secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI)
CIK:        0000059255
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000059255-22-000073
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 $28.0M ($0.98 EPS); declares $0.08 dividend
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- Net income $28.0M ($0.98 diluted EPS) vs $21.4M ($0.75) in Q2 2021; H1 net income $73.4M ($2.57) vs $36.2M ($1.27).
- Chemicals segment net sales $565.3M, up 18% YoY; operating income $69.2M, up 46%; avg TiO2 prices +26% YoY.
- Real Estate segment recorded $16.0M impairment on water delivery system due to low Lake Mead levels.
- Component Products segment sales $41.6M, up 15%; operating income $7.7M, up 33%.
- Regular quarterly dividend of $0.08/share declared, payable Sep 22, 2022 to holders of record Sep 1, 2022.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925522000073/0000059255-22-000073-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925522000073/vhi8k220804.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059255-22-000073

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