Kronos Worldwide (KRO) Competitors

Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) and Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HWKN or KRO?

Kronos Worldwide received 78 more outperform votes than Hawkins when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.24% of users gave Hawkins an outperform vote while only 57.81% of users gave Kronos Worldwide an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hawkins	Outperform Votes 218 59.24%	Underperform Votes 150 40.76%
Kronos Worldwide	Outperform Votes 296 57.81%	Underperform Votes 216 42.19%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HWKN or KRO?

69.7% of Hawkins shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Hawkins shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer HWKN or KRO?

Hawkins presently has a consensus price target of $142.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.20%. Kronos Worldwide has a consensus price target of $11.17, indicating a potential upside of 67.42%. Given Kronos Worldwide's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kronos Worldwide is more favorable than Hawkins.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hawkins	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Kronos Worldwide	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Is HWKN or KRO a better dividend stock?

Hawkins pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Kronos Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Hawkins pays out 17.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kronos Worldwide pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Hawkins has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years.

Is HWKN or KRO more profitable?

Hawkins has a net margin of 8.60% compared to Kronos Worldwide's net margin of 5.05%. Hawkins' return on equity of 18.95% beat Kronos Worldwide's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hawkins	8.60%	18.95%	11.87%
Kronos Worldwide	5.05%	11.74%	5.30%

Which has better valuation and earnings, HWKN or KRO?

Hawkins has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kronos Worldwide. Kronos Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawkins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hawkins	$974.43M	2.71	$75.36M	$4.04	31.44
Kronos Worldwide	$1.90B	0.40	-$49.10M	$0.83	8.04

Which has more volatility and risk, HWKN or KRO?

Hawkins has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kronos Worldwide has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor HWKN or KRO?

In the previous week, Hawkins had 15 more articles in the media than Kronos Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Hawkins and 2 mentions for Kronos Worldwide. Hawkins' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Kronos Worldwide's score of 0.68 indicating that Hawkins is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hawkins	6 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kronos Worldwide	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Hawkins beats Kronos Worldwide on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.