profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Valhi
$16.49+1.41% today
+21.7% in 1 year
1-year low $11.551-year high $18.69
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Valhi sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.22 billion in 2022 to $2.08 billion in 2025, with -$57.6 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Valhi vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valhi | No profit yet | ||
 Shin-Etsu Chemical | 19.4× · Fair price | ||
 BASF | 29.8× · Fair price | ||
 Saudi Basic Industries | No profit yet | ||
 Dow | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Valhi's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,223 | 1,922 | 2,105 | 2,077 | |
| 490 | 245 | 425 | 295 | |
| 186 | -32 | 168 | -17 | |
| 256 | 63 | 361 | 81 | |
| 87 | -10 | 108 | -58 | |
| 3.16 | -0.35 | 3.79 | -2.02 | |
| 22.1% | 12.8% | 20.2% | 14.2% | |
| 8.4% | -1.7% | 8.0% | -0.8% | |
| 3.9% | -0.5% | 5.1% | -2.8% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,836 | 2,737 | 2,800 | 2,632 |
| Cash | 479 | 407 | 348 | 214 |
| Total debt | 581 | 569 | 584 | 612 |
| Total liabilities | 1,529 | 1,461 | 1,421 | 1,269 |
| 959 | 951 | 1,036 | 1,023 | |
| 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | |
| 10.2% | 0.5% | 14.3% | 0.7% | |
| 9.1% | -1.0% | 10.4% | -5.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 4 | 44 | -36 | |
| 68 | 49 | 31 | 47 | |
| -33 | -45 | 13 | -82 | |
| Dividends paid | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- –
- 4.8×
- –
- 0.4×
- 0.2×
- –
- 10.7×
- -17.6%
- -12.3%
- 2.5%
Profitability
- 14.2%
- -0.8%
- -2.8%
- 3.1%
- -1.6%
- 3.3%
- -7.0%
- -2.8%
- -1.6%
- –
Growth
- −2.2%
- –
- −726.7%
- −7.8%
- +0.0%
Financial health
- 6.7×
- 0.63
- 24.7%
- -0.6×
- 3.25
- 3.25
- 0.80
How it ranks in Materials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 12%of 989
Bottom 9%of 958
Bottom 30%of 935
Bottom 4%of 990
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | 0.07 | 0.77 | −90.9% |
| Mar 10, 2026 | -1.86 | 0.87 | −315.0% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -0.33 | 0.83 | −139.7% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 0.03 | 0.76 | −96.1% |
| May 8, 2025 | 0.59 | 0.66 | −10.6% |
| Mar 6, 2025 | 0.80 | 0.60 | +33.3% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | 2.01 | 1.00 | +101.0% |
| Aug 8, 2024 | 0.70 | 0.29 | +141.4% |
2.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$25a year at today's yield, before tax
−7.8%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.96 in 2015 → $0.32 in 2025
How safe it looks
-12.6% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: -11.1%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
20No pass
Benjamin Graham
69Pass
Philip Fisher
28No pass
Peter Lynch
25No pass
Joel Greenblatt
0No pass
Charlie Munger
25No pass
Terry Smith
29No pass
Questions about Valhi
Is Valhi a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Valhi AI analysis
What does Valhi do?
Valhi, Inc. engages in the chemicals, component products, and real estate management and development businesses in the Asia Pacific, Europe, North America, and internationally. It is in Chemicals.
Does Valhi pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.5% a year. In 2025 it paid out $9.10 million in dividends.
Is Valhi stock halal?
No. Valhi does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 131% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Valhi stock done over the past year?
Up 21.7% over the past twelve months, to $16.49. It traded between $11.55 and $18.69 and is 11.8% below its high.
Who are Valhi's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Shin-Etsu Chemical, BASF, Saudi Basic Industries and Dow. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Valhi's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.