Valhi (VHI)

• Market cap: $616M
• 1 day: 0.05%
• 5 days: -9.71%
• 1 month: -17.95%
• 3 months: -24.91%
• 6 months: 21.02%
• Year to date: 48.23%
• 1 year: 45.26%
• 5 years: 0.18%
• 10 years: -69.32%
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Industrial Inorganic Chemicals

About: Valhi Inc is a holding company that provides chemicals, security products, waste management systems, and real estate development and management through its subsidiaries. It operates its business in three segments, which are Chemicals, Component Products, and Real Estate Management and Development. The company derives maximum revenue from the Chemicals segment. Chemicals Segment is a producer and marketer of value-added titanium dioxide pigments (TiO2). TiO2 is used to impart whiteness, brightness, opacity, and durability to a wide variety of products, including paints, plastics, paper, fibers, and ceramics. Geographically the company operates in the United States, Germany, Canada, Norway, and Belgium, where the majority of revenue comes from the United States.

Employees: 2,196

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

240% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 17 | Existing positions closed: 5

111% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $19.5M [Q2] → $41M (+$21.5M) [Q3]

24% more funds holding

Funds holding: 50 [Q2] → 62 (+12) [Q3]

14% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 16 | Existing positions reduced: 14

0.5% more ownership

Funds ownership: 3.86% [Q2] → 4.36% (+0.5%) [Q3]

Research analyst outlook

1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $20 8% downside
• Avg. target: $20 8% downside
• High target: $20 8% downside

1 analyst rating

• positive: 0 0%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 1 100%

Barclays Michael Leithead 37% 1-year accuracy 7 / 19 met price target

8% downside $20

Underweight Maintained

25 Sept 2024