.77 | 0.80 | 0.90 | 1.05 | 0.89 | 0.58 | 0.68 | 0.59 | 0.27 | |||||
| P/B | 3.55 | 4.05 | 1.59 | 1.90 | 2.16 | 1.99 | 1.17 | 1.39 | 1.37 | 0.68 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 1.24 | 1.90 | 0.89 | 0.96 | 1.16 | 0.94 | 0.65 | 0.83 | 0.80 | 0.60 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 46.12 | 15.48 | 11.15 | 15.79 | 47.97 | 12.32 | 67.40 | (18.34) | 35.32 | (27.64) | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 90 | 276 | 189 | 160 | 103 | 207 | 82 | 6 | 73 | 3 | ||||
| Capex | (53) | (64) | (56) | (55) | (63) | (59) | (63) | (47) | (29) | (43) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 37 | 212 | 132 | 105 | 40 | 148 | 19 | (42) | 43 | (40) | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 468 | 831 | 968 | 949 | 958 | 969 | 916 | 747 | 629 | 626 | ||||
| Total debt | 339 | 545 | 513 | 502 | 538 | 496 | 459 | 460 | 507 | 557 | |||||
| Net debt | 287 | 221 | 139 | 110 | 181 | 88 | 129 | 263 | 397 | 520 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 395 | 754 | 840 | 816 | 797 | 870 | 957 | 808 | 817 | 751 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 3.58 | 23.60 | 11.01 | 4.51 | 3.19 | 5.58 | 5.29 | (2.60) | 4.60 | (5.95) | ||||
| ROIC | 8.52 | 22.29 | 21.09 | 9.84 | 7.43 | 12.21 | 9.18 | (3.27) | 6.33 | (1.79) | |||||
| ROE | 10.11 | 61.69 | 25.72 | 10.52 | 7.93 | 13.55 | 11.44 | (5.56) | 10.61 | (14.14) | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
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Kronos Worldwide Inc vs peers in Specialty Chemicals (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTX Minerals Technologies Inc. | $2.0B | — (loss-making) | 12.4× | +3.69% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +5.92% (above 0%: growing) | 24.40% | (40.17%) | Compare |
| CC The Chemours Company | $1.9B | — (loss-making) | 16.9× | −1.49% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | +128.00% (above 0%: growing) | 17.98% | (13.39%) | Compare |
| SCL Stepan Company | $1.4B | — (loss-making) | 2,564× | +15.04% (above 0%: growing) | +100.00% (above 0%: growing) | −4.42% (below 0%: shrinking) | 14.61% | 5.44% | Compare |
| ECVT Ecovyst Inc. | $1.1B | — (loss-making) | 18.2× | +41.97% (above 0%: growing) | +40.00% (above 0%: growing) | −66.55% (below 0%: shrinking) | 19.94% | 7.75% | Compare |
| ODC Oil-Dri Corporation Of America | $1.1B | 18.3× | 37.5× | +3.26% (above 0%: growing) | +8.03% (above 0%: growing) | −20.76% (below 0%: shrinking) | 27.83% | 14.11% | Compare |
| KRO Kronos Worldwide Inc | $851.7M | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +12.88% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +291.58% (above 0%: growing) | 18.42% | 6.74% | |
| KOP Koppers Holdings Inc. | $821.5M | — (loss-making) | 583× | +3.03% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −2.84% (below 0%: shrinking) | 20.96% | (31.92%) | Compare |
| LWLG Lightwave Logic Inc. | $647.5M | — (loss-making) | — | +28.13% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −79.80% (below 0%: shrinking) | 100.00% | (22,161.89%) | Compare |
| MATV Mativ Holdings, Inc. | $644.1M | 6.9× | — (loss-making) | +1.22% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +19.37% (above 0%: growing) | 21.31% | 6.64% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $1.1B | — | 27.9× | +3.48% | +40.00% | −3.63% | 21.14% | (3.97%) |
Kronos Worldwide Inc (KRO) key facts
- Concern: Kronos Worldwide Inc’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.9 billion, down 1.47% from fiscal 2024.
- Kronos Worldwide Inc (KRO) is a Specialty Chemicals company in the Basic Materials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- As of October 16, 2026, KRO traded at $7.39, a market capitalization of $851.7 million.
- Kronos Worldwide Inc pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share, a yield of 2.71%.
- Return on equity was −14.1% and debt-to-equity 0.76.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.39 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.