Growth Metrics

Valhi (VHI) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Valhi filings provide 15 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 4.81% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 85.0% to 4.81% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 4.81%, a 85.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 2.79%, up 38.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 4.81% in Q4 2025 for Valhi, up from 2.79% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 7.5% in Q3 2021 to a low of 0.4% in Q4 2023.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 4.51% (2021), compared with a mean of 4.07%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: crashed -474bps in 2023 and later surged 605bps in 2024.
  • Valhi's Return on Capital Employed stood at 6.65% in 2021, then crashed by -39bps to 4.04% in 2022, then tumbled by -110bps to 0.4% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 1522bps to 5.65% in 2024, then decreased by -15bps to 4.81% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 4.81% (Q4 2025), 2.79% (Q3 2025), and 5.95% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.