Kronos Worldwide Inc
KRO NYSE· Industrial Inorganic Chemicals
Last close · Oct 27, 2026
$7.73
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Kronos Worldwide Inc had $1.9B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 1.5% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +2.6% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was −2.0%, down 8.5 pts: of every 100 in sales, about −2 is left after running the business.
- Kronos Worldwide Inc lost $111M in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was −$40.4M in fiscal 2025, −2.2% of revenue.
- Kronos Worldwide Inc returned $23.0M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 0.0%.
- Kronos Worldwide Inc owes $524M more than it holds in cash, about 21.8 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$890M
P/E
—
Revenue
$1.9B
Net income
−$111M
Free cash flow
−$40.4M
Operating margin
−2.0%
Kronos Worldwide Inc in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−1.5%
No. Sales fell 1.5% last year.
Does it make a profit?
−6.0%
No. It lost money last year.
Does profit turn into cash?
−2.2%
No. It spent more cash than it brought in.
Is debt under control?
21.8x
Heavy. Repaying its debt would take 21.8 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
5 / 9
Mixed. It passes 5 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
—
No P/E: it made no profit over the last four quarters.
What Kronos Worldwide Inc does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Mar 9, 2026
- Legal name
- KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC
- CIK
- 0001257640
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $1.9B | $1.9B | $1.7B | $1.9B | $1.9B |
| Revenue growth | 18.3% | −0.5% | −13.7% | 13.2% | −1.5% |
| Gross margin | 23.0% | 20.3% | 9.9% | 19.0% | 11.5% |
| Operating margin | 9.6% | 8.3% | −3.4% | 6.5% | −2.0% |
| Net income | $113M | $105M | −$49.1M | $86.2M | −$111M |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 5.4% | −2.9% | 4.6% | −6.0% |
| Diluted EPS | $0.98 | $0.90 | −$0.43 | $0.75 | −$0.96 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $207M | $81.7M | $5.5M | $72.5M | $2.5M |
| Capital expenditure | $58.6M | $63.2M | $47.4M | $29.5M | $42.9M |
| Free cash flow | $148M | $18.5M | −$41.9M | $43.0M | −$40.4M |
| FCF margin | 7.6% | 1.0% | −2.5% | 2.3% | −2.2% |
| Dividends paid | $83.2M | $87.8M | $87.5M | $55.2M | $23.0M |
| Share buybacks | $0.2M | $2.3M | $2.9M | — | — |
| Share count change | −100.0% | 115,499,900.0% | −0.3% | −0.1% | 0.0% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $406M | $328M | $195M | $107M | $33.2M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $451M | $425M | $441M | $507M | $557M |
| Shareholders' equity | $870M | $957M | $808M | $817M | $751M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.2x | 0.5x | — | 2.2x | 21.8x |
| Current ratio | 4.4x | 3.8x | 3.0x | 2.3x | 2.7x |
| Interest coverage | 9.5x | 9.4x | −3.3x | 2.9x | −0.7x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 15.0% | 11.8% | −4.2% | 6.6% | −2.3% |
| Return on equity | 13.5% | 11.4% | −5.6% | 10.6% | −14.1% |
| Return on tangible equity | 13.0% | 10.9% | −6.1% | 10.6% | −14.8% |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Altman Z'' | 4.4 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.2 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.1M
1 insider
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
—
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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At $7.73 a share, the company is worth $890M.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001257640). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.