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Kronos Worldwide, Inc (NYSE: KRO) closed the day trading at $6.01 down -2.44% from the previous closing price of $6.16. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.44 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.52 million shares were traded. KRO stock price reached its highest trading level at $6.2587 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $5.92.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of KRO, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.04 and its Current Ratio is at 2.79. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.72 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.61.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Goldman on October 13, 2022, initiated with a Sell rating and assigned the stock a target price of $9.
Barclays reiterated its Underweight rating for the stock on March 14, 2017, while the target price for the stock was revised from $7 to $12.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 13 ’25 when NACE ANDREW B bought 3,000 shares for $5.83 per share. The transaction valued at 17,500 led to the insider holds 19,453 shares of the business.
Hanley Bryan A. bought 2,500 shares of KRO for $12,250 on Aug 11 ’25. The Senior VP and Treasurer now owns 6,000 shares after completing the transaction at $4.90 per share. On Aug 11 ’25, another insider, Reichert Bart W, who serves as the Vice President, Internal Audit of the company, bought 20,000 shares for $4.96 each. As a result, the insider paid 99,200 and bolstered with 20,000 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, KRO now has a Market Capitalization of 691468544 and an Enterprise Value of 1283169280. As of this moment, Kronos’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 10.24, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 6.44. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.64. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.37 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.82. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.678 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.697.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for KRO is 1.04, which has changed by -0.4741907 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15005577 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, KRO has reached a high of $12.98, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $4.70. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.71%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -26.84%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, KRO traded about 290.84K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, KRO traded about 564340 shares per day. A total of 115.05M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 21.48M. Insiders hold about 81.31% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 16.59% stake in the company. Shares short for KRO as of 1753920000 were 1460161 with a Short Ratio of 5.02, compared to 1751241600 on 1301832. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1460161 and a Short% of Float of 6.77.
Dividends & Splits
KRO’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.20, up from 0.2 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.032467533The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 6.07. The current Payout Ratio is 64.03% for KRO, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-06-09 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-09-05. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2011-05-23 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The stock of Kronos Worldwide, Inc (KRO) is currently being evaluated by 2.0 analysts who are actively contributing to its market rating.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.13, with high estimates of $0.17 and low estimates of $0.1.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.68 and $0.53 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.6. EPS for the following year is $0.93, with 2.0 analysts recommending between $1.01 and $0.86.
Revenue Estimates
2 analysts predict $522.19M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $560.01M to a low estimate of $484.36M. As of the current estimate, Kronos Worldwide, Inc’s year-ago sales were $484.7MFor the next quarter, 2 analysts are estimating revenue of $459.84M. There is a high estimate of $497.72M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $421.95M.
A total of 2 analysts have provided revenue estimates for KRO’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.06B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1.9B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $1.98B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $1.89BBased on 2 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $2.19B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $2.31B and the low estimate is $2.08B.
