VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI) has a current P/E ratio of 21.0, compared to its historical median P/E of 6.5. The stock is currently considered Expensive based on its historical valuation range.
VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI) has a 5-year average return on invested capital (ROIC) of 13.9%. This indicates solid capital allocation.
VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI) has a market capitalization of $388M. It is classified as a small-cap stock.
Yes, VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI) pays a dividend with a trailing twelve-month yield of 2.34%.
Based on historical P/E analysis, VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI) appears expensive. The current P/E of 21.0 is 220% above its historical median of 6.5. The estimated fair value CAGR (P/E method) is -17.4%.
VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI) operates in the Industrial Inorganic Chemicals industry, within the Materials sector.
VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI) reported annual revenue of $2.1 billion in its most recent fiscal year, based on SEC EDGAR filings.
VALHI INC /DE/ operates in the Industrial Inorganic Chemicals industry, Materials sector. Full business description from SEC filing not yet available.
| Metric | TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.1B | 2.1B | 2.1B | 1.9B | 2.2B | 2.3B |
| Net Income | -73M | -58M | 108M | -9.9M | 90M | 127M |
| EPS | $-1,866,667.34 | $-2.02 | $3.79 | $-0.35 | $3.06 | $4.46 |
| Free Cash Flow | 30M | -82M | 13M | -45M | -33M | 396M |
| ROIC | 2.5% | 4.7% | 12.1% | 3.4% | 21.2% | 27.9% |
| Gross Margin | 13.1% | 14.2% | 20.2% | 12.8% | 22.1% | 25.3% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.61 | 0.60 | 0.56 | 0.57 | 0.61 | 0.81 |
| Dividends/Share | $0.32 | $0.32 | $0.32 | $0.32 | $0.32 | $0.32 |
| Operating Income | 46M | 63M | 211M | 34M | 239M | 319M |
| Operating Margin | 2.2% | 3.0% | 10.0% | 1.8% | 10.8% | 13.9% |
| ROE | -7.1% | -5.6% | 10.9% | -1.0% | 10.1% | 16.8% |
| Shares Outstanding | 29M | 29M | 28M | 28M | 29M | 29M |
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| Income Statement | |||||||||||||
| Revenue | 1.9B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.9B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 1.8B | 2.3B | 2.2B | 1.9B | 2.1B | 2.1B | 2.1B |
| Gross Margin | 21.6% | 15.4% | 20.3% | 32.6% | 33.5% | 22.9% | 22.3% | 25.3% | 22.1% | 12.8% | 20.2% | 14.2% | 13.1% |
| R&D | 19M | 16M | 13M | 19M | 16M | 17M | 16M | 17M | 16M | 18M | 14M | 17M | 17M |
| SG&A | 276M | 249M | 233M | 263M | 310M | 294M | 284M | 312M | 304M | 277M | 256M | 312M | 311M |
| EBIT | 170M | 21M | 119M | 380M | 371M | 193M | 186M | 319M | 239M | 34M | 211M | 63M | 46M |
| Op. Margin | 9.1% | 1.4% | 7.8% | 20.2% | 20.4% | 10.2% | 10.1% | 13.9% | 10.8% | 1.8% | 10.0% | 3.0% | 2.2% |
| Net Income | 54M | -134M | -16M | 208M | 262M | 49M | 55M | 127M | 90M | -9.9M | 108M | -58M | -73M |
| Net Margin | 2.9% | -9.0% | -1.0% | 11.0% | 14.4% | 2.6% | 3.0% | 5.5% | 4.1% | -0.5% | 5.1% | -2.8% | -3.5% |
| Non-Recurring | -900K | -800K | -300K | -500K | 13M | 4.4M | 4.5M | 16M | 0 | 7.3M | 2.5M | 10M | 10M |
| Returns on Capital | |||||||||||||
| ROIC | 10.3% | 1.9% | 7.3% | 38.8% | 37.8% | 15.6% | 16.9% | 27.9% | 21.2% | 3.4% | 12.1% | 4.7% | 2.5% |
| ROE | 10.0% | -35.8% | -6.8% | 66.4% | 49.5% | 7.7% | 8.3% | 16.8% | 10.1% | -1.0% | 10.9% | -5.6% | -7.1% |
| ROA | 1.8% | -4.9% | -0.6% | 7.8% | 9.3% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 4.3% | 3.1% | -0.4% | 3.9% | -2.1% | -2.8% |
| Cash Flow | |||||||||||||
| Op. Cash Flow | 67M | 22M | 80M | 259M | 166M | 177M | 152M | 460M | 35M | 3.9M | 44M | -36M | 74M |
| Free Cash Flow | -5.4M | -33M | 21M | 188M | 104M | 117M | 87M | 396M | -33M | -45M | 13M | -82M | 30M |
| Owner Earnings | -11M | -48M | 12M | 200M | 107M | 120M | 84M | 400M | -24M | -50M | -23M | -102M | -1.3B |
| CapEx | 73M | 55M | 59M | 71M | 61M | 60M | 66M | 64M | 68M | 49M | 31M | 47M | 44M |
| Maint. CapEx | 78M | 70M | 68M | 59M | 58M | 57M | 69M | 59M | 59M | 54M | 67M | 66M | 1.4B |
| Growth CapEx | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12M | 3.0M | 3.1M | 0 | 4.8M | 9.1M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D&A | 78M | 70M | 68M | 59M | 58M | 57M | 69M | 59M | 59M | 54M | 67M | 66M | 1.4B |
| CapEx/OCF | 108.0% | 247.1% | 73.8% | 27.5% | 37.1% | 33.8% | 43.0% | 13.9% | 193.7% | 1243.6% | 70.2% | N/A | 59.8% |
| Capital Allocation | |||||||||||||
| Dividends Paid | 37M | 27M | 27M | 27M | 27M | 27M | 14M | 9.0M | 9.0M | 9.1M | 9.1M | 9.1M | 9.1M |
| Dividend Yield | 1.8% | 2.3% | 5.4% | 2.7% | 1.9% | 46.4% | 3.8% | 1.5% | 1.0% | 2.1% | 1.6% | N/A | 2.3% |
| Share Buybacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1M | 1.0M | 1.5M | 4.0M | 2.9M | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buyback Yield | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.7% | N/A | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Stock-Based Comp | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Debt Repayment | 343M | 53M | 309M | 600M | 13M | 11M | 59M | 102M | 62M | 30M | 102M | 110M | 110M |
| Balance Sheet | |||||||||||||
| Net Debt | 671M | 756M | 730M | 604M | 298M | 268M | 266M | -29M | 27M | 83M | 234M | 395M | 429M |
| Cash & Equiv. | 256M | 202M | 160M | 436M | 500M | 524M | 519M | 698M | 479M | 407M | 348M | 214M | 196M |
| Long-Term Debt | 920M | 951M | 889M | 1.0B | 798M | 789M | 786M | 650M | 558M | 546M | 484M | 591M | 625M |
| Debt/Equity | 1.95 | 3.57 | 4.45 | 2.46 | 1.26 | 1.24 | 1.16 | 0.81 | 0.61 | 0.57 | 0.56 | 0.60 | 0.61 |
| Interest Coverage | 3.0 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 9.8 | 8.6 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| Equity | 478M | 269M | 201M | 424M | 635M | 640M | 683M | 830M | 959M | 951M | 1.0B | 1.0B | 1.0B |
| Total Assets | 2.9B | 2.5B | 2.4B | 2.9B | 2.7B | 2.8B | 2.9B | 3.0B | 2.8B | 2.7B | 2.8B | 2.6B | 2.6B |
| Total Liabilities | 544M | 461M | 413M | 2.1B | 1.7B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 1.8B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.4B | 1.3B | 56M |
| Intangibles | 5.1M | 5.1M | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Retained Earnings | 4.9M | -156M | -199M | -18M | 220M | 239M | 283M | 401M | 482M | 476M | 575M | 508M | 508M |
| Working Capital | 721M | 610M | 543M | 931M | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.1B | 1.2B | 1.1B | 968M | 810M | 810M | 868M |
| Current Assets | 1.0B | 896M | 837M | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.5B | 1.7B | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.3B | 1.3B |
| Current Liabilities | 327M | 287M | 294M | 331M | 351M | 323M | 318M | 464M | 493M | 507M | 644M | 449M | 386M |
| Per Share Data | |||||||||||||
| EPS | 1.92 | -4.68 | -0.60 | 7.32 | 8.86 | 20.76 | 1.94 | 4.46 | 3.06 | -0.35 | 3.79 | -2.02 | -1,866,667.34 |
| Owner EPS | -0.40 | -1.67 | 0.46 | 7.07 | 3.62 | 50.80 | 2.94 | 14.04 | -0.80 | -1.77 | -0.80 | -3.57 | -45.25 |
| Book Value | 17.04 | 9.41 | 7.58 | 14.97 | 21.46 | 270.05 | 23.99 | 29.08 | 32.52 | 33.60 | 36.36 | 35.88 | 35.99 |
| Cash Flow/Share | 2.40 | 0.77 | 3.01 | 9.15 | 5.59 | 74.77 | 5.35 | 16.12 | 1.18 | 0.14 | 1.54 | -1.24 | 45.32 |
| Dividends/Share | 1.32 | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.92 | 11.52 | 0.48 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.32 |
| Shares Out. | 28.0M | 28.5M | 26.5M | 28.3M | 29.6M | 2.4M | 28.5M | 28.5M | 29.5M | 28.3M | 28.5M | 28.5M | 28.5M |
| Valuation | |||||||||||||
| P/E Ratio | 30.3 | N/A | N/A | 8.6 | 2.2 | 11.4 | 7.5 | 5.8 | 6.5 | N/A | 5.8 | N/A | -0.0 |
| P/FCF | N/A | N/A | 46.4 | 9.4 | 5.8 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 1.9 | N/A | N/A | 47.4 | N/A | 13.0 |
| EV/EBIT | 9.6 | 8.2 | 13.3 | 9.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -1.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | N/A | 1.5 | N/A | 17.7 |
| Price/Book | 3.4 | 1.4 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | N/A | 0.4 |
| Price/Sales | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | N/A | 0.2 |
| FCF Yield | -0.3% | -8.5% | 2.2% | 10.6% | 17.9% | 21.0% | 20.8% | 53.2% | -5.5% | -10.5% | 2.1% | N/A | 7.7% |
| Market Cap | 1.6B | 382M | 971M | 1.8B | 583M | 559M | 416M | 744M | 590M | 426M | 621M | 0 | 388M |
| Avg. Price | 74.09 | 42.03 | 18.80 | 35.19 | 48.38 | 24.62 | 12.50 | 21.53 | 30.42 | 15.24 | 20.59 | 0.00 | 13.62 |
| Year-End Price | 58.12 | 13.37 | 36.62 | 62.66 | 20.53 | 19.66 | 14.62 | 26.09 | 20.67 | 15.06 | 21.79 | 0.00 | 13.62 |
VALHI INC /DE/ passes 1 of 9 quality checks, indicating weak fundamentals.
VALHI INC /DE/ trades at 21.0x trailing earnings, compared to its 15-year median P/E of 6.5x, suggesting it is currently Expensive relative to its historical range. The company's 5-year average ROIC is 13.9% with a gross margin of 18.9%. Total shareholder yield (dividends) is 2.3%. At current prices, the estimated annualized return to fair value is -20.2%.
VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI) has a net profit margin of -2.8%. The company is currently unprofitable.
VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI) generated $-82 million in free cash flow in its most recent fiscal year. Negative free cash flow may indicate heavy investment or operational challenges.
VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI) has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60. This indicates moderate leverage.
VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI) reported earnings per share (EPS) of $-2.02 in its most recent fiscal year.
VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI) has a return on equity (ROE) of -5.6%. A negative ROE may indicate losses or negative equity.
VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI) has a 5-year average gross margin of 18.9%. This lower margin is typical of capital-intensive or commodity businesses.
The Ledger Terminal provides 16 years of financial data for VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI), sourced directly from SEC EDGAR filings. This includes income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and key financial ratios.
VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI) has a book value per share of $35.88, based on its most recent annual SEC filing.
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