What is the Market's View on Valhi, Inc. (VHI) Stock's Price and Volume Trends Wednesday?

Valhi, Inc. (VHI) stock is up 12.83% over the past week and gets a Bullish rating from InvestorsObserver Sentiment Indicator.

Valhi, Inc. has a Bullish sentiment reading. Find out what this means for you and get the rest of the rankings on VHI!

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What is Stock Sentiment?

Sentiment is a very short-term indicator that is entirely technical. There is no information about the health of profitability of the underlying company in our sentiment score. As a technical indicator, news about the stock, or company, such as an earnings release or other event, could move the stock counter to the recent trend. Sentiment is how investors, or the market, feels about a stock. There are lots of ways to measure sentiment. At the core, sentiment is pretty easy to understand. If a stock is going up, investors must be bullish, while if it is going down, sentiment is bearish. InvestorsObserver’s Sentiment Indicator looks at price trends over the past week and also considers changes in volume. Increasing volume can mean a trend is getting stronger, while decreasing volume can mean a trend is nearing a conclusion. For stocks that have options, our system also considers the balance between calls, which are often bets that the price will go up, and puts, which are frequently bets that the price will fall.

What's Happening With VHI Stock Today?

Valhi, Inc. (VHI) stock is up 9.05% while the S&P 500 is down -3.88% as of 2:16 PM on Wednesday, May 18. VHI is higher by $3.64 from the previous closing price of $40.23 on volume of 54,092 shares. Over the past year the S&P 500 is down -5.60% while VHI is higher by 62.54%. VHI earned $5.54 a per share in the over the last 12 months, giving it a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.96. To see InvestorsObserver's Sentiment Score for Valhi, Inc. click here.

More About Valhi, Inc.

Valhi Inc is a holding company that provides chemicals, security products, waste management systems and real estate development and management through its subsidiaries. It operates its business in three segments, which are Chemicals, Component Products, and Real Estate Management and Development. Through its segments the company produces and markets titanium dioxide pigments which generate the majority of the company revenues; manufactures security products; processes, treats, stores and disposes of radioactive and toxic waste; and provides real estate management services. Valhi derives maximum revenue from the Chemicals segment. The company has a presence in Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and Rest of World. Click Here to get the full Stock Report for Valhi, Inc. stock.