News articles about Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO) have been trending somewhat positive on Saturday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Kronos Worldwide earned a media sentiment score of 0.05 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned media coverage about the specialty chemicals company an impact score of 46.0563090650895 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the next several days.
Here are some of the headlines that may have effected Accern Sentiment’s analysis:
- After-Hours Earnings Report for August 4, 2017 : KRO, LONE - Nasdaq (nasdaq.com)
- Kronos Worldwide Inc (KRO) Share Activity Climbing in Session - Evergreen Caller (evergreencaller.com)
- Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (KRO) finishes with stream of -1.95% along China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SNP … - Stocks Gallery (stocksgallery.com)
- Kronos Worldwide Inc (KRO) to Release Earnings on Friday (americanbankingnews.com)
- Kronos Worldwide Inc (KRO) Hits New 52-Week High - First News 24 (firstnewspaper24.com)
Shares of Kronos Worldwide (NYSE KRO) opened at 21.17 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.45 billion, a PE ratio of 29.24 and a beta of 2.10. Kronos Worldwide has a 52-week low of $5.45 and a 52-week high of $21.89. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $19.26 and its 200 day moving average is $16.72.
Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO) last issued its earnings results on Monday, May 8th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.32 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.08. Kronos Worldwide had a net margin of 5.93% and a return on equity of 18.70%. The company had revenue of $369.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $350 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned ($0.03) EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 16.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts expect that Kronos Worldwide will post $1.04 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
A number of analysts have commented on KRO shares. BidaskClub downgraded shares of Kronos Worldwide from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 19th. ValuEngine upgraded shares of Kronos Worldwide from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, June 2nd. Finally, Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of Kronos Worldwide from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 12th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating, one has assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Kronos Worldwide has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $18.00.
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In other Kronos Worldwide news, insider Benjiman R. Corona sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $18.35, for a total transaction of $36,700.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,175. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.08% of the company’s stock.
Kronos Worldwide Company Profile
Kronos Worldwide, Inc (Kronos) is a producer and marketer of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigments, a base industrial product that is used in a range of applications. The Company, along with its distributors and agents, sells and provides technical services for its products with sales in Europe and North America.
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