---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000059255-23-000071"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VHI"
cik: "0000059255"
company_name: "VALHI INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-11-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T21:36:32.189359+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Valhi reports Q3 2023 net loss of $6.0M ($0.21/share) vs prior year net income of $26.2M

## Summary
- Net loss attributable to Valhi stockholders of $6.0M ($0.21/share) in Q3 2023 vs net income of $26.2M ($0.92/share) in Q3 2022
- Chemicals Segment net sales fell 14% to $396.9M; operating loss of $21.8M vs operating income of $34.3M in Q3 2022
- TiO2 sales volumes down 6% YoY; average selling prices down 8%; production volumes cut 22% as facilities ran at 73% capacity
- First nine months 2023 net loss of $16.0M compared to net income of $99.6M in prior year period

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000059255-23-000071
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VHI
- cik: 0000059255
- company_name: VALHI INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-11-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925523000071/0000059255-23-000071-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925523000071/vhl-20231106x8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  VALHI INC /DE/ reported third quarter of 2023 results: net income net loss attributable to Valhi stockholders of $6.0 million, or $.21 per share, EPS $.21 per share.
  - Period: third quarter of 2023
  - Net income: net loss attributable to Valhi stockholders of $6.0 million, or $.21 per share
  - EPS: $.21 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Valhi, Inc. (NYSE: VHI) reported a net loss attributable to Valhi stockholders of $6.0 million, or $.21 per share, in the third quarter of 2023 compared to net income of $26.2 million, or $.92 per share, in the third quarter of 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925523000071/0000059255-23-000071-index.htm

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