Kronos Worldwide, Inc.
$8.47-2.1%1Y+37.5%
Mentions · last 7 days
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Price updated 19h ago·X counts updated 18h ago
AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Today's AI verdict on what's driving $KRO, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.
What it does
Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.
Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Where Chemicals - Specialty sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $KRO.
Chemicals - Specialty
No material change from last week — lithium price recovery as EV battery demand growth slowly rebalances Atacama supply gluts, and US government rare earth/critical mineral investment ($725M..
Industry benchmark
14-name peer basket
+32.3%YTD
+65.3%1Y
Fundamentals & catalyst
Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.
Key ratios
P/E
-8.6How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.ROIC
-1.9%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.Op margin
-1.4%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.FCF yield
7.2%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).P/S
0.5Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.ROE
-14.3%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.Gross margin
11.8%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.D/E
0.8Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.Past earnings
QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 5, 2026$0.13$0.07+85.7%
Q1 2026May 6, 2026$-0.04$-0.33+87.9%
Q4 2025Mar 9, 2026$-0.72$-0.26-176.9%
Q3 2025Nov 6, 2025$-0.18$-0.06-200.0%
Next earningsThu, Nov 5·consensus EPS $0.07
Quarterly trend
QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$558.1M+12.9%18.4%6.7%$0.13$63.5M
Q1 FY26$509.8M+4.1%16.3%3.5%$-0.04$-61.5M
Q4 FY25$418.3M-1.1%-0.9%-15.6%$-0.72$83.4M
Q3 FY25$456.9M-5.7%10.3%-3.8%$-0.32$-17.4M
Forward consensus
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$2.0B$1.9B – $2.0B-$0.09-$0.09 – -$0.091
FY27$2.2B$2.2B – $2.2B$0.28$0.27 – $0.281
FY28$2.2B$2.2B – $2.2B$0.45$0.44 – $0.462
Setup & momentum
Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.
Right now
Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.8×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.91%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+26.0%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+41.3%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.
Float & profile
FloatLow float · 21.5M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.7% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.005-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.
Insider activity
Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.
SEC filings
Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.
Recent material filings
8-KPress release / Reg FDAug 58-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary
8-KShareholder voteMay 138-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
8-KOfficer or director changeFeb 258-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
+ 8 other (2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 proxys · 1 ARS) in window
Recent news
Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.
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