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Kronos Worldwide (Kronos Worldwide) Debt-to-EBITDA : 14.48 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Kronos Worldwide Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Kronos Worldwide's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4 Mil. Kronos Worldwide's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $460 Mil. Kronos Worldwide's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $32 Mil. Kronos Worldwide's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 14.48.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Kronos Worldwide's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

KRO' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -171.63   Med: 2.1   Max: 11.44
Current: -171.63

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Kronos Worldwide was 11.44. The lowest was -171.63. And the median was 2.10.

KRO's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1225 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 2.24 vs KRO: -171.63

Kronos Worldwide Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kronos Worldwide's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Kronos Worldwide Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Kronos Worldwide Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.43 3.14 2.04 2.16 -171.63

Kronos Worldwide Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -15.72 -29.19 23.66 -9.57 14.48

Competitive Comparison of Kronos Worldwide's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Kronos Worldwide's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Kronos Worldwide's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Kronos Worldwide's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Kronos Worldwide's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Kronos Worldwide Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Kronos Worldwide's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3.9 + 459.5) / -2.7
=-171.63

Kronos Worldwide's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3.9 + 459.5) / 32
=14.48

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Kronos Worldwide  (NYSE:KRO) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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Kronos Worldwide (Kronos Worldwide) Business Description

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Address
5430 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1700, Dallas, TX, USA, 75240-2620
Kronos Worldwide Inc manufactures and sells titanium dioxide pigments. Titanium dioxide is a white inorganic pigment used in a variety of products. The majority of Kronos' sales come from titanium dioxide used for coatings on automobiles, aircraft, machines, appliances, traffic paint, and in both commercial and residential interiors and exteriors. The second- largest product category is titanium dioxide used for plastics such as packaging materials and food packaging, houseware, appliances, toys, and computer cases. The majority of revenue comes from the United States.
Executives
Kevin B Kramer director C/O STONERIGDGE INC., 9400 E. MARKET ST, WARREN OH 44484
Andrew B Nace officer: Executive Vice President 5430 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 1700, DALLAS TX 75240-2620
Miller William Earl Jr. officer: VP, Global Human Resources 5430 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 1700, DALLAS TX 75240
Dennis Werner officer: President, EMEAA 5430 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 1700, DALLAS TX 75240
Amy A. Samford officer: Executive Vice President 5430 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 1700, DALLAS TX 75240-2620
Rainer Gruber officer: EX VP, Chief Manu/Tech Officer 5430 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 1700, DALLAS TX 75240
Gouveia Randall Colin director 2225 W. CHANDLER BLVD.,, CHANDLER AZ 85224
Alexis A Thomason officer: VP and General Counsel 5430 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 1700, DALLAS TX 75240
Bart W Reichert officer: Vice President, Internal Audit 5430 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 1700, DALLAS TX 75240
Bryan A. Hanley officer: Vice President and Treasurer 5430 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 1700, DALLAS TX 75240-2620
Loretta J. Feehan director 5430 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 1700, DALLAS TX 75240-2620
John E Harper director 2300 WEST PLANO PARKWAY, PLANO TX 75075
Thomas P Stafford director C/O WACKENHUT CORP, 4200 WACKENHUT DRIVE #100, PALM BEACH GARDENS FL 33410-4243
Meredith W. Mendes director 2901 BUTTERFIELD ROAD, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Kristin B Mccoy officer: Vice President, Tax 5430 LBJ FREEWAY, SUITE 1700, DALLAS TX 75240

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