VALHI INC (VHI)
Materials · Conglomerate holding company · NYSE
A diversified holding company with major interests in global titanium dioxide production, specialty security hardware, and Nevada real estate development.
What VALHI INC does
Valhi is a holding company that operates primarily through its majority-owned subsidiaries, Kronos Worldwide, CompX International, and real estate development entities. Its segments provide titanium dioxide (TiO2) products for industrial and consumer applications, security and hardware components for various industries, and real estate development in Henderson, Nevada.
Recent developments
In the second quarter of 2026, the company reported a significant increase in net income compared to the same period in 2025, driven by improved operating results in the Chemicals segment due to higher sales volumes and reduced production costs. The Chemicals segment also implemented various price increases and surcharges during the quarter in response to rising operating costs.
From VALHI INC's filing of 2026-08-06.
Themes: chemicals / materials, titanium dioxide (TiO2) manufacturing, security products and hardware, marine components and accessories, real estate management and development
Fundamentals
- Price$14.91 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$422M as of 2026-07-31 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return-2.9% 2025-10-08 close $15.36 → 2026-10-08 close $14.91
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin-2.8% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Gross margin+14.2% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE-4.2% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.61 as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue growth (YoY)-0.7% as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-2.2% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.91 as of 2026-09-02
- Last reported earnings2026-08-06 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +1.9%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How VHI compares in its sector
- net profit marginmiddle range 125 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- operating marginmiddle range 108 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- gross marginbottom 25% 92 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- return on equitymiddle range 144 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 127 covered Materials peers
- indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 95 covered Materials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)bottom 25% 122 covered Materials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Materials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Not assessable from available data. VHI paid a dividend in FY2025, but coverage cannot be assessed from the available data (non_positive_net_income, non_positive_free_cash_flow).
- Earnings payoutnot assessable earnings were not positive that year
- Free-cash-flow payoutnot assessable free cash flow was not positive that year
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How VALHI INC looks technically
VALHI INC (VHI) is trading 2.3% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 79 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 31, with sellers in control. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 37, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago. It is 22.2% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 2.3% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +2.3% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $16.49 | $16.49 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $14.57 | $14.57 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 21 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 21 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in the fourth leg, a pullback against that downward direction; the labelling fails if price closes above 17.43. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible downward five-wave sequence, in wave 4 (atypical proportions) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 79 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 79 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a strong downtrend is in place — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 31, with sellers in control | 31.0 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 37, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 36.7 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($14.44 to $17.50) — its "stochastic" reading is 15 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 15.4 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) | 24 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $19.17 | $19.17 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 22.2% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -22.2% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 30.3% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +30.3% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 22.2% below its highest point of the past year | 22.2% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 2 trading days ago | 2 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 28 trading days ago | 28 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $260.28 (set on 2011-12-02) | $260.28 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($11.55 to $18.69), and it has given back around half of its rise from last year’s low — 53% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $14.05 to $14.28. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 52.9% |
| From the all-time high | it is 94.3% below its all-time high | -94.3% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.4% below a resistance level at $15.13 — a price it turned at 7 times since 2025-03-03, most recently on 2026-06-30. Since 2024-10-08 it has 7 such levels below the current price and 9 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +1.4% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $1.64 (set on 1985-09-30) | $1.64 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 807.2% above its all-time low | +807.2% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 84% of the past ~6 months) | 84th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.697 between its high and its low — about 4.7% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.697 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $13.99 and $18.21 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $13.99 – $16.10 – $18.21 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 4.7% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 4.7% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 0.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (2.3% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 0.5 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.64× |
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Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a bullish engulfing | today it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | today |
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Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 1.4% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -1.4% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.1% gap down opened on 2026-10-07 has been "filled" today — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 1 session to close | today |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 21.1 percentage points (the stock lost 20.1% while the market gained 1.0%) | -21.1% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 5.0 percentage points (the stock gained 8.8% while the market gained 3.8%) | +5.0% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 9.6 percentage points (the stock gained 7.8% while the market gained 17.5%) | -9.6% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 17.9 percentage points (the stock lost 2.9% while the market gained 15.0%) | -17.9% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a fresh 20-day low, MACD momentum is negative, a strong downtrend, with sellers in control, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 6.0% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 7.5% of the share price. | -6.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is sitting right on the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is roughly break-even. That average is $14.89 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +0.1% |
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Price levels it has turned at before
VHI last closed at $14.91 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 7 prices below its last close and 9 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $15.13 | Resistance | 1.4% above the last close | turned there 7 times · 2025-03-03 to 2026-06-30 |
| $14.53 | Support | 2.5% below the last close | turned there four times · 2026-03-03 to 2026-04-13 |
| $15.54 | Resistance | 4.2% above the last close | turned there four times · 2025-09-03 to 2026-09-17 |
| $14.16 | Support | 5.0% below the last close | turned there five times · 2025-04-03 to 2026-07-14 |
| $15.90 | Resistance | 6.7% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-04-29 to 2025-08-20 |
| $13.54 | Support | 9.2% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-01-30 to 2026-04-07 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 4 of five, a pullback against that direction.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $17.43.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $16.24 and $17.20 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
This reading has stood for 11 trading days, since 2026-09-24.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · Broke down to a new 20-day low · lagging the market · Printed a bullish engulfing pair · At the bottom of its 14-day range (stochastic below 20) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["High dependence on the cyclical titanium dioxide (TiO2) industry and its commodity pricing volatility.","Exposure to environmental liabilities and complex regulatory compliance, including health and safety regulations for former operations.","Sensitivity to global economic conditions, raw material cost fluctuations, and foreign currency exchange rate volatility."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of VHI's 10-Q filed 2026-05-07 against the prior one filed 2025-11-06.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added to Component Products description (newer filing, 2026-05-07): 'custom metal fabricated parts' as a product category manufactured by CompX
- Added to Component Products description (newer filing, 2026-05-07): 'and other industries' after mentioning recreational marine products
- Removed:
- Removed from acquisition risk factor (older filing, 2025-11-06): specific reference to 'Louisiana Pigment Company, L.P. ("LPC")' integration—newer filing generalizes to 'acquisitions' without naming LPC
- Removed from tariffs/costs risk factor (older filing, 2025-11-06): phrase 'including as a result of additional or changed tariffs on imported raw materials'—newer filing changes to 'or the implementation of tariffs on imported raw materials'
- Removed from technology disruptions risk factor (older filing, 2025-11-06): specification that technology infrastructure includes 'manufacturing and accounting systems'—newer filing adds this parenthetical in newer version
- Removed from risk factors (older filing, 2025-11-06): bullet point 'Potential difficulties in upgrading or implementing accounting and manufacturing software systems'
- Removed from tariffs risk factor (older filing, 2025-11-06): specific reference '(including tariffs imposed by the U.S. federal government on imports from Canada, where Kronos has a manufacturing facility)'
- Removed from risk factors (older filing, 2025-11-06): bullet point 'Our ability to retain key customers'
- Reworded:
- Changes in raw material costs language (older to newer, 2026-05-07): 'Changes in raw material and other operating costs (such as ore, zinc, brass, aluminum, steel and energy costs), including as a result of additional or changed tariffs on imported raw materials' changed to 'Changes in raw material and other operating costs (such as ore, zinc, brass, aluminum, steel and energy costs) or the implementation of tariffs on imported raw materials'
- Technology infrastructure description (older to newer, 2026-05-07): technology risk factor now specifies infrastructure includes '(including manufacturing and accounting systems)' whereas older version mentioned this separately as a standalone risk item
- CompX product description (older to newer, 2026-05-07): 'gauges, throttle controls, trim tabs and related hardware and accessories for the recreational marine industry' changed to 'custom metal fabricated parts, gauges, throttle controls, trim tabs and related hardware and accessories primarily for the recreational marine and other industries'
- Notes:
- The older filing text appears truncated at the end ('Our ability to co'), limiting full comparison of all risk factors
- Some differences may reflect genuine risk profile changes versus consolidation of similar risk items
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for VHI — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding VHI as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 386,218
- Reported value $5,665,819
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 4 increased, 1 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
VHI had 72,931 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
VHI had 0.26% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 4.95 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 72,931
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 0.26%
- Prior settlement (shares) 74,304
- Reported change -1.85%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.95
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Tronox (TROX)
- Chemours (CC)
- Venator Materials (VNTR)
- Southchem
- Southco
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Frequently asked questions
What does VALHI INC (VHI) do?
Valhi is a holding company that operates primarily through its majority-owned subsidiaries, Kronos Worldwide, CompX International, and real estate development entities. Its segments provide titanium dioxide (TiO2) products for industrial and consumer applications, security and hardware components for various industries, and real estate development in Henderson, Nevada.
What sector is VALHI INC (VHI) in?
VALHI INC (VHI) is classified in the Materials sector. Its industry is Conglomerate holding company. It trades on NYSE.
Does VHI pay a dividend?
Yes — VALHI INC (VHI) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 1.93% and 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-09-02). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are VALHI INC's (VHI) competitors?
Notable peers of VALHI INC (VHI) include Tronox, Chemours, Venator Materials, Southchem and Southco. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is VALHI INC (VHI) overbought or oversold right now?
VALHI INC (VHI) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 37, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on VHI come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-02; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.