What is NL Industries's earnings yield?

NL Industries (NL) reported earnings yield of -12% in Q1 2026.

How has NL Industries's earnings yield changed year-over-year?

NL Industries's earnings yield decreased by 175.8% year-over-year, from 15.8% to -12%.

What is the long-term trend for NL Industries's earnings yield?

Over 4 years (2020 to 2025), NL Industries's earnings yield has grown at a 22.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 6.3% to -14.2%.

What does earnings yield mean?

Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by market capitalization at the quarter end — the inverse of the P/E ratio, expressed as a percentage.

NL Industries NL Earnings yield

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$40.6M+0.7%

Gross profit$13.3M+9.0%

Operating income$4.1M+30.5%

Net income$4.3M+551%

EPS (diluted)$0.09+800%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$101.9M-7.4%

Total debt$926.0K—

Total equity$359.3M-9.6%

Total assets$461.2M-11.3%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$3.5M+92.5%

CapEx$404.0K-50.9%

Free cash flow-$3.9M+91.8%

Valuation

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Market cap$290.95M+0.3%

Enterprise value$189.96M—

P/S1.8×-0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin31.1%+1.5pp

Operating margin7.3%-19.4pp

Net margin-21.5%-62.7pp

FCF margin21.1%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-9%-25.0pp

Debt / equity0×—

Current ratio10.7×+4.8×

Where this comes from

Calculated from NL Industries’s reported figures.

net income/market cap=-12%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: NL Industries’s 10-Q, filed May 6, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is NL Industries's earnings yield?: NL Industries (NL) reported earnings yield of -12% in Q1 2026.
How has NL Industries's earnings yield changed year-over-year?: NL Industries's earnings yield decreased by 175.8% year-over-year, from 15.8% to -12%.
What is the long-term trend for NL Industries's earnings yield?: Over 4 years (2020 to 2025), NL Industries's earnings yield has grown at a 22.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 6.3% to -14.2%.
What does earnings yield mean?: Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by market capitalization at the quarter end — the inverse of the P/E ratio, expressed as a percentage.