secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI)
CIK:        0000059255
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000059255-22-000046
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Valhi Q1 net income $45.4M ($1.59/sh) vs $14.8M ($0.52) YoY; Chemicals segment strong
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- Net income attributable to Valhi stockholders $45.4M ($1.59 per share) vs $14.8M ($0.52) in Q1 2021.
- Chemicals segment net sales $562.9M (+21% YoY) driven by 24% higher average TiO2 prices and 2% volume increase.
- Chemicals segment operating income $86.4M vs $37.7M, with full capacity utilization (97% prior year).
- Component Products net sales $42.1M vs $35.9M; operating income $6.3M vs $5.8M.
- Real Estate segment sales $24.0M (incl. $22.2M land sales) vs $8.1M; interest expense down $1.7M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925522000046/0000059255-22-000046-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925522000046/vhi8k220505.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059255-22-000046

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