-- just 0.7 percent of the company, worth arou=d $16 million at the time of the filing -- but it is a lot relative to the=usual volume of trading in Valhi. Remember, 93.8 percent of Valhi is owned=by Simmons's heirs and never trades. Between December 27, 2013, and June 10, 2014, Valhi traded an average

Simmons's estate, that alternate valuation date =s tomorrow -- six months from his death. Today is the last trading day before that valuation. How's Valhi done in the last six months= Source: Bloomberg Oh.6 The stock closed yesterday at $6.01, reducing the value of the estate's ho=dings by $2.8 billio

93.8 percent stake in Va=hi <http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/24240/000005925514000010/=chl3dvhi020514.htm> , which was 318,156,746 shares.1 Valhi's stock closed on Dec. 27, 2013, at $14.91 per share <https://www.google.com/f=nance/historical?cid=37782&startdate=Jun+28%2C+2013&en=date=Jan+2%2C+

lhi Inc., NI Industries Inc., Kronos Worldwide Inc. and CompX International Inc." The biggest chunk of the estate was Contran's 93.8 percent stake in Valhi, which was 318,156,746 shares.! Valhi's stock closed on Dec. 27, 2013, at $14.91 per share, making that stake worth about $4.7 billion as of Simmons'

vidend by 60 percent, to its lowest level since 2005. And the few people who follow the stock are unimpressed. Bloomberg shows two analysts following Valhi, Barclays and EVA Dimensions. They both have sell ratings, and Barclays has a price target of $5.00, saying in May that "from a SOTP analysis, we con

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