Chairman of the Board, 10% Owner of Valhi Inc. (VHI) Harold C Simmons buys 1,534 shares of VHI on 02/24/2011 at an average price of $22.34 a share.

Valhi Inc. has a market cap of $2.53 billion; its shares were traded at around $22.23 with a P/E ratio of 82.4 and P/S ratio of 2. The dividend yield of Valhi Inc. stocks is 1.8%.

Mutual Fund and Other Gurus that owns VHI: Murray Stahl of Horizon Asset Management, Jeremy Grantham of GMO LLC.


This is the insider trade history vs. stock price of VHI. For the complete insider trading history of VHI, click here.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Buy: Chairman of the Board, 10% Owner Harold C Simmons bought 1,129 shares of VHI stock on 02/23/2011 at the average price of 21.83. Harold C Simmons owns at least 107,215,116 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 1.83% since.


• Buy: Chairman of the Board, 10% Owner Harold C Simmons bought 4,541 shares of VHI stock on 02/22/2011 at the average price of 21.99. Harold C Simmons owns at least 107,213,987 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 1.09% since.


• Buy: Chairman of the Board, 10% Owner Harold C Simmons bought 2,000 shares of VHI stock on 02/18/2011 at the average price of 22.07. Harold C Simmons owns at least 107,209,446 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 0.72% since.


• Buy: Chairman of the Board, 10% Owner Harold C Simmons bought 1,876 shares of VHI stock on 02/16/2011 at the average price of 21.15. Harold C Simmons owns at least 107,207,446 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 5.11% since.


• Buy: Chairman of the Board, 10% Owner Harold C Simmons bought 5,000 shares of VHI stock on 02/15/2011 at the average price of 21.63. Harold C Simmons owns at least 107,205,570 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 2.77% since.

For the complete insider trading history of VHI, click here.

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1. As legendary investor Peter Lynch said: "Insiders might sell their shares for any number of reasons, but they buy them for only one: they think the price will rise."
2. TOP EXECUTIVES like CEOs and CFOs are savvy buyers of their companies' shares. One long-term study showed that they beat the market on average by six percentage points a year.
3. Another study found that the aggregated activities of insiders can serve as a good indicator to locate market bottoms. Insiders as a whole are smart investors of their own companies.

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