Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
Kronos Worldwide, Inc. KRO
$7.78 +1.97% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $895.1M
Strong trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-0.95, down 261.3% year over year.
- Net debt is 51.1× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Operating margin narrowed to -1.4% from 6.0% a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 38%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 7%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 50%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 30%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 28%
- Gross marginBottom 20%
- Operating marginBottom 22%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 18%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 2%
- Interest coverBottom 23%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 17%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 19%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 24%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 11%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 16%
- 6-month returnTop 19%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 18%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 19%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 25%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 32%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 3%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 13%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 10%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 24%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 28%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 2%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -1.0% | 2.7% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -238.3% | -261.3% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 18.9% | 11.8% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 6.0% | -1.4% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -2.6% | 3.5% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 2.7% | -1.0% | ↑ | Bottom 38% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -261.3% | -238.3% | ↓ | Bottom 7% |
| Gross margin | 11.8% | 18.9% | ↓ | Bottom 20% |
| Operating margin | -1.4% | 6.0% | ↓ | Bottom 22% |
| Net margin | -5.6% | 3.6% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.5% | -2.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -1.8% | — | Bottom 28% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -1.2% | — | Bottom 50% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -11.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +10.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 51.09×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -0.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 2.57%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.57%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.0%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $8.50
- Target vs current price
- +9.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 7
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 14%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +85.7% | -0.5% | +34.1% | +34.6% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +87.9% | -2.9% | -10.4% | -9.4% | -22.8% |
| Mar 9, 2026 | -176.9% | +2.5% | -2.5% | +18.9% | +36.7% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -433.3% | -0.2% | +2.3% | +1.1% | +24.5% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -161.5% | -1.5% | +0.7% | +9.6% | -10.7% |
| May 7, 2025 | -5.9% | -1.5% | +2.4% | -11.1% | -30.2% |
| Mar 6, 2025 | -163.2% | -0.2% | -11.8% | -13.4% | -26.1% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | +82.4% | +8.9% | -4.0% | -13.8% | -19.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.13 | $0.07 | +85.7% | $558.1M |
| May 6, 2026 | -$0.04 | -$0.33 | +87.9% | $509.8M |
| Mar 9, 2026 | -$0.72 | -$0.26 | -176.9% | $418.3M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -$0.32 | -$0.06 | -433.3% | $456.9M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -$0.08 | $0.13 | -161.5% | $494.4M |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.16 | $0.17 | -5.9% | $489.8M |
| Mar 6, 2025 | -$0.12 | $0.19 | -163.2% | $423.1M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.62 | $0.34 | +82.4% | $484.7M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 19.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 132.5× | — | — | Bottom 24% |
| EV / Sales | 0.75× | — | — | Top 11% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.60% | — | — | Top 19% |
| Earnings yield | -12.23% | — | — | Bottom 17% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.9× – 32.9× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +39.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -261.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -72.0%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 135
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +9.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -1.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +17.9%
- RSI (14)
- 44.1
- Relative volume
- 0.79×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 79.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 99th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.35
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.35
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -12.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -70.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2022 | Nov 20, 2025 | -77.9% | 871 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 5, 2021 | Sep 21, 2021 | -33.3% | 96 days | 170 days (May 24, 2022) |
| Jan 6, 2021 | Feb 18, 2021 | -13.1% | 29 days | 36 days (Apr 12, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $895.1M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.95
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.94B
- Dividend yield
- 2.57%
- 52-week range
- $4.08 – $9.17
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.94B | $1.93B | $1.67B | $1.89B | $1.86B |
| Gross profit | $446.2M | $391.1M | $164.9M | $359.3M | $213.0M |
| Operating income | $187.1M | $159.6M | -$56.0M | $122.9M | -$41.9M |
| Net income | $112.9M | $104.5M | -$49.1M | $86.2M | -$110.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.98 | $0.90 | -$0.43 | $0.75 | -$0.96 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $484.7M | $423.1M | $489.8M | $494.4M | $456.9M | $418.3M | $509.8M | $558.1M |
| Net income | $71.8M | -$13.2M | $18.1M | -$9.2M | -$37.0M | -$82.8M | -$4.8M | $15.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.62 | -$0.11 | $0.16 | -$0.08 | -$0.32 | -$0.72 | -$0.04 | $0.13 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $206.5M | $81.7M | $5.5M | $72.5M | $2.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$58.6M | -$63.2M | -$47.4M | -$29.5M | -$42.9M |
| Free cash flow | $147.9M | $18.5M | -$41.9M | $43.0M | -$40.4M |
| Dividends paid | -$83.2M | -$87.8M | -$87.5M | -$55.2M | -$23.0M |
| Net share buybacks | -$200,000 | -$2.3M | -$2.9M | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $26.6M
- Total assets
- $1.74B
- Total liabilities
- $993.0M
- Total debt
- $588.6M
- Net debt
- $562.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $751.0M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | $0.05 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| Jun 4, 2026 | $0.05 | Jun 18, 2026 |
| Mar 10, 2026 | $0.05 | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Nov 21, 2025 | $0.05 | Dec 11, 2025 |
| Sep 5, 2025 | $0.05 | Sep 18, 2025 |
| Jun 9, 2025 | $0.05 | Jun 18, 2025 |
| Mar 11, 2025 | $0.05 | Mar 20, 2025 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | $0.05 | Dec 12, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,079,765
- Days to cover
- 2.42
- Change vs previous report
- +0.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- May 23, 2011
- 2-for-1