---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001257640-24-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KRO"
cik: "0001257640"
company_name: "KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC"
filed_at: "2024-03-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T02:24:10.776188+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kronos Q4 net loss narrows to $5.3M; full year net loss $49.1M vs prior year profit

## Summary
- Q4 2023 net loss $5.3M ($0.05/share) vs Q4 2022 net loss $19.9M ($0.18).
- Full year 2023 net loss $49.1M ($0.43/share) vs 2022 net income $104.5M ($0.90).
- Q4 net sales $400.1M (+17% YoY); full year $1.7B (-14% YoY) driven by lower TiO2 prices and volumes.
- TiO2 segment loss of $1.3M in Q4 and $39.8M for full year, reflecting production curtailments and unabsorbed costs.
- EBITDA was $6.9M in Q4 vs -$8.2M; full year EBITDA -$7.2M vs $202.5M in 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001257640-24-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KRO
- cik: 0001257640
- company_name: KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC
- filed_at: 2024-03-06T23:59:59+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/1257640/000125764024000016/0001257640-24-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1257640/000125764024000016/kro-20240306x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC reported the full year of 2023 results: revenue $1.7 billion, net income net loss of $49.1 million, or $.43 per share, EPS $.43 per share.
  - Period: the full year of 2023
  - Revenue: $1.7 billion
  - Net income: net loss of $49.1 million, or $.43 per share
  - EPS: $.43 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: in currency exchange rates. ​ Net sales of $400.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2023 were $57.7 million, or 17%, higher than in the fourth quarter of 2022. Net sales of $1.7 billion in the full year of 2023 were $263.7 million, or 14%, lower than in the full year of 2022. Net sales increased in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to the fourth quarter of
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1257640/000125764024000016/0001257640-24-000016-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC reported the fourth quarter of 2023 results: revenue $400.1 million, net income net loss of $5.3 million, or $.05 per share, EPS $.05 per share.
  - Period: the fourth quarter of 2023
  - Revenue: $400.1 million
  - Net income: net loss of $5.3 million, or $.05 per share
  - EPS: $.05 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: incurred due to the curtailments, as discussed further below. Comparability of our results was also impacted by the effects of changes in currency exchange rates. ​ Net sales of $400.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2023 were $57.7 million, or 17%, higher than in the fourth quarter of 2022. Net sales of $1.7 billion in the full year of 2023 were $263.7 million, or
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1257640/000125764024000016/0001257640-24-000016-index.htm

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