A new trading day began on Friday, with Kronos Worldwide, Inc (NYSE: KRO) stock price down -6.78% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $4.72. KRO’s price has ranged from $4.61 to $12.92 over the past 52 weeks.
During the last 5-year period, the sales drop of Basic Materials Sector giant was -0.07%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -104.00%. With a float of $21.47 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $115.05 million.
Kronos Worldwide, Inc (KRO) Insider Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Specialty Chemicals Industry. The insider ownership of Kronos Worldwide, Inc is 81.34%, while institutional ownership is 15.74%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 15 ’25, was worth 12,100. In this transaction Executive VP, Global Tax of this company bought 2,000 shares at a rate of $6.05, taking the stock ownership to the 2,000 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 13 ’25, when Company’s Executive Vice President bought 3,000 for $5.83, making the entire transaction worth $17,500. This insider now owns 19,453 shares in total.
Kronos Worldwide, Inc (KRO) Earnings and Forecasts
In its latest quarterly report, released on 12/31/2024, the company reported earnings of -0.12 per share, which was $0.1 lower than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.04 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -104.00% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 8.76% during the next five years compared to -0.07% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Kronos Worldwide, Inc (NYSE: KRO) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Kronos Worldwide, Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.47. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.27.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.36, a number that is poised to hit -0.05 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.52 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Kronos Worldwide, Inc (KRO)
Looking closely at Kronos Worldwide, Inc (NYSE: KRO), its last 5-days average volume was 0.38 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 0.27 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 19.62%.
During the past 100 days, Kronos Worldwide, Inc’s (KRO) raw stochastic average was set at 11.81%, which indicates a significant decrease from 26.02% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.20 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 0.25 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $5.50, while its 200-day Moving Average is $6.76. However, in the short run, Kronos Worldwide, Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $4.57. Second resistance stands at $4.73. The third major resistance level sits at $4.98. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $4.16, it is likely to go to the next support level at $3.91. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $3.75.
Kronos Worldwide, Inc (NYSE: KRO) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 506.23 million, the company has a total of 115,053K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 1,887 M while annual income is 86,200 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 494,400 K while its latest quarter income was -9,200 K.
