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MetricKROKRONOS WORLDWIDE INCDOWDOW INC.WLKWESTLAKE CORPCBTCABOT CORPMedian of the restexcluding KRO
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$7.64▲ 0.16 (2.14%)
$31.81▲ 1.43 (4.71%)
$64.14▲ 3.30 (5.42%)
$74.33▲ 0.55 (0.75%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.2.0/104.0/104.0/106.0/104.0/10
Market value$878.6M$22.39B$8.22B$3.93B
Revenue$1.86B$39.97B$11.17B$3.71B
Profit-$110.9M-$2.44B-$1.51B$331.0M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-1.5%-7.0%-8.0%-7.0%-7.0%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.11.5%6.3%7.3%25.3%7.3%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-2.0%—-14.1%16.7%1.3%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-6.0%-6.1%-13.5%8.9%-6.1%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.-2.2%-3.6%-4.7%10.5%-3.6%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-14.8%-15.3%-17.2%21.4%-15.3%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.-2.3%—-10.7%15.1%2.2%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.———11.87x11.87x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.58.45x——6.18x6.18x
Price to book1.17x1.40x0.94x2.53x1.40x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.42x2.66x1.21x1.46x1.46x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/94/93/96/94.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressdistressdistresssafe

How KRO compares with the others

  • KRO's operating margin of -2.0% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (1.3%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: -1.5% against -7.0%.
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.