Valhi, Inc. engages in the chemicals, component products, and real estate management and development businesses in Europe, North America, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The Chemicals segment produces and markets titanium dioxide pigments (TiO2), which are white inorganic pigments used in various applications by paint, plastics, decorative laminate, and paper manufacturers. It provides TiO2 under the KRONOS name through agents …
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Valhi, Inc. ranks #8 of 18
scored companies in Chemicals by moat score — the top 44%.
The widest moat in the group is Westlake Chemical Partners LP (WLKP)
at 88/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near VHI in Chemicals
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 41
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 66
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 54
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 57
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 59
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
Valhi, Inc. (VHI) scores 53 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #8 of 18 scored companies in Chemicals, the top 44%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 17 companies in Chemicals. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (66/100) and its weakest is Cost Advantage (41/100).
How does Valhi, Inc. compare with other Chemicals companies?
Valhi, Inc. ranks #8 of 18 scored companies in Chemicals by moat score. The widest moat in Chemicals is Westlake Chemical Partners LP (WLKP) at 88/100. The companies ranked closest are Green Plains, Inc. (GPRE) at 53 just above it and Dow Inc. (DOW) at 48 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 17 companies in Chemicals. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Valhi, Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for Valhi, Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and VHI scores: Pricing Power (42), Cost Advantage (41), Customer Stickiness (66), Capital Efficiency (54), Resilience (57), Scale & Market Position (59). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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