---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001257640-25-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KRO"
cik: "0001257640"
company_name: "KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T05:00:53.398371+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kronos Worldwide Q4 net loss $13.2M on tax items; full year swings to $86.2M profit

## Summary
- Net loss Q4 $13.2M ($0.12/sh) vs $5.3M loss in Q4 2023, due to $24.7M deferred tax charges.
- Full year 2024 net income $86.2M ($0.75/sh) vs $49.1M loss in 2023 on higher volumes and lower costs.
- Net sales Q4 $423.1M (+6% YoY); full year $1.9B (+13% YoY). TiO2 volumes +4% Q4, +20% full year.
- Segment profit Q4 $33.1M vs $1.3M loss; full year $141.0M vs $39.8M loss. Capacity utilization 96%.
- Acquired remaining 50% of Louisiana Pigment Co. in July 2024; recorded $64.5M non-cash gain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001257640-25-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KRO
- cik: 0001257640
- company_name: KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1257640/000125764025000006/0001257640-25-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1257640/000125764025000006/kro-20250306x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001257640-25-000006.txt

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