Valhi (VHI) Competitors

Perimeter Solutions (NYSE:PRM) and Valhi (NYSE:VHI) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, PRM or VHI?

Perimeter Solutions has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Valhi. Perimeter Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valhi, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Perimeter Solutions	$534.19M	3.79	$67.49M	-$1.13	-12.25
Valhi	$1.92B	0.35	-$12.10M	$3.12	7.72

Do analysts rate PRM or VHI?

Perimeter Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.77%. Valhi has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.94%. Given Perimeter Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Perimeter Solutions is more favorable than Valhi.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Perimeter Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Valhi	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Is PRM or VHI more profitable?

Valhi has a net margin of 4.29% compared to Perimeter Solutions' net margin of -30.57%. Valhi's return on equity of 6.90% beat Perimeter Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Perimeter Solutions	-30.57%	-10.08%	-4.60%
Valhi	4.29%	6.90%	3.36%

Which has more volatility and risk, PRM or VHI?

Perimeter Solutions has a beta of 1.91, indicating that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valhi has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PRM or VHI?

89.9% of Perimeter Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of Valhi shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of Perimeter Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Valhi shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PRM or VHI?

Valhi received 229 more outperform votes than Perimeter Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.41% of users gave Valhi an outperform vote while only 45.45% of users gave Perimeter Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Perimeter Solutions	Outperform Votes 5 45.45%	Underperform Votes 6 54.55%
Valhi	Outperform Votes 234 63.41%	Underperform Votes 135 36.59%

Does the media refer more to PRM or VHI?

In the previous week, Perimeter Solutions had 2 more articles in the media than Valhi. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Perimeter Solutions and 1 mentions for Valhi. Perimeter Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Valhi's score of 0.75 indicating that Perimeter Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Perimeter Solutions	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Valhi	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Perimeter Solutions beats Valhi on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.