KRO vs. HWKN, KOP, TG, LYB, WLK, CBT, MTX, TROX, LXU, and VHI
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), LSB Industries (LXU), and Valhi (VHI).
Kronos Worldwide vs.
Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) and Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.
Hawkins pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Kronos Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Hawkins pays out 18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kronos Worldwide pays out 24.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Hawkins has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years.
Hawkins has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kronos Worldwide has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hawkins had 8 more articles in the media than Kronos Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hawkins and 1 mentions for Kronos Worldwide. Hawkins' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Kronos Worldwide's score of 0.18 indicating that Hawkins is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hawkins currently has a consensus target price of $122.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.85%. Kronos Worldwide has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.91%. Given Kronos Worldwide's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kronos Worldwide is more favorable than Hawkins.
Kronos Worldwide received 80 more outperform votes than Hawkins when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.90% of users gave Hawkins an outperform vote while only 58.07% of users gave Kronos Worldwide an outperform vote.
Hawkins has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kronos Worldwide. Kronos Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawkins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hawkins has a net margin of 8.60% compared to Kronos Worldwide's net margin of 5.05%. Hawkins' return on equity of 18.95% beat Kronos Worldwide's return on equity.
69.7% of Hawkins shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Hawkins shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Hawkins beats Kronos Worldwide on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:KRO) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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