KRO vs. TROX, KOP, TG, LYB, WLK, CBT, HWKN, MEOH, OLN, and IOSP
Should you be buying Kronos Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kronos Worldwide include Tronox (TROX), Koppers (KOP), Tredegar (TG), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Westlake (WLK), Cabot (CBT), Hawkins (HWKN), Methanex (MEOH), Olin (OLN), and Innospec (IOSP). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Kronos Worldwide vs. Its Competitors
Tronox (NYSE:TROX) and Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and dividends.
Kronos Worldwide has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tronox. Tronox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kronos Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tronox has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kronos Worldwide has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tronox pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. Kronos Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Tronox pays out -52.6% 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. Tronox is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Tronox presently has a consensus target price of $7.56, indicating a potential upside of 32.91%. Kronos Worldwide has a consensus target price of $7.75, indicating a potential upside of 19.88%. Given Tronox's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Tronox is more favorable than Kronos Worldwide.
73.4% of Tronox shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Tronox shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kronos Worldwide has a net margin of 5.07% compared to Tronox's net margin of -4.94%. Kronos Worldwide's return on equity of 11.71% beat Tronox's return on equity.
In the previous week, Tronox had 7 more articles in the media than Kronos Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Tronox and 0 mentions for Kronos Worldwide. Kronos Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Tronox's score of 0.09 indicating that Kronos Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Tronox beats Kronos Worldwide on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KRO) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
