KRO vs. VHI, MTX, TROX, OEC, CGAU, SA, GPRE, HWKN, FSM, and DQ
Should you be buying Kronos Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kronos Worldwide include Valhi (VHI), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Tronox (TROX), Orion (OEC), Centerra Gold (CGAU), Seabridge Gold (SA), Green Plains (GPRE), Hawkins (HWKN), Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM), and Daqo New Energy (DQ). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO) and Valhi (NYSE:VHI) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
In the previous week, Kronos Worldwide had 14 more articles in the media than Valhi. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Kronos Worldwide and 1 mentions for Valhi. Valhi's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Kronos Worldwide's score of 0.33 indicating that Valhi is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
15.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Valhi shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Kronos Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Valhi shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kronos Worldwide received 68 more outperform votes than Valhi when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.57% of users gave Valhi an outperform vote while only 57.94% of users gave Kronos Worldwide an outperform vote.
Valhi has higher revenue and earnings than Kronos Worldwide. Kronos Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valhi, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kronos Worldwide presently has a consensus target price of $10.33, suggesting a potential downside of 21.18%. Given Kronos Worldwide's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kronos Worldwide is more favorable than Valhi.
Kronos Worldwide has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valhi has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valhi has a net margin of 0.03% compared to Kronos Worldwide's net margin of -1.50%. Valhi's return on equity of 0.05% beat Kronos Worldwide's return on equity.
Kronos Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Valhi pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Kronos Worldwide pays out -330.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Valhi pays out 1,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kronos Worldwide is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Valhi beats Kronos Worldwide on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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