NYSE:KRO - Kronos Worldwide Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Kronos Worldwide declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share on Thursday, March 12th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.15%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 2nd. View Kronos Worldwide's Dividend History.

Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:KRO) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 7th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.02. The specialty chemicals company earned $437.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $427.54 million. Kronos Worldwide had a return on equity of 11.94% and a net margin of 5.95%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 6.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.28 earnings per share. View Kronos Worldwide's Earnings History.

Kronos Worldwide is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, March 9th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Kronos Worldwide.

2 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Kronos Worldwide's shares. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $12.00. On average, they expect Kronos Worldwide's share price to reach $12.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kronos Worldwide.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kronos Worldwide in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 1 hold rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Kronos Worldwide.

News stories about KRO stock have trended somewhat positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kronos Worldwide earned a daily sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the specialty chemicals company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Kronos Worldwide.

Kronos Worldwide saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,020,000 shares, a drop of 32.3% from the January 15th total of 5,940,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 362,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 11.1 days. Currently, 18.2% of the company's stock are sold short. View Kronos Worldwide's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Kronos Worldwide investors own include CA (CA), Workday (WDAY), Micron Technology (MU), Applied Materials (AMAT), BlackRock (BLK), Endologix (ELGX), NVIDIA (NVDA), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Alibaba Group (BABA) and Baidu (BIDU).

Kronos Worldwide's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include LSV Asset Management (2.99%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.35%), Advisors Asset Management Inc. (1.02%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.93%), State Street Corp (0.55%) and Bank of America Corp DE (0.37%). Company insiders that own Kronos Worldwide stock include Andrew B Nace, Cecil H Moore Jr, Loretta J Feehan and Robert D Graham. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Kronos Worldwide.

KRO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, LSV Asset Management, Alliancebernstein L.P., Prudential Financial Inc., Alberta Investment Management Corp, Credit Suisse AG, Bank of America Corp DE and Zebra Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kronos Worldwide.

KRO stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Dean Capital Investments Management LLC, Algert Global LLC, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd and Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC. Company insiders that have bought Kronos Worldwide stock in the last two years include Andrew B Nace, Cecil H Moore Jr, Loretta J Feehan and Robert D Graham. View Insider Buying and Selling for Kronos Worldwide.

Shares of KRO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of KRO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.70.

Kronos Worldwide has a market capitalization of $1.35 billion and generates $1.66 billion in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $205 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.77 on an earnings per share basis. Kronos Worldwide employs 2,195 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Kronos Worldwide.

The official website for Kronos Worldwide is http://www.kronostio2.com/.

Kronos Worldwide's mailing address is 5430 LBJ FREEWAY SUITE 1700, DALLAS TX, 75240. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at 972-233-1700.