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Kronos Worldwide (KRO) Competitors

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$11.76
+0.24 (+2.08%)
(As of 11/4/2024 ET)

KRO vs. HWKN, KOP, TG, LYB, WLK, CBT, MTX, TROX, VHI, and LXU

Should you be buying Kronos Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kronos Worldwide include Hawkins (HWKN), Koppers (KOP), Tredegar (TG), LyondellBasell Industries (LYB), Westlake (WLK), Cabot (CBT), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Tronox (TROX), Valhi (VHI), and LSB Industries (LXU).

Kronos Worldwide vs.

Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO) and Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Kronos Worldwide received 78 more outperform votes than Hawkins when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.07% of users gave Hawkins an outperform vote while only 57.91% of users gave Kronos Worldwide an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kronos WorldwideOutperform Votes
293
57.91%
Underperform Votes
213
42.09%
HawkinsOutperform Votes
215
59.07%
Underperform Votes
149
40.93%

Hawkins has a net margin of 8.74% compared to Kronos Worldwide's net margin of 0.11%. Hawkins' return on equity of 19.64% beat Kronos Worldwide's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kronos Worldwide0.11% 0.24% 0.11%
Hawkins 8.74%19.64%12.13%

Kronos Worldwide currently has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.04%. Hawkins has a consensus target price of $122.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.85%. Given Hawkins' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hawkins is more favorable than Kronos Worldwide.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kronos Worldwide
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67
Hawkins
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

15.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Hawkins shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Hawkins shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Kronos Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Hawkins pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Kronos Worldwide pays out 2,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Hawkins pays out 18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hawkins has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years.

Kronos Worldwide has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawkins has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Hawkins has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kronos Worldwide. Hawkins is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kronos Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kronos Worldwide$1.67B0.81-$49.10M$0.011,176.00
Hawkins$919.16M2.42$75.36M$3.9127.17

In the previous week, Hawkins had 15 more articles in the media than Kronos Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Hawkins and 7 mentions for Kronos Worldwide. Kronos Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Hawkins' score of 0.08 indicating that Kronos Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kronos Worldwide
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hawkins
1 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Hawkins beats Kronos Worldwide on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KRO vs. The Competition

MetricKronos WorldwideIndustrial inorganic chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.35B$25.43B$2.78B$19.29B
Dividend Yield1.73%2.12%5.24%3.57%
P/E Ratio1,176.0096.66120.7242.10
Price / Sales0.814.46522,581.0317.83
Price / Cash331.8567.9223.3520.54
Price / Book1.6715.853.495.27
Net Income-$49.10M$533.22M$142.84M$982.74M
7 Day Performance1.47%4.70%-0.22%1.57%
1 Month Performance-2.57%3.99%1.36%1.29%
1 Year Performance49.24%34.30%24.27%23.14%

Kronos Worldwide Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KRO
Kronos Worldwide
3.1486 of 5 stars
$11.76
+2.1%
$12.00
+2.0%
+49.2%$1.35B$1.67B1,176.002,196Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
HWKN
Hawkins
4.3344 of 5 stars
$106.23
-0.2%
$122.00
+14.8%
+75.4%$2.22B$919.16M27.17928Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
KOP
Koppers
4.641 of 5 stars
$34.62
+1.2%
$65.75
+89.9%
-8.7%$710.37M$2.12B9.482,108Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
TG
Tredegar
0.4104 of 5 stars
$8.25
+1.2%
N/A+72.6%$284.71M$702.68M-3.841,900
LYB
LyondellBasell Industries
4.7566 of 5 stars
$84.19
-2.7%
$101.11
+20.1%
-9.2%$27.37B$41.11B11.8420,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
WLK
Westlake
4.9054 of 5 stars
$131.48
-0.5%
$165.92
+26.2%
+6.3%$16.91B$12.12B63.2115,520High Trading Volume
CBT
Cabot
4.1821 of 5 stars
$110.09
+1.0%
$101.75
-7.6%
+62.1%$6.04B$3.93B13.094,300News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MTX
Minerals Technologies
3.0735 of 5 stars
$76.00
+0.7%
N/A+28.3%$2.42B$2.17B16.104,070
TROX
Tronox
3.6522 of 5 stars
$12.05
+0.4%
$18.00
+49.4%
+3.3%$1.90B$3.08B-25.106,500Dividend Announcement
VHI
Valhi
0.8915 of 5 stars
$35.92
+8.2%
$20.00
-44.3%
+209.9%$1.02B$1.92B39.912,196High Trading Volume
LXU
LSB Industries
1.7029 of 5 stars
$8.42
+1.3%
$10.25
+21.7%
-7.8%$603.05M$520.11M-40.09570Analyst Forecast
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:KRO) was last updated on 11/5/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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