---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001257640-24-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KRO"
cik: "0001257640"
company_name: "KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T08:47:13.133772+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kronos Worldwide swings to Q1 net income of $8.1M; TiO2 volumes up 28% YoY

## Summary
- Net income $8.1M ($0.07 EPS) vs net loss $15.2M ($0.13 EPS) in Q1 2023.
- Net sales $478.8M, up 12% YoY; TiO2 sales volumes rose 28%, but avg selling prices fell 11%.
- TiO2 segment profit $23.4M vs segment loss $14.8M; capacity utilization improved to 87% from 76%.
- EBITDA $31.7M vs ($5.0M); unabsorbed fixed costs decreased by ~$10M to $10–12M.
- Included a $1.5M charge for write-off of deferred financing costs ($0.01 EPS impact).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001257640-24-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KRO
- cik: 0001257640
- company_name: KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1257640/000125764024000023/0001257640-24-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1257640/000125764024000023/kro-20240508x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001257640-24-000023
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001257640-24-000023.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001257640-24-000023.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC reported First Quarter 2024 results: revenue $478.8 million, net income $8.1 million, EPS $.07 per share.
  - Period: First Quarter 2024
  - Revenue: $478.8 million
  - Net income: $8.1 million
  - EPS: $.07 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: production costs (primarily energy and raw material costs). Comparability of our results was also impacted by the effects of changes in currency exchange rates. ​ Net sales of $478.8 million in the first quarter of 2024 were $52.5 million, or 12%, higher than in the first quarter of 2023. Net sales increased in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the first quarter
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1257640/000125764024000023/0001257640-24-000023-index.htm

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