Kronos Worldwide, Inc.

KRO

$8.36

-1.07%

2026-09-04 09:50:51 EDT-$0.09

Basic Materials

Chemicals - Specialty

NYSE

Active Trading

Kronos Worldwide, Inc. stands as a prominent global producer and supplier of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigments, with operations spanning Europe, North America, ...

Financial Highlights of KRO

Profitability trend

Latest / TTM · 6 periods

Gross Margin

11.8%

Net Margin

-5.6%

P/E Ratio

-8.88x

n/a

Debt / Equity

0.78

n/a

Current Ratio

3.30

Dividend Yield

2.4%

Understanding

TTM —

Interest coverage is weak

Financial highlights

Latest / TTM · 6 periods

Snapshot

Latest / TTM: 2026-09-04

Gross Margin

11.8%

Net Margin

-5.6%

P/E Ratio

-8.88x

Debt / Equity

0.78

Profitability

Profitability table

Metric	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Gross MarginGross profit as a percentage of revenue.	23.0%	20.3%	9.9%	19.0%	11.5%	—
Operating MarginOperating income as a percentage of revenue.	9.6%	8.3%	-3.4%	6.5%	-2.3%	—
Net MarginNet income as a percentage of revenue.	5.8%	5.4%	-2.9%	4.6%	-6.0%	—
EBITDA MarginEBITDA divided by revenue.	11.9%	10.7%	-0.2%	13.6%	1.1%	—
Pre-tax MarginPre-tax profit as a percentage of revenue.	7.9%	6.9%	-4.4%	7.9%	-5.2%	—

Liquidity & leverage

Liquidity & leverage table

Metric	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Current RatioCurrent assets divided by current liabilities.	4.36	3.80	3.01	2.32	2.70	—
Quick RatioLiquid assets divided by current liabilities.	2.86	1.94	1.49	0.94	0.99	—
Cash RatioCash and equivalents divided by current liabilities.	1.41	1.00	0.53	0.22	0.10	—
Debt / AssetsDebt as a share of total assets.	23.4%	23.1%	25.2%	27.6%	31.8%	—
Debt / EquityDebt compared with shareholder equity.	0.54	0.47	0.57	0.65	0.77	—

Operating efficiency

Operating efficiency table

Metric	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Receivables TurnoverHow often receivables are collected in a year.	5.12x	7.57x	5.33x	6.47x	6.46x	—
Inventory TurnoverHow often inventory is sold in a year.	3.45x	2.53x	2.66x	2.33x	2.62x	—
Payables TurnoverHow often payables are paid in a year.	10.40x	8.69x	6.87x	6.57x	7.35x	—
Asset TurnoverRevenue generated per dollar of assets.	0.96x	1.00x	0.91x	0.99x	1.02x	—
Working Capital TurnoverRevenue generated per dollar of working capital.	2.01x	2.05x	2.01x	2.74x	2.96x	—

Valuation ratios

Valuation ratios table

Metric	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
P/E RatioPrice paid for each dollar of earnings.	15.32x	10.44x	-23.12x	13.00x	-4.60x	—
P/B RatioPrice paid for each dollar of book value.	1.99x	1.13x	1.42x	1.37x	0.68x	—
P/S RatioPrice paid for each dollar of sales.	0.89x	0.56x	0.69x	0.59x	0.27x	—
P/FCF RatioPrice paid for each dollar of free cash flow.	11.72x	58.69x	-27.31x	26.08x	-12.58x	—
Dividend YieldAnnual dividend divided by current share price.	4.8%	8.1%	7.6%	4.9%	4.5%	—

Upstream

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Downstream

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