secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC (KRO)
CIK:        0001257640
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001257640-23-000054
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Kronos Worldwide Q3 net loss $20.4M vs profit $21.0M a year ago; TiO2 volumes down 6%
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- Net loss of $20.4M ($0.18 per share) in Q3 2023 vs net income of $21.0M ($0.18) in Q3 2022.
- Net sales $396.9M, down 14% YoY; TiO2 volumes -6%, average selling prices -8%.
- TiO2 segment loss $21.4M vs profit $34.6M; production curtailments caused $20M unabsorbed fixed costs in Q3.
- Capacity utilization fell to 73% in Q3 (71% YTD) from 93% a year ago; historic industry downturn cited.
- CEO sees early demand improvement; company focused on cost savings and liquidity preservation.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1257640/000125764023000054/0001257640-23-000054-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1257640/000125764023000054/kro-20231102x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001257640-23-000054

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