---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000059255-23-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VHI"
cik: "0000059255"
company_name: "VALHI INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-03-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T07:52:53.021493+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Valhi Q4 net loss $9.4M; chemicals segment posts $15.3M operating loss; BWC files Ch.11

## Summary
- Net loss attributable to Valhi of $9.4M ($0.33/share) vs net income of $52.0M ($1.83) in Q4 2021; full-year net income $90.2M ($3.16) vs $127.2M ($4.46).
- Chemicals segment Q4 operating loss $15.3M vs income $55.4M; TiO2 sales volumes down 40% YoY; production curtailed at European facilities.
- Real estate segment Q4 sales $20.2M vs $153.1M; subsidiary Basic Water Company filed Ch.11 in Sept 2022, incurring $19.7M in charges in 2022.
- Component products segment Q4 sales $40.0M (+17% YoY) and operating income $5.4M (+42% YoY).
- Interest expense decreased to $7.0M in Q4 due to lower average debt and currency effects, partially offset by higher variable rates.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000059255-23-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VHI
- cik: 0000059255
- company_name: VALHI INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-03-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925523000010/0000059255-23-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925523000010/vhl-20230309x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059255-23-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  VALHI INC /DE/ reported the full year of 2022 results: net income net income attributable to Valhi stockholders of $90.2 million, or $3.16 per share.
  - Period: the full year of 2022
  - Net income: net income attributable to Valhi stockholders of $90.2 million, or $3.16 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: For the full year of 2022, Valhi reported net income attributable to Valhi stockholders of $90.2 million, or $3.16 per share compared to net income of $127.2 million, or $4.46 per share for the full year of 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925523000010/0000059255-23-000010-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  VALHI INC /DE/ reported the fourth quarter of 2022 results: net income net loss attributable to Valhi stockholders of $9.4 million, or $.33 per share.
  - Period: the fourth quarter of 2022
  - Net income: net loss attributable to Valhi stockholders of $9.4 million, or $.33 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Valhi, Inc. (NYSE: VHI) reported a net loss attributable to Valhi stockholders of $9.4 million, or $.33 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to net income of $52.0 million, or $1.83 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925523000010/0000059255-23-000010-index.htm

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