Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (KRO)
Materials · NYQ
Price as at 1 Oct 2026, 13:39 UTC. Quotes are delayed.
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
Kronos Worldwide, Inc. trades at $7.50, close to the $6.47 our fair value estimate puts on the business. On this measure the market and the model broadly agree, so the interesting question is which of them is wrong.
Our moat model scores it 13 out of 100, which is little in the way of a moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
KRO dividend history
Dividends per share by year
| Year | Total per share | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | $0.150 | 3 |
| 2025 | $0.200 | 4 |
| 2024 | $0.480 | 4 |
| 2023 | $0.760 | 4 |
| 2022 | $0.760 | 4 |
| 2021 | $0.720 | 4 |
| 2020 | $0.720 | 4 |
| 2019 | $0.720 | 4 |
| 2018 | $0.680 | 4 |
| 2017 | $0.600 | 4 |
| 2016 | $0.600 | 4 |
Split-adjusted amounts in the listing currency, grouped by the calendar year of the ex-dividend date, from the filed record. Growth and streak figures compare complete years only.
KRO earnings and analyst estimates
Recommendation mix, 2 published ratings
Estimates are the published analyst consensus and move often. An earnings date is scheduled, not certain, and a share tends to reprice most violently on the day itself.
About Kronos Worldwide, Inc.
Kronos Worldwide, Inc. produces and markets titanium dioxide pigments (TiO2) in Europe, North America, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company offers TiO2 in two crystalline forms comprising rutile and anatase to impart whiteness, brightness, opacity, and durability for various products, including paints, coatings, plastics, paper, fibers, and ceramics, as well as for various specialty products, such as inks, foods, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. It also produces and sells ilmenite, a raw material used directly as a feedstock by sulfate-process TiO2 plants; iron-based chemicals, which are used as treatment and conditioning agents for industrial effluents and municipal wastewater, as well as in the manufacture of iron pigments, cement, and agricultural products; and specialty chemicals for use in the formulation of pearlescent pigments, and production of electroceramic capacitors for cell phones and other electronic devices, as well as for use in natural gas pipe and other specialty applications. In addition, the company provides technical services for its products. It sells its products under the KRONOS brand through agents and distributors to paint, plastics, decorative laminate, and paper manufacturers. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Kronos Worldwide, Inc. is a subsidiary of Valhi, Inc.
Company profile, industry and headcount are as reported by our data provider and can lag a company's own filings by a reporting period. The annual report is the authority.
KRO passes 2 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Super investor ownership
7 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:
- Cliff Asness, AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$3.83M · 0.0% of book
- Renaissance Technologies, RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC$3.53M · 0.0% of book
- Ken Griffin, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC$820.0K · 0.0% of book
- Steve Cohen, Point72 Asset Management, L.P.$710.2K · 0.0% of book
- Marshall Wace, MARSHALL WACE, LLP$503.1K · 0.0% of book
A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.
KRO peers
The largest companies in the same industry (Specialty Chemicals), then in the same sector.
- DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
- RPM RPM International Inc.
- AKZOY Akzo Nobel N.V.
- SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials, Inc.
- BNR.DE Brenntag SE
- ESI Element Solutions Inc
- WLK Westlake Corporation
- SOL.JO Sasol Limited
Every materials company we cover is on the Materials hub.
Common questions
Is Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (KRO) undervalued?
Against our fair value estimate of $6.47, KRO at $7.50 is 14% above fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation. It is built from normalized earning power with growth capped deliberately low, which understates companies whose value is mostly future growth.
Which funds own KRO?
7 of the institutions we track reported a position in KRO in their most recent SEC 13F filing. A 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter end, so it tells you what a fund held then, not what it holds now.
Does Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (KRO) pay a dividend?
Yes. Kronos Worldwide, Inc. yields 2.99% at the current share price. It has paid $0.200 per share over the trailing twelve months. It has paid a dividend in each of the last 16 complete calendar years. A dividend is declared by the board and can be cut at any time; a yield is a fact about the current price, not a promise.
Where does SteadyShares get its KRO data?
Fundamentals for KRO come from company filings and exchange data, as listed on NYQ; institutional ownership comes from SEC 13F filings. The share price shown was last refreshed on 1 Oct 2026, 13:39 UTC and is delayed. Our data quality score for this company is 88/100, which is the share of the inputs behind our scores that were actually available rather than assumed. Metrics we do not hold are left out of the page rather than estimated.
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Data from company filings, exchange quotes and SEC EDGAR 13F disclosures. Quotes are delayed. Metrics we do not have are left out rather than estimated. Educational information, not financial advice.