secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI)
CIK:        0000059255
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-11-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000059255-23-000071
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925523000071/0000059255-23-000071-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925523000071/vhl-20231106x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059255-23-000071

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