Kronos Worldwide - KRO Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kronos Worldwide in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" KRO shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in KRO, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Kronos Worldwide's stock. Their KRO share price forecasts range from $8.00 to $12.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $9.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.3% from the stock's current price.
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Kronos Worldwide's stock was trading at $9.40 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, KRO stock has decreased by 2.3% and is now trading at $9.18.
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Kronos Worldwide saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 2,330,000 shares, an increase of 22.0% from the February 13th total of 1,910,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 274,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.5 days. Approximately 10.6% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 3rd 2023.
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Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:KRO) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, March, 8th. The specialty chemicals company reported ($0.18) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.02) by $0.16. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $342.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $343.50 million. Kronos Worldwide had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.44% and a net margin of 5.41%.

Kronos Worldwide declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 22nd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 7th will be given a dividend of $0.19 per share on Thursday, March 16th. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 8.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 6th.
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Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO) pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 8.60%. KRO has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 84.45%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, KRO will have a dividend payout ratio of 73.79% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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2 employees have rated Kronos Worldwide Chief Executive Officer Steve Watson on Glassdoor.com. Steve Watson has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Steve Watson in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Kronos Worldwide trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KRO."

Kronos Worldwide's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.91%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.86%), Advisors Asset Management Inc. (0.81%), AQR Capital Management LLC (0.44%), NFJ Investment Group LLC (0.36%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (0.36%). Insiders that own company stock include Amy A Samford, Andrew B Nace, Bryan A Hanley and Corp Contran.
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Shares of KRO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of KRO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $9.18.

Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO) has a market capitalization of $1.06 billion and generates $1.93 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $104.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.90 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,266 workers across the globe.

Kronos Worldwide's mailing address is 5430 LBJ FREEWAY SUITE 1700, DALLAS TX, 75240. The official website for the company is www.kronostio2.com. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at (972) 233-1700 or via fax at 972-448-1445.