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NL Industries NL Gross margin

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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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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.

gross profit/total revenue=31.1%

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 gross margin?
NL Industries (NL) reported gross margin of 31.1% in Q1 2026.
How has NL Industries's gross margin changed year-over-year?
NL Industries's gross margin increased by 5.0% year-over-year, from 29.6% to 31.1%.
What is the long-term trend for NL Industries's gross margin?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), NL Industries's gross margin has grown at a 1.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 28.7% to 30.4%.
What does gross margin mean?
Gross profit (revenue minus cost of revenue) as a percentage of revenue, on a trailing-twelve-month basis. Measures how much of each sales dollar survives the direct cost of producing the goods or services sold.