KRO — KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC

US Materials Chemicals equity mkt cap 935.7M
8.20 +0.86% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 4.33 · high 8.65

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Performance

1 day+0.86%
1 week-3.19%
1 month+23.49%
3 months+20.59%
6 months+34.43%
Year to date+83.04%
1 year+35.54%
3 years-4.98%
5 years-37.40%

Technicals

RSI 1470.4
vs 50-day avg+19.26%
vs 200-day avg+34.96%
Volatility 1y61.3%
Max drawdown 1y-33.08%
Avg volume 30d477.8K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)3.08%
Paid last 12m0.2500
Payments in 12m5
Paying since2016-03-03

Measured signals that fired on KRO

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-10Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-06Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-05-01Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-03-05Short volume far above its own normal
short
-0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-05-18Kramer Kevin B
Director
Open-market purchase6.8K6.7746.0K
2026-05-18Kramer Kevin B
Director
Open-market purchase3.7K6.7525.2K
2026-05-18Kramer Kevin B
Director
Open-market purchase3.7K6.7025.0K
2026-05-18Kramer Kevin B
Director
Open-market purchase3356.762.3K
2026-05-13Feehan Loretta J.
Director
Grant or award5.5K7.2240.1K
2026-05-13Harper John E
Director
Grant or award5.5K7.2240.1K
2026-05-13Kramer Kevin B
Director
Grant or award5.5K7.2240.1K
2026-05-13MOORE CECIL H JR
Director
Grant or award5.5K7.2240.1K
2026-05-13TURNER R GERALD DR
Director
Grant or award5.5K7.2240.1K
2026-05-13CHRISTIAN BRIAN W.
President and CEO
Grant or award5.5K7.2240.1K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP20.5M3.1M
Boston Partners19.6M3.0M
BlackRock, Inc.10.8M1.6M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC6.4M970.2K
Bank of New York Mellon Corp5.3M804.6K
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.4.8M729.5K
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC3.8M579.4K
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC3.7M561.6K
STATE STREET CORP3.3M506.8K
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/2.7M416.7K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d41.5% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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