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Kronos Worldwide (KRO) Up 24% in 3 Months: What's Driving It?
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Shares of chemical maker, Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (KRO - Free Report) have rallied around 24% over the last three months. The company has also outperformed its industry’s gain of roughly 7.8% over the same time frame.
Kronos Worldwide has a market cap of roughly $2.9 billion and average volume of shares traded in the last three months is around 492.7K. The company has expected long-term earnings per share growth of around 5%.
Let’s take a look into the factors that are driving this Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) stock.
Driving Factors
Strong second-quarter 2017 results and upbeat outlook have contributed to the rally in Kronos Worldwide’s shares. The company witnessed a significant rise in profits in the second quarter on the back of favorable impacts of improved selling prices, increased sales and production volumes and reduced raw materials and other production costs. It recorded profits of $196.5 million or $1.70 per share in the quarter compared with $1.7 million or a penny per share a year ago.
Net revenues also jumped around 24% year over year to $441.4 million in the second quarter on the back of higher titanium dioxide (TiO2) selling prices and increased sales volumes. TiO2 sales volumes were driven by higher sales in the European and North American markets.
Kronos Worldwide saw strong sales volumes during first-half 2017. It is witnessing improved demand for TiO2 products in some of its key markets. Kronos Worldwide also saw higher selling prices during the first half, driven by its successful implementation of price hikes.
Kronos Worldwide also provided an upbeat guidance for 2017. The company, during its second-quarter call, announced that it expects production volumes to be higher in 2017 on a year-over-year basis as production rates this year will be favorably impacted by the implementation of certain productivity-enhancing improvement projects at some facilities.
The company also sees income from operations in 2017 to be higher on a year-over-year basis, mainly due to an expected increase in average selling prices and the favorable impact of anticipated higher production volumes in 2017.
Ingevity has expected long-term earnings growth of 12%.
Chemours has expected long-term earnings growth of 15.5%.
FMC has expected earnings growth of 11.3% for the current year.
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Kronos Worldwide (KRO) Up 24% in 3 Months: What's Driving It?
Shares of chemical maker, Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (KRO - Free Report) have rallied around 24% over the last three months. The company has also outperformed its industry’s gain of roughly 7.8% over the same time frame.
Kronos Worldwide has a market cap of roughly $2.9 billion and average volume of shares traded in the last three months is around 492.7K. The company has expected long-term earnings per share growth of around 5%.
Let’s take a look into the factors that are driving this Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) stock.
Driving Factors
Strong second-quarter 2017 results and upbeat outlook have contributed to the rally in Kronos Worldwide’s shares. The company witnessed a significant rise in profits in the second quarter on the back of favorable impacts of improved selling prices, increased sales and production volumes and reduced raw materials and other production costs. It recorded profits of $196.5 million or $1.70 per share in the quarter compared with $1.7 million or a penny per share a year ago.
Net revenues also jumped around 24% year over year to $441.4 million in the second quarter on the back of higher titanium dioxide (TiO2) selling prices and increased sales volumes. TiO2 sales volumes were driven by higher sales in the European and North American markets.
Kronos Worldwide saw strong sales volumes during first-half 2017. It is witnessing improved demand for TiO2 products in some of its key markets. Kronos Worldwide also saw higher selling prices during the first half, driven by its successful implementation of price hikes.
Kronos Worldwide also provided an upbeat guidance for 2017. The company, during its second-quarter call, announced that it expects production volumes to be higher in 2017 on a year-over-year basis as production rates this year will be favorably impacted by the implementation of certain productivity-enhancing improvement projects at some facilities.
The company also sees income from operations in 2017 to be higher on a year-over-year basis, mainly due to an expected increase in average selling prices and the favorable impact of anticipated higher production volumes in 2017.
Kronos Worldwide Inc Price and Consensus
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Other Stocks to Consider
Other stocks in the basic materials space worth considering include Ingevity Corporation (NGVT - Free Report) , The Chemours Company (CC - Free Report) and FMC Corporation (FMC - Free Report) , all sporting a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
Ingevity has expected long-term earnings growth of 12%.
Chemours has expected long-term earnings growth of 15.5%.
FMC has expected earnings growth of 11.3% for the current year.
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Cybersecurity stocks spiked on recent news of a data breach affecting 143 million Americans. But which stocks are the best buy candidates right now? And what does the future hold for the cybersecurity industry?
Equifax is just the most recent victim. Computer hacking and identity theft are more common than ever. Zacks has just released Cybersecurity! An Investor’s Guide to inform Zacks.com readers about this $170 billion/year space. More importantly, it highlights 4 cybersecurity picks with strong profit potential.
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