Business Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business Segment Information

Note 2 – Business segment information:

		% controlled at
Business segment	Entity	March 31, 2023
Chemicals	Kronos	81%
Component products	CompX	87%
Real estate management and development	BMI and LandWell	63% - 77%

Our control of Kronos includes approximately 50% we hold directly and approximately 31% held directly by NL. We own approximately 83% of NL. Our control of CompX is through NL. We own approximately 63% of BMI. Our control of LandWell includes the approximately 27% we hold directly and 50% held by BMI.

	Three months ended
	March 31,
	2022		2023
	(In millions)
Net sales:
Chemicals	$	562.9	$	426.3
Component products		42.1		41.2
Real estate management and development		24.0		25.2
Total net sales	$	629.0	$	492.7
Cost of sales:
Chemicals	$	413.9	$	395.8
Component products		30.0		28.5
Real estate management and development		14.4		14.3
Total cost of sales	$	458.3	$	438.6
Gross margin:
Chemicals	$	149.0	$	30.5
Component products		12.1		12.7
Real estate management and development		9.6		10.9
Total gross margin	$	170.7	$	54.1
Operating income (loss):
Chemicals	$	86.4	$	(15.1)
Component products		6.3		7.0
Real estate management and development		8.0		10.6
Total operating income		100.7		2.5
General corporate items:
Interest income and other		.9		4.9
Other components of net periodic pension and OPEB expense		(3.3)		(1.2)
Changes in market value of Valhi common stock held by subsidiaries		.1		(1.1)
General expenses, net		(8.2)		(7.9)
Interest expense		(6.9)		(7.0)
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	83.3	$	(9.8)

Segment results we report may differ from amounts separately reported by our various subsidiaries due to purchase accounting adjustments and related amortization or differences in the way we define operating income. Intersegment sales are not material. Included in the determination of Chemicals operating loss is a business interruption insurance settlement gain of $1.7 million recognized in the first quarter of 2023 (see Note 12).

BMI provides certain utility services, among other things, to an industrial park located in Henderson, Nevada and prior to the bankruptcy filing on September 10, 2022 of Basic Water Company (“BWC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of BMI, was responsible for the delivery of water to the City of Henderson and various other users under long-term contracts through a water delivery system owned and operated by BWC.  BWC’s water delivery system operated on Lake Mead in Nevada.  Due to the Western drought, water levels in Lake Mead have been declining for much of the last twenty years. As a result of water release curtailments upstream of Lake Mead which began late in the second quarter, Lake Mead water levels have dropped precipitously to historically low levels. On June 30, 2022 BWC was no longer able to pump water without the risk of damaging the system and consequently ceased operations at its water intake facility to best preserve the system.  Without the ability to pump and deliver water to its customers, BWC’s operating expenses exceeded its revenues, and on September 10, 2022 BWC and its subsidiaries voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada.  Because BWC has filed for bankruptcy protection, we and BMI can no longer affirmatively assert we control BWC and, as such, in accordance with ASC 810, Consolidation, we deconsolidated BWC as of the date of the bankruptcy filing.