Basic Materials
Live Price
Offline$13.53
-4.11% today
1Y Change
-13.93%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Coverage: 249 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Valhi, Inc. (VHI) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $430.00M and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $13.53 and down 13.9% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -1.3%, EPS growth of -153.3%, a dividend yield of 2.1%. What stands out right now is revenue -1.3%, EPS -153.3%, free cash flow -726.7% with operating margin -0.0% and ROIC -0.0%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.1%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.2. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines VHI price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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VHI
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Normalized return
SPY
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
VHI Max Drawdown
-39.31%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$2.3B
+3.3% YoY
FY Net Income
$127.2M
+45.9% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$395.6M
+1309.8% YoY
Revenue Growth
-1.3%
EPS Growth
-153.3%
Gross Margin
14.2%
Net Margin
-2.8%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2.1B | 2.1B | 1.9B | 2.2B | 2.3B |
| Gross Profit | 306M | 425M | 245M | 490M | 580M |
| Operating Income | -1M | 166M | -44M | 186M | 268M |
| EBITDA | 65M | 361M | 63M | 256M | 350M |
| Net Income | -58M | 108M | -10M | 87M | 127M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 223M | 348M | 407M | 479M | 698M |
| Total Assets | 2.6B | 2.8B | 2.7B | 2.8B | 3.0B |
| Total Liabilities | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.8B |
| Shareholder Equity | 1.0B | 1.0B | 936M | 959M | 830M |
| Total Debt | 612M | 584M | 569M | 581M | 673M |
| Net Debt | 389M | 236M | 162M | 102M | -26M |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
460M
+1217.2% YoY
Capital Expenditures
64M
+5.2% YoY
Free Cash Flow
396M
+1309.8% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
14.2%
Operating Margin
-0.0%
Net Margin
-2.8%
ROE
-5.5%
Debt / Equity
0.60x
Next Step
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