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.

7.39 0.01 −0.14%
Market cap
$851.7M
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
0.0×
Dividend yield
2.71%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
1.39
Beneish M
−2.51
Dividend safety
0/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 0.10
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — 1 — — — — —
Sell — — — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 81.36%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 851.72
Revenue 1,943.10
Net Income (109.40)
Free Cash Flow 40.20
Net Debt 540.50
Current Ratio 3.30 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.76
P/E ratio 0.00
Fwd P/E 0.00
P/S ratio 0.44
P/B ratio 1.13
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 141.67% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 53.75% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 11.06% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth (13.52%) (below 0%: weak)

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Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 12.50%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 17.73%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 29.19%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 67.77%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate 0.20
Annual Dividend Yield 2.71%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.20
0.05
0.05
0.05
2025 0.20
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
2024 0.48
0.19
0.19
0.05
0.05
2023 0.76
0.19
0.19
0.19
0.19
2022 0.76
0.19
0.19
0.19
0.19
2021 0.72
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.18
2020 0.72
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.18
2019 0.72
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.18
2018 0.68
0.17
0.17
0.17
0.17
2017 0.60
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
2016 0.60
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 197 110 37 29
Receivables 313 292 288 393
Inventory 565 657 629 498
Other — — — —
1,117 1,105 995 943
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 324 358 353 282
ST’ Debt — 78 — —
Other — — — —
371 477 369 286

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 3.26% 2.56% (1.24%)
Cash Flow (26.19%) (52.42%) (68.72%)
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value 4.98% (1.17%) (7.76%)

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 510 558 — — —
’25 490 494 457 418 1,859
’24 479 501 485 423 1,887
’23 426 443 397 400 1,667
’22 563 565 460 342 1,930
’21 465 479 500 496 1,939
’20 421 386 417 415 1,639
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (51) 53 — — —
’25 (102) 21 (8) 92 3
’24 (43) 38 28 49 73
’23 (110) 33 18 64 6
’22 (19) 68 10 23 82
’21 57 21 48 81 207
’20 (10) 28 38 46 103
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (61) 37 — — —
’25 (114) 10 (17) 82 (40)
’24 (48) 35 19 37 43
’23 (126) 16 (24) 59 (42)
’22 (33) 52 (4) 4 19
’21 46 11 33 58 148
’20 (25) 18 25 22 40
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (0.04) 0.13 — — —
’25 0.16 (0.08) (0.32) (0.72) (0.96)
’24 0.07 0.17 0.62 (0.12) 0.75
’23 (0.13) (0.07) (0.18) (0.05) (0.43)
’22 0.50 0.40 0.18 (0.18) 0.90
’21 0.17 0.22 0.31 0.28 0.98
’20 0.23 0.16 0.07 0.09 0.55
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 3.94 12.01 10.51 9.65 6.81 12.06 8.48 6.16 8.26 4.08

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
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)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

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%)

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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.

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