secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI)
CIK:        0000059255
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000059255-21-000111
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Valhi reports Q2 net income of $21.4M vs loss a year ago; declares $0.08 quarterly dividend
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- Net income attributable to Valhi stockholders of $21.4M ($0.75 per share) in Q2 2021, vs net loss of $9.1M ($0.32 per share) in Q2 2020.
- Chemicals segment net sales rose to $478.6M (+24% YoY) with TiO2 sales volumes up 16% and prices up 3%.
- Component Products segment net sales increased to $36.3M (from $23.8M) on higher demand for security products and marine components.
- Real Estate segment sales of $10.4M vs $5.2M, and recognized a $5.6M pre-tax gain on sale of excess land.
- Board declared regular quarterly dividend of $0.08 per share, payable Sept 23, 2021 to holders of record Sept 2, 2021.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925521000111/0000059255-21-000111-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925521000111/vhi8k210805.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059255-21-000111

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