Compare Stocks: ACNT, ASPN, VHI, and ARQ

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Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ACNT Ascent Industries	$15.05	$14.83	$11.62 ▼ $17.92	$135.60M	0.52	55,680 shs	63,406 shs
ARQ ARQ	$2.34	$2.30	$1.54 ▼ $7.82	$102.19M	2.02	262,250 shs	216,588 shs
ASPN Aspen Aerogels	$5.85 +0.1%	$5.51	$2.30 ▼ $9.35	$485.82M	2.99	1.76 million shs	1.02 million shs
VHI Valhi	$16.24 +0.2%	$14.24	$11.44 ▼ $17.67	$459.78M	0.97	11,942 shs	8,207 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ACNT Ascent Industries	0.00%	-3.59%	-1.57%	+6.51%	+25.84%
ARQ ARQ	0.00%	+12.50%	+13.59%	-9.30%	-68.16%
ASPN Aspen Aerogels	0.00%	-6.56%	+14.22%	+9.89%	-19.26%
VHI Valhi	0.00%	+4.67%	+17.39%	+23.93%	-2.93%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ACNT Ascent Industries	$15.05	$14.83	$11.62 ▼ $17.92	$135.60M	0.52	55,680 shs	63,406 shs
ARQ ARQ	$2.34	$2.30	$1.54 ▼ $7.82	$102.19M	2.02	262,250 shs	216,588 shs
ASPN Aspen Aerogels	$5.85 +0.1%	$5.51	$2.30 ▼ $9.35	$485.82M	2.99	1.76 million shs	1.02 million shs
VHI Valhi	$16.24 +0.2%	$14.24	$11.44 ▼ $17.67	$459.78M	0.97	11,942 shs	8,207 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ACNT Ascent Industries	0.00%	-3.59%	-1.57%	+6.51%	+25.84%
ARQ ARQ	0.00%	+12.50%	+13.59%	-9.30%	-68.16%
ASPN Aspen Aerogels	0.00%	-6.56%	+14.22%	+9.89%	-19.26%
VHI Valhi	0.00%	+4.67%	+17.39%	+23.93%	-2.93%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ACNT Ascent Industries	1.00	Sell	N/A	N/A
ARQ ARQ	2.00	Hold	$5.00	113.68% Upside
ASPN Aspen Aerogels	2.29	Hold	$5.94	1.43% Upside
VHI Valhi	1.00	Sell	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ACNT, ASPN, VHI, and ARQ Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/13/2026	ACNT Ascent Industries	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Sell (D+) ➝ Sell (D-)
8/11/2026	ASPN Aspen Aerogels	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Underweight	$4.00 ➝ $5.00
8/7/2026	ASPN Aspen Aerogels	B. Riley Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy
8/7/2026	ASPN Aspen Aerogels	Roth Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$7.75
7/24/2026	ACNT Ascent Industries	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sell (D+)
7/17/2026	ARQ ARQ	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sell (D-)
7/8/2026	VHI Valhi	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sell (D)
6/24/2026	ASPN Aspen Aerogels	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sell (D-)

(Data available from 8/17/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ACNT Ascent Industries	$74.94M	1.81	$0.14 per share	108.58	$9.29 per share	1.62
ARQ ARQ	$120.34M	0.85	$1.15 per share	2.04	$3.93 per share	0.60
ASPN Aspen Aerogels	$271.10M	1.79	$0.10 per share	58.29	$2.85 per share	2.05
VHI Valhi	$2.08B	0.22	$0.76 per share	21.24	$48.18 per share	0.34

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ACNT Ascent Industries	$870K	-$0.45	N/A	N/A	N/A	-5.31%	-2.72%	-2.07%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)
ARQ ARQ	-$52.61M	-$1.26	N/A	26.00	N/A	-42.33%	-2.54%	-1.88%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
ASPN Aspen Aerogels	-$389.55M	-$1.53	N/A	N/A	N/A	-62.45%	-31.12%	-17.33%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)
VHI Valhi	-$57.60M	-$1.79	N/A	N/A	N/A	-2.36%	-2.77%	-1.45%	11/5/2026 (Estimated)

Latest ACNT, ASPN, VHI, and ARQ Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/10/2026	Q2 2026	ARQ ARQ	-$0.0140	-$0.02	-$0.0060	-$0.02	$28.57 million	$29.88 million
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	ASPN Aspen Aerogels	-$0.2275	-$0.22	+$0.0075	-$0.28	$42.42 million	$49.85 million
8/6/2026	Q2 2026	VHI Valhi	$0.9560	$0.78	-$0.1760	$0.78	$606.10 million	$606.10 million
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	ACNT Ascent Industries	N/A	$0.07	N/A	$0.07	N/A	$25.67 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ACNT Ascent Industries	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ARQ ARQ	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ASPN Aspen Aerogels	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
VHI Valhi	$0.32	1.97%	-7.79%	N/A	N/A

Latest ACNT, ASPN, VHI, and ARQ Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/6/2026	VHI Valhi	quarterly	$0.08	2.12%	9/3/2026	9/3/2026	9/24/2026
5/21/2026	VHI Valhi	quarterly	$0.08	2.21%	6/4/2026	6/4/2026	6/25/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ACNT Ascent Industries	0.01	4.33	3.63
ARQ ARQ	0.05	1.03	0.61
ASPN Aspen Aerogels	0.36	2.52	2.24
VHI Valhi	0.42	3.37	1.90

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ACNT Ascent Industries	26.05%
ARQ ARQ	18.49%
ASPN Aspen Aerogels	97.64%
VHI Valhi	3.83%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ACNT Ascent Industries	7.50%
ARQ ARQ	20.10%
ASPN Aspen Aerogels	2.96%
VHI Valhi	0.17%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ACNT Ascent Industries	710	9.01 million	8.33 million	Optionable
ARQ ARQ	140	43.67 million	34.89 million	N/A
ASPN Aspen Aerogels	420	82.99 million	80.53 million	Optionable
VHI Valhi	2,263	28.32 million	28.27 million	Not Optionable

ACNT, ASPN, VHI, and ARQ Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Vitalhub Corp. (TSE:VHI) Receives C$12.67 Consensus Target Price from Brokerages

1 hour ago | defenseworld.netD

Valhi (NYSE:VHI) Share Price Crosses Above 200-Day Moving Average - Here's Why

August 15 at 2:59 AM | marketbeat.com

Valhi Q2 Earnings Surge Y/Y as Chemical Volumes, Margins Improve

August 13, 2026 | zacks.com

Valhi (NYSE:VHI) Releases Earnings Results

August 7, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Valhi (NYSE:VHI) Stock Crosses Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average on Disappointing Earnings

August 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

VALHI REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2026 RESULTS

August 6, 2026 | markets.businessinsider.com

Valhi (VHI) Expected to Release Quarterly Earnings on Thursday

July 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Valhi (NYSE:VHI) Stock Price Passes Below 200-Day Moving Average - Here's What Happened

July 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Valhi (NYSE:VHI) Share Price Passes Below 200-Day Moving Average - Here's What Happened

July 21, 2026 | marketbeat.com

VALHI ANNOUNCES EXPECTED SECOND QUARTER 2026 EARNINGS RELEASE DATE

July 14, 2026 | globenewswire.com

Zacks Initiates Coverage of VHI With Underperform Recommendation

July 2, 2026 | zacks.com

VitalHub Announces Deployments of Referral Management Solutions

June 16, 2026 | globenewswire.com

It Might Not Be A Great Idea To Buy Valhi, Inc. (NYSE:VHI) For Its Next Dividend

May 31, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Valhi Declares Quarterly Dividend and Maintains Board Stability

May 21, 2026 | tipranks.com

VALHI ANNOUNCES QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND AND RESULTS OF ANNUAL STOCKHOLDER MEETING

May 21, 2026 | markets.businessinsider.com

VALHI ANNOUNCES QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND AND RESULTS OF ANNUAL STOCKHOLDER MEETING

May 21, 2026 | globenewswire.com

VitalHub Announces Planned Board Succession with Appointment of Allan Brett as Chairman

May 7, 2026 | globenewswire.com

VitalHub Reports First Quarter 2026 Results

May 7, 2026 | globenewswire.com

VALHI REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2026 RESULTS

May 7, 2026 | globenewswire.com

VitalHub Announces Q1 2026 Conference Call Date

April 29, 2026 | globenewswire.com

VALHI ANNOUNCES EXPECTED FIRST QUARTER 2026 EARNINGS RELEASE DATE

April 14, 2026 | globenewswire.com

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ACNT, ASPN, VHI, and ARQ Company Descriptions

Ascent Industries NASDAQ:ACNT

$15.05 0.00 (0.00%)

Closing price 08/14/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$15.06 +0.01 (+0.10%)

As of 08/14/2026 07:34 PM Eastern

Ascent Industries Co. an industrials company, produces and distributes stainless steel pipe and tube and specialty chemicals in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Tubular Products and Specialty Chemicals. It manufactures welded pipes and tubes, primarily from stainless steel, duplex, and nickel alloys; and ornamental stainless steel tubes for automotive, commercial transportation, marine, food services, construction, furniture, healthcare, and other industries. The company also produces defoamers, surfactants, and lubricating agents for end users, including companies that supply agrochemical paper, metal working, coatings, water treatment, paint, mining, oil and gas, and janitorial and other applications. In addition, it provides contract manufacturing services, as well as operates as a multi-purpose plant to process various difficult to handle materials, including flammable solvents, viscous liquids, and granular solids. The company was formerly known as Synalloy Corporation and changed its name to Ascent Industries Co. in August 2022. Ascent Industries Co. was founded in 1945 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

ARQ NASDAQ:ARQ

$2.34 0.00 (0.00%)

Closing price 08/14/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$2.33 -0.01 (-0.43%)

As of 08/14/2026 07:34 PM Eastern

Arq, Inc. is a holding company. It engages in the provision of environmental and emission control equipment to the power generation industry. The company operates through the following Segments: Refined Coal and Advanced Purification Technologies. The Refined Coal segment includes the Tinuum Group, Tinuum Services, and GWN Manager. The Advanced Purification Technologies segment refers to the sale of Activated Carbon Injection and Dry Sorbent Injection equipment systems, chemical sales, consulting services, and other sales related to the reduction of emissions in the coal-fired electric generation process and the electric utility industry. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, CO.

Aspen Aerogels NYSE:ASPN

$5.85 +0.00 (+0.07%)

Closing price 08/14/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$5.88 +0.03 (+0.44%)

As of 08/14/2026 07:38 PM Eastern

Aspen Aerogels, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells aerogel insulation products primarily for use in the energy infrastructure and sustainable insulation materials markets in the United States, Asia, Canada, Europe, and Latin America. It operates in two segments, Energy Industrial and Thermal Barrier. The company offers PyroThin thermal barriers for use in lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles and energy storage industries; Pyrogel XTE that reduces the risk of corrosion under insulation in energy infrastructure operating systems; and Pyrogel HPS for applications within the power generation market. It also offers Pyrogel XTF to provide protection against fire; Cryogel Z for sub-ambient and cryogenic applications in the energy infrastructure market; Spaceloft Subsea for use in pipe-in-pipe applications in offshore oil production; and Cryogel X201, which is used in designing cold systems, such as refrigerated appliances, cold storage equipment, and aerospace systems. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Northborough, Massachusetts.

Valhi NYSE:VHI

$16.24 +0.03 (+0.15%)

Closing price 08/14/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$16.28 +0.05 (+0.31%)

As of 08/14/2026 07:34 PM Eastern

Valhi, Inc. engages in the chemicals, component products, and real estate management and development businesses in Europe, North America, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company's Chemicals segment produces and markets titanium dioxide pigments (TiO2), which are white inorganic pigments used in various applications by paint, plastics, decorative laminate, and paper manufacturers. It offers TiO2 under the KRONOS name through agents and distributors. The company's Component Products segment manufactures mechanical and electrical cabinet locks, and other locking mechanisms for use in ignition systems, mailboxes, file cabinets, desk drawers, tool storage cabinets, vending and cash containment machines, integrated inventory and access control secured narcotics boxes, medical cabinetry security, electronic circuit panels, storage compartments, and gas station security applications. It also provides stainless steel exhaust components, gauges, throttle controls, wake enhancement systems, trim tabs, and related hardware and accessories primarily for performance and ski/wakeboard boats. The company's Real Estate Management and Development segment offers utility services to industrial and municipal customers; owns real properties; and develops land holdings for commercial, industrial, and residential purposes. It also holds marketable securities and other investments. The company was incorporated in 1932 and is based in Dallas, Texas. Valhi, Inc. is a subsidiary of Dixie Rice Agricultural L.L.C.

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