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Valhi Inc. (VHI) Chairman of the Board, 10% Owner Harold C Simmons buys 4,000 Shares

Feb 02, 2012 | About:
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Chairman of the Board, 10% Owner of Valhi Inc. (VHI) Harold C Simmons buys 4,000 shares of VHI on 02/02/2012 at an average price of $54.41 a share.

Valhi Inc. has a market cap of $6.24 billion; its shares were traded at around $55.23 with a P/E ratio of 35.2 and P/S ratio of 4. The dividend yield of Valhi Inc. stocks is 0.9%.


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:


  • Chairman of the Board, 10% Owner Harold C Simmons bought 2,524 shares of VHI stock on 01/26/2012 at the average price of 55.25. Harold C Simmons owns at least 107,833,044 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.04% since.
  • Chairman of the Board, 10% Owner Harold C Simmons bought 2,524 shares of VHI stock on 01/26/2012 at the average price of 55.25. Harold C Simmons owns at least 107,833,044 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.04% since.
  • Chairman of the Board, 10% Owner Harold C Simmons bought 2,000 shares of VHI stock on 01/19/2012 at the average price of 59.9. Harold C Simmons owns at least 107,814,520 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 7.8% since.
  • Chairman of the Board, 10% Owner Harold C Simmons bought 2,000 shares of VHI stock on 01/12/2012 at the average price of 59.75. Harold C Simmons owns at least 107,809,750 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 7.56% since.
  • Chairman of the Board, 10% Owner Harold C Simmons bought 3,270 shares of VHI stock on 12/15/2011 at the average price of 53. Harold C Simmons owns at least 107,806,099 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 4.21% since.


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

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Why CEOs Are Buying Stocks Of Their Own Companies?

  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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