KRO Stock Price History and Quote Analysis: Insights for Investors

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own KRO shares is 196, representing 14.56% of the company's common stock.

RHUMBLINE ADVISERS, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in KRO by -5.9% restricting it's holding to 31.66 thousand shares of worth nearly $373.52K. ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. also lessened -25.17% of the KRO shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 31.61 thousand shares of worth $373.00K. NISA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC also shunned KRO shares holding by -15.67% last quarter which brought its holding to 26.9 thousand shares worth $317.42K.

As per its latest 13F filing, HRT FINANCIAL LP increased its stake in KRO by 100% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 31.56 thousand shares having worth more than $372.00K. SEMANTEON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP also added 26.62% more shares of KRO to its portfolio, raising its holding to 29.08 thousand shares of worth $343.17K. SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP also increased its KRO shares holding by 100% which brought its holding to 20.73 thousand shares worth $244.60K.

The insider with the most stakes in KRO is WATSON STEVEN L , Chairman of the Board at the company. Additionally, KRO stock is highly held by director STAFFORD THOMAS P and COO - Global Operations SCHLUTER KLEMENS among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 81.27% percent of Kronos Worldwide, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which KRO insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include STAFFORD THOMAS P and CORONA BENJIMAN R.

There have been 3 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Kronos Worldwide, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 1000 shares

Around 48.11K Kronos Worldwide, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 81.27% of KRO stock.

KRO Chairman of the Board, WATSON STEVEN L holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. KRO shares owned by WATSON total nearly 667.88 thousand.

VENTURI WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC is the largest institutional owner in KRO which holds 31.71 thousand shares worth $374.16K or 0.03% of the total KRO shares outstanding followed by RHUMBLINE ADVISERS with ownership of 31.66 thousand shares representing 0.03% of the KRO ownership. ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. is the third largest stakeholder with 31.61 thousand shares or 0.03% of the ownership worth more than $373.00K.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the KRO is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of KRO shares short is 1.02M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 115.04M shares of KRO are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, KRO has 21.54M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for KRO is 5.41.