Valhi

VHI

Valhi, Inc. is an American holding company operating through wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries in a number of different industries. It was founded in 1987 as a result of the merger of the LLC Corporation and Amalgamated Sugar Company. The Contran Corporation owned 93% of Valhi's common stock as of December 2014. The chairman of the company was Harold Simmons until his death in 2013. As of 2014 it was a Fortune 1000 company.

Valhi has been a target of short sellers for a while. The current short interest of 0.26% is roughly at the average of the last 12 months (0.21%).