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Employees: 2,263
Size Kronos Worldwide (KRO) is a United States Materials company (Chemicals: Specialty) with a market value of $859M, the 2347th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $7.46 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 46.0%, against -21.8% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 2.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +6.3%); the operating margin is -0.8% (peer median 8.5%).
Valuation It trades at 11.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 26.1× (cheapest of 16).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 18% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +3%, so the hurdle is +15 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 9.3 points below its cost of capital (8.3% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 1.0% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 10 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.94B | $1.86B | $1.89B | $1.67B | $1.93B |
| Revenue growth | — | -1% | +13% | -14% | — |
| Gross profit | $233M | $217M | $375M | $165M | $391M |
| EBITDA | $51.1M | $33.2M | $202M | -$6.80M | $204M |
| Net income | -$109M | -$111M | $86.2M | -$49.1M | $104M |
| Free cash flow | $40.2M | -$40.4M | $33.7M | -$42.0M | $18.4M |
| Capital expenditure | $46.0M | $42.9M | $29.5M | $47.4M | $63.2M |
| Total debt | $589M | $577M | $528M | $463M | $446M |
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| Measure | KRO | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -4.6% | -15.3% | 5th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +46.0% | -21.8% | 2nd highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -7.7% | -43.9% | highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +2.7% | +6.3% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | -0.8% | 8.5% | 6th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 11.9× | 26.1× | cheapest of 16 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 17.6% | 19.9% | 5th least demanding of 10 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +2.6% | +4.9% | 3rd lowest of 10 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +15.0 pp | +7.9 pp | 5th most demanding of 10 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -9.3 pp | -3.9 pp | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 10.9× | 0.1× | most indebted of 8 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kronos Worldwide KRO | United States | $859M | +46% | +3% | -1% | 11.9× | 17.6% | +2.6% |
| Daqo New Energy Corp Sponsored ADR DQ | United States | $856M | -32% | -21% | -70% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shandong Head 002810.SZ | China | $855M | -38% | +16% | 21% | 14.2× | -1.6% | +7.9% |
| Hanking Gold International 3788.HK | Hong Kong | $862M | -26% | -19% | 8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Kingfa Science & Technology (India) KINGFA.NS | India | $849M | +20% | +24% | 14% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Alkyl Amines Chemicals ALKYLAMINE.NS | India | $849M | -9% | +13% | 17% | 37.4× | 36.2% | +4.3% |
| Sinosteel New Materials 002057.SZ | China | $849M | -22% | +13% | 9% | 12.3× | 12.4% | +13.5% |
| Zhejiang Wansheng 603010.SS | China | $872M | -25% | +19% | -26% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Fujian Yuanli Active Carbon 300174.SZ | China | $840M | -14% | +7% | 9% | 20.2× | 17.3% | +10.1% |
| China Petrochemical Development 1314.TW | Taiwan | $833M | -1% | -35% | -18% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| HuBei NengTer Technology 002102.SZ | China | $832M | -12% | -59% | -3% | 16.6× | n/a | n/a |
| TETRA Technologies TTI | United States | $891M | -39% | +6% | 7% | 19.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Shanxi Lu'an Chemical Technology 600691.SS | China | $827M | -31% | -14% | -8% | 232.0× | 27.2% | -11.2% |
| Sudarshan Chemical Industries SUDARSCHEM.NS | India | $893M | +10% | +90% | 4% | 28.9× | 27.0% | +39.5% |
| Zhejiang Zhengguang Industrial 301092.SZ | China | $823M | -1% | -5% | 13% | 53.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Boai NKY Medical 300109.SZ | China | $896M | -32% | -17% | 15% | 32.5× | 19.9% | +3.9% |
| Neo Performance Materials NEO.TO | Canada | $821M | -13% | +24% | 14% | 12.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Henan Jindan Lactic Acid Technology 300829.SZ | China | $900M | +52% | +5% | 3% | 26.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Xinhua Chemical 603867.SS | China | $817M | -27% | +7% | 10% | 16.1× | 12.8% | +4.9% |
| Jiangsu Aisen Semiconductor Material 688720.SS | China | $817M | -21% | +29% | 5% | 40.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Longkou Union Chemical 301209.SZ | China | $904M | -39% | -3% | 9% | 336.5× | 36.9% | +1.6% |