Valhi price to free cash flow VHI

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 6.5×
10-year median: 8.0×
Against its 10-year history: 42nd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 1.9× to 55.5×
Peer median: 7.5×

Valhi's price to free cash flow is 6.5× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 8.0×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 1.9× in Mar 2022 to 55.5× in May 2017.

The median for 6 specialty chemicals stocks of a similar size is 7.5×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 8×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	6.5×	6.4×	14.0×
2025	37.9×	12.4×	39.3×
2024	16.1×	8.8×	29.9×
2023	3.1×	2.8×	3.2×
2022	2.8×	1.9×	4.7×
2021	3.5×	3.0×	11.1×
2020	9.1×	2.5×	22.4×
2019	23.3×	3.9×	27.6×
2018	3.7×	2.7×	15.5×
2017	11.7×	6.6×	55.5×
2016	19.8×	13.2×	21.2×
2015	17.9×	17.6×	154×
2014	148×	24.0×	148×
2013	127×	65.3×	154×
2012	306×	199×	331×

Against its peers

Companies in Chemicals - Specialty nearest Valhi's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
VHIValhi	6.5×
LXFRLuxfer	27.9×
ALTOAlto Ingredients	5.6×
LXULSB Industries	7.3×
WLKPWestlake Chemical Partners	1.8×
GPREGreen Plains	7.7×
REXREX AMERICAN RESOURCES	19.3×
Peer median	7.5×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.