---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001257640-23-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KRO"
cik: "0001257640"
company_name: "KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T08:14:52.641546+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kronos Worldwide Q4 2022 net loss of $19.9M; TiO2 volumes drop 40% YoY

## Summary
- Net loss of $19.9M ($0.18/share) in Q4 2022 vs net income of $31.6M ($0.28/share) in Q4 2021.
- Net sales $342.4M, down 31% YoY; TiO2 sales volumes fell 40% globally.
- TiO2 segment loss $15.0M vs profit $55.6M in prior-year quarter; production curtailments drove ~$26M unabsorbed fixed costs.
- Full-year 2022 net income $104.5M ($0.90/share) vs $112.9M ($0.98); EBITDA $202.5M vs $224.3M.
- Capacity utilization dropped to 65% in Q4 2022 vs 100% in Q4 2021; average TiO2 prices up 15% but volume declines offset.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001257640-23-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KRO
- cik: 0001257640
- company_name: KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1257640/000125764023000014/0001257640-23-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1257640/000125764023000014/kro-20230308x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001257640-23-000014.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC reported financial results for full year of 2022.
  - Period: full year of 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: The registrant hereby furnishes the information set forth in its press release entitled “Kronos Worldwide, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter 2022 Results” that the registrant issued on March 8, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1257640/000125764023000014/0001257640-23-000014-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC reported financial results for fourth quarter of 2022.
  - Period: fourth quarter of 2022
  - Result: reported results
  source text: The registrant hereby furnishes the information set forth in its press release entitled “Kronos Worldwide, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter 2022 Results” that the registrant issued on March 8, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1257640/000125764023000014/0001257640-23-000014-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.