Valhi (VHI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $24.08 +1.18 (+5.15%) As of 01/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends Valhi Short Interest DataValhi (VHI) has a short interest of 78,800 shares, representing 3.28% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 10.36% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.6, indicating that it would take 2.6 days of the average trading volume of 20,258 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest78,800 sharesPrevious Short Interest71,400 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+10.36%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.84 millionShort Interest Ratio2.6 Days to CoverLast Record DateDecember 31, 2024Outstanding Shares28,300,000 sharesFloat Size2,400,000 sharesShort Percent of Float3.28%Today's Trading Volume19,250 sharesAverage Trading Volume20,258 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average95% Short Selling Valhi? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Valhi and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartVHI Short Interest Over TimeVHI Days to Cover Over TimeVHI Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Valhi Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 12/31/202478,800 shares $1.84 million +10.4%3.3%2.6 $23.39 12/15/202471,400 shares $1.71 million +6.9%3.0%2.4 $23.94 11/30/202466,800 shares $1.71 million -1.2%2.8%2.3 $25.60 11/15/202467,600 shares $1.63 million +3.8%2.8%2.3 $24.13 10/31/202465,100 shares $2.22 million +3.3%2.7%2.3 $34.03 10/15/202463,000 shares $2.19 million +9.8%2.6%2.4 $34.72 9/30/202457,400 shares $1.92 million -17.2%2.4%2.2 $33.37 9/15/202469,300 shares $1.95 million +18.5%2.9%2.8 $28.11 8/31/202458,500 shares $1.71 million +24.7%2.5%2.6 $29.21 8/15/202446,900 shares $1.09 million -10.7%2.0%2.6 $23.34 Get the Latest News and Ratings for VHI and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Valhi and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 7/31/202452,500 shares $1.10 million +13.4%2.2%3.8 $20.99 7/15/202446,300 shares $814,880.00 +0.7%1.9%4.9 $17.60 6/30/202446,000 shares $820,180.00 -2.1%1.9%6.6 $17.83 6/15/202447,000 shares $878,900.00 +10.1%2.0%7.7 $18.70 5/31/202442,700 shares $830,515.00 +4.4%1.8%6.6 $19.45 5/15/202440,900 shares $743,153.00 -4.9%1.7%6.7 $18.17 4/30/202443,000 shares $635,110.00 -11.9%1.8%6.9 $14.77 4/15/202448,800 shares $733,952.00 +4.3%2.0%7.6 $15.04 3/31/202446,800 shares $804,024.00 -5.5%2.0%6 $17.18 3/15/202449,500 shares $737,550.00 +4.7%2.1%6 $14.90 2/29/202447,300 shares $644,699.00 +22.9%2.0%4.8 $13.63 2/15/202438,500 shares $504,735.00 -4.5%1.6%3.9 $13.11 1/31/202440,300 shares $558,961.00 +0.3%1.7%3.9 $13.87 1/15/202440,200 shares $582,900.00 +9.8%1.7%3.3 $14.50 12/31/202336,600 shares $555,954.00 -15.5%1.5%2.9 $15.19 12/15/202343,300 shares $596,674.00 -38.7%1.8%3.3 $13.78 11/30/202370,600 shares $958,748.00 -1.1%3.0%4.8 $13.58 11/15/202371,400 shares $920,346.00 +6.7%3.0%4.8 $12.89 10/31/202366,900 shares $746,604.00 -6.0%2.8%4.1 $11.16 10/15/202371,200 shares $912,784.00 -16.5%3.0%4.5 $12.82 9/30/202385,300 shares $1.13 million +3.3%3.6%5.1 $13.26 9/15/202382,600 shares $1.06 million -8.1%3.5%5 $12.85 8/31/202389,900 shares $1.19 million +40.5%3.8%5.7 $13.24 8/15/202364,000 shares $837,760.00 -3.3%2.7%4.2 $13.09 7/31/202366,200 shares $1.02 million -12.2%2.8%4.1 $15.34 7/15/202375,400 shares $1.08 million +34.2%3.2%4.8 $14.29 6/30/202356,200 shares $735,658.00 -11.8%2.4%3.7 $13.09 6/15/202363,700 shares $911,547.00 -9.3%2.7%4.2 $14.31 5/31/202370,200 shares $872,586.00 -13.2%3.0%4.1 $12.43 5/15/202380,900 shares $1.05 million -14.1%3.4%4.6 $13.00Henry Kissinger’s warning of Trump (Ad)In this video, you’ll also get nine other Trump-connected investments… All of which we believe could have as much as 10-fold potential over the next four years…but only for those who get in now before Trump enters the Oval Office and unleashes America’s full economic might. There’s only a few days left to act. 4/30/202394,200 shares $1.46 million -8.9%3.9%5.4 $15.53 4/15/2023103,400 shares $1.75 million -9.2%4.3%5.7 $16.88 3/31/2023113,900 shares $1.98 million +15.8%4.8%6.2 $17.41 3/15/202398,400 shares $1.73 million +5.8%4.1%4.6 $17.58 2/28/202393,000 shares $2.20 million +3.9%3.9%4.1 $23.69 2/15/202389,500 shares $2.25 million -7.9%3.7%4 $25.16 1/31/202397,200 shares $2.51 million -9.7%4.1%4 $25.83 1/15/2023107,600 shares $2.65 million -6.0%4.5%4.4 $24.64 12/30/2022114,500 shares $2.52 million +17.3%4.8%4.7 $22.00 12/15/202297,600 shares $2.18 million +29.1%4.1%3.8 $22.38 11/30/202275,600 shares $1.68 million -3.2%3.2%3 $22.26 11/15/202278,100 shares $1.96 million +12.9%3.3%3 $25.07 10/31/202269,200 shares $1.89 million -16.5%2.9%2.1 $27.32 10/15/202282,900 shares $2.10 million +3.5%3.5%2.3 $25.29 9/30/202280,100 shares $2.02 million +9.9%3.4%2 $25.16 9/15/202272,900 shares $2.09 million -2.2%3.1%1.8 $28.63 8/31/202274,500 shares $2.60 million -17.9%3.1%1.7 $34.94 8/15/202290,700 shares $3.54 million +7.9%3.8%1.9 $39.07 7/31/202284,100 shares $4.30 million +1.3%3.5%1.8 $51.10 7/15/202283,000 shares $3.67 million +2.0%3.5%1.9 $44.21 6/30/202281,400 shares $3.69 million +25.6%3.4%1.8 $45.34 6/15/202264,800 shares $3.02 million -17.9%2.7%1.5 $46.55 5/31/202278,900 shares $3.66 million +16.4%3.3%2 $46.38 5/15/202267,800 shares $2.81 million +27.9%2.8%2.1 $41.39 4/30/202253,000 shares $1.69 million +33.2%2.2%2.1 $31.81 4/15/202239,800 shares $1.30 million +1.5%1.7%1.7 $32.76 3/31/202239,200 shares $1.15 million -1.5%1.6%1.9 $29.31 3/15/202239,800 shares $1.08 million +16.0%1.7%2 $27.25 2/28/202234,300 shares $873,621.00 +9.2%1.4%1.9 $25.47 2/15/202231,400 shares $817,656.00 +6.4%1.3%1.8 $26.04 1/31/202229,500 shares $783,225.00 -6.1%1.2%1.6 $26.55 1/15/202231,400 shares $916,566.00 -0.6%1.3%1.9 $29.19 12/31/202131,600 shares $908,500.00 -11.2%1.3%2.1 $28.75 12/15/202135,600 shares $974,728.00 +34.3%1.5%2.4 $27.38 11/30/202126,500 shares $699,070.00 -4.0%1.1%2 $26.38 11/15/202127,600 shares $765,624.00 -15.1%1.2%2.2 $27.74 10/29/202132,500 shares $752,700.00 -8.7%1.4%3 $23.16 10/15/202135,600 shares $863,300.00 -15.2%1.5%3.4 $24.25 9/30/202142,000 shares $979,860.00 +3.5%1.8%3.8 $23.33 9/15/202140,600 shares $933,800.00 -0.3%1.7%2.5 $23.00 8/31/202140,700 shares $965,404.00 -5.8%1.7%2.3 $23.72 8/13/202143,200 shares $1.05 million -5.9%1.8%2.1 $24.24 7/30/202145,900 shares $1.13 million -16.7%1.9%1.6 $24.64 7/15/202155,100 shares $1.42 million -3.7%2.3%1.8 $25.69 6/30/202157,200 shares $1.39 million +415.3%2.4%1.6 $24.33 6/15/202111,100 shares $285,492.00 -5.9%0.5%0.4 $25.72 5/28/202111,800 shares $303,496.00 +22.9%0.5%0.4 $25.72 5/14/20219,600 shares $261,600.00 -24.4%0.4%0.3 $27.25 4/30/202112,700 shares $344,170.00 -36.8%0.5%0.5 $27.10 4/15/202120,100 shares $498,882.00 +27.2%0.8%1 $24.82Henry Kissinger’s warning of Trump (Ad)In this video, you’ll also get nine other Trump-connected investments… All of which we believe could have as much as 10-fold potential over the next four years…but only for those who get in now before Trump enters the Oval Office and unleashes America’s full economic might. There’s only a few days left to act. 3/31/202115,800 shares $335,750.00 -46.3%0.7%1 $21.25 3/15/202129,400 shares $583,002.00 +68.0%1.2%1.8 $19.83 2/26/202117,500 shares $352,275.00 +68.3%0.7%1.2 $20.13 2/12/202110,400 shares $178,256.00 -9.6%0.4%0.7 $17.14 1/29/202111,500 shares $185,495.00 -2.5%0.5%0.8 $16.13 1/15/202111,800 shares $206,146.00 +5.4%0.5%0.9 $17.47 12/31/202011,200 shares $168,560.00 -20.0%0.5%0.8 $15.05 12/15/202014,000 shares $241,080.00 -15.7%0.6%1.2 $17.22 11/30/202016,600 shares $268,920.00 +67.7%0.7%1.3 $16.20 10/30/202021,000 shares $279,510.00 +87.5%0.9%1.3 $13.31 10/15/202011,200 shares $154,560.00 -15.8%0.5%0.6 $13.80 9/30/202013,300 shares $175,028.00 -46.2%0.6%0.7 $13.16 9/15/202024,700 shares $367,783.00 -2.0%1.0%1 $14.89 8/31/202025,200 shares $351,792.00 +108.3%1.1%0.8 $13.96 8/14/202012,100 shares $138,424.00 -26.7%0.5%0.4 $11.44 7/31/202016,500 shares $167,805.00 -39.1%0.7%0.5 $10.17 7/15/202027,100 shares $265,580.00 -21.9%1.1%0.8 $9.80 6/30/202034,700 shares $363,656.00 -70.5%1.5%1 $10.48 6/15/2020117,700 shares $1.32 million -86.5%4.9%4 $11.18 5/29/2020869,900 shares $8.18 million +71.2%36.4%35.2 $9.41 5/15/2020508,100 shares $4.90 million +37.1%1.8%2.4 $9.64 4/30/2020370,500 shares $4.08 million +26.9%1.3%2 $11.00 4/15/2020292,000 shares $3.17 million -1.3%1.0%1.8 $10.84 3/31/2020295,800 shares $3.66 million -38.8%1.0%1.9 $12.36 3/13/2020483,300 shares $521,964.00 +18.5%1.7%3.3 $1.08 2/28/2020407,700 shares $399,546.00 +17.5%1.4%2.8 $0.98 2/14/2020347,000 shares $371,290.00 -12.7%1.2%2.4 $1.07 1/31/2020397,600 shares $540,736.00 -12.0%1.4%2.9 $1.36 VHI Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Valhi's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Valhi shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of December 31st, traders have sold 78,800 shares of VHI short. 3.28% of Valhi's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Valhi's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Valhi? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. VHI shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Valhi's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Valhi? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 3.28% of Valhi's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Valhi's short interest increasing or decreasing? Valhi saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 78,800 shares, an increase of 10.4% from the previous total of 71,400 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is Valhi's float size? Valhi currently has issued a total of 28,300,000 shares. Some of Valhi's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Valhi currently has a public float of 2,400,000 shares. How does Valhi's short interest compare to its competitors? 3.28% of Valhi's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "chemicals" compare to Valhi: The Chemours Company (4.97%), PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (23.07%), Perimeter Solutions, SA (2.25%), Braskem S.A. (0.29%), Tronox Holdings plc (5.81%), Ingevity Co. (3.33%), CVR Partners, LP (1.20%), Ecovyst Inc. (2.92%), Westlake Chemical Partners LP (0.57%), AdvanSix Inc. (1.43%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($5.83 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.77 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.98 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.97 billion), International Paper ($2.64 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.99 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.93 billion), Onsemi ($1.81 billion), SoundHound AI, Inc. ($1.59 billion), and Moderna, Inc. ($1.57 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Valhi stock? Short selling VHI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Valhi as its price is falling. VHI shares are trading up $1.18 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Valhi? A short squeeze for Valhi occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of VHI, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Valhi's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including VHI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2024. 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