secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     VALHI INC /DE/ (VHI)
CIK:        0000059255
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-06T20:18:21+00:00
Accession:  0000059255-26-000033
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Valhi Q2 net income $22.3M ($0.78/sh) vs $0.9M ($0.03/sh) YoY; declares $0.08 dividend
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- Net income attributable to Valhi stockholders of $22.3M ($0.78/sh) in Q2 2026 vs $0.9M ($0.03/sh) in Q2 2025.
- Chemicals Segment net sales $558.1M, up 13% YoY; operating income $40.4M vs $10.3M.
- Component Products Segment net sales $43.6M, operating income $8.9M vs $6.3M.
- Real Estate segment sold office building, recognized gain of $5.8M ($0.10/sh net of tax and noncontrolling interest).
- Board declared regular quarterly dividend of $0.08/share, payable Sept 24, 2026 to holders of record Sept 3, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925526000033/0000059255-26-000033-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/59255/000005925526000033/vhl-20260806x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059255-26-000033

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