Growth Metrics

Valhi (VHI) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Valhi filings provide 16 years of Operating Margin readings, the most recent being 12.49% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin rose 921.0% to 12.49% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 5.28%, a 61.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 3.05%, up 61.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin hit 12.49% in Q4 2025 for Valhi, up from 0.32% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 14.03% in Q3 2021 to a low of 5.0% in Q4 2023.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 2.57% (2022), compared with a mean of 4.38%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: soared 1366bps in 2021 and later tumbled -1301bps in 2025.
  • Valhi's Operating Margin stood at 3.48% in 2021, then tumbled by -128bps to 0.97% in 2022, then crashed by -416bps to 5.0% in 2023, then surged by 165bps to 3.27% in 2024, then soared by 281bps to 12.49% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 12.49% (Q4 2025), 0.32% (Q3 2025), and 0.59% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.