Both in Industrial Chemicals

Valhi vs NLI Holdings

Over the past year VHI returned +1.7% and NL returned +17.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.17.

VHI +1.7% NL +17.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricVHINL
Price$14.11$7.11
Market cap$399.6M$347.7M
Today+0.86%+1.72%
1 month−7.2%+0.6%
6 months−7.5%+16.4%
Year to date+17.1%+30.0%
1 year−1.6%+20.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+12.2%+8.0%
Gross margin19.8%35.6%
Net margin3.7%20.5%
P/E (TTM)——
Price / sales0.2×2.1×
Net cash-$375.1M$106.5M
Dividend yield2.27%5.63%
Volatility (60d)39.4%28.9%
Short % of float2.8%1.4%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).