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$12.00 -2.00 (-14.29%)
12/1/2008 4:05 PM

Valhi, Inc. (VHI)

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The Company has operations through its majority-owned subsidiaries or less than majority-owned affiliates in the chemicals, component products, waste management and titanium metals industries.

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Valhi, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $12.00
Last Trade Time: 12/1/2008 4:05 PM
Open: $0.00
Previous Close: $14.00
Daily Range: $12.00 - $14.42
52-Week Range: $6.65 - $32.47
Volume: 76,317
Market Cap: $1.59B
P/E Ratio: 51.86
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Avatar dermagenex (< 20) Submitted: 6/03/08 7:02 PM

The bears have no clue as to why VHI has been up.





With high oil prices, nuclear energy is the future. The only roadblock to nuclear has been “what to do with the waste?”





It looks like a subsidiary of VHI is on the verge of taking care of it, and cu...More

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Avatar Guffrey (< 20) Submitted: 5/09/08 4:05 PM

Rated a strong sell; D/E 1.61; P/CF 188; Poor TA (MACD, Fast & Slow Stochastic); negative profit margin (ttm); negative ROE (ttm); etc.


The only thing which Valhi, Inc seems to have going for it is the incredibly small float (6.7M shares/113.7M total, 94% controlled by insiders, and they...More

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Avatar guiron (89.14) Submitted: 11/01/08 12:05 AM : Underperform Start Price: $14.34 VHI Score: 1.08

Terrible fundamentals. Maybe Harold Simmons can keep his company afloat until the economy recovers, but he's got a mess on his hands. Hasn't made money since 1Q 2007. Simmons has been pumping his holding company VHI up like crazy after SEC loosened limits on insider buying, but he's been pumping it for a while now. It's mostly (97.25%) owned by Contran, a Simmons trust, so all his activity paying premiums for his own shares is magnified. He's lost a ton in the last year, $4 billion estimated by CNN Money. It's only worth what Simmons pumps into it, and it's going to deflate.

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Avatar NEWSMONKEY (99.41) Submitted: 10/27/08 6:18 PM : Underperform Start Price: $7.67 VHI Score: -62.95

too much leverage and it must come down. I suspect they will raise capital via an equity offering

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Avatar wirelessben (95.48) Submitted: 6/07/08 9:54 PM : Underperform Start Price: $29.57 VHI Score: 19.33

Crappy fundamentals and a chart with an exhaustion gap.

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Avatar dermagenex (< 20) Submitted: 6/03/08 7:02 PM : Outperform Start Price: $29.78 VHI Score: -19.26

The bears have no clue as to why VHI has been up.





With high oil prices, nuclear energy is the future. The only roadblock to nuclear has been “what to do with the waste?”





It looks like a subsidiary of VHI is on the verge of taking care of it, and currently it has no competition (huge competitive advantage and pricing power).





“A subsidiary of Dallas-based conglomerate Valhi Inc., Waste Control Specialists LLC was in Phoenix to make the case that it was on the verge of doing what no other company has been able to do—license and build a massive radioactive waste landfill.”


http://texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=2729





Short VHI at your own peril clueless bears.


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Avatar suponders (< 20) Submitted: 6/03/08 5:28 PM : Outperform Start Price: $29.78 VHI Score: -19.26

I have no idea, it's a hunch.

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