[May 08, 2013] Kronos Worldwide is Among the Companies in the Commodity Chemicals Industry With the Highest Forward Earnings Yield (KRO, GGC, KOP, WLK, MEOH) Tweet May 08, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Commodity Chemicals industry with the highest forward earnings yields. Using projected earnings for the current fiscal year, the forward earnings yield is useful to compare a stock's return vs. owning a similar stock or other yield assets (e.g. bonds). Generally, the higher the earnings yield, the more undervalued the stock.Kronos Worldwide ranks highest with a forward earnings yield of 11.5%. Georgia Gulf is next with a forward earnings yield of 9.5%. Koppers Holdings ranks third highest with a forward earnings yield of 9.0%. Westlake Chemical follows with a forward earnings yield of 6.9%, and Methanex rounds out the top five with a forward earnings yield of 6.5%. SmarTrend is monitoring the recent change of momentum in Methanex. Please refer to our Company Overview for the results of our proprietary technical indicators that have been scanning shares of Methanex in search of a potential trend change. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]