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NL Industries NL Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin31.1%+0.6pp30.4%+0.8pp29.7%-0.2pp29.8%+0.3pp29.6%+1.2pp
Operating margin7.3%+0.6pp6.7%-19.4pp26.1%-1.2pp27.3%+0.5pp26.8%+0.8pp
Net margin-21.5%+2.4pp-23.9%-30.0pp6.1%-29.0pp35.1%-6.1pp41.2%-4.9pp
Returns
Return on equity-9%+1.0pp-10%-12.6pp2.5%-11.4pp13.9%-2.0pp15.9%-1.6pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×
Liquidity
Current ratio10.7×+2.9×7.8×+2.8×-0.5×5.4×-0.4×5.8×+3.2×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity
Net debt / EBITDA-6.6×
Per Share
Book value per share$7.35+0.1%$7.34-4.4%$7.68-5.6%$8.140.0%$8.14+0.2%
Valuation
Market capitalization$290.95M+0.3%$267.28M-11.1%$300.51M-2.2%$307.25M-20.4%$385.9M+1.7%
Price / sales1.8×-0.1×1.7×-0.2×1.9×-0.1×-0.6×2.6×0.0×
Price / book0.9×+0.1×0.7×-0.1×0.8×0.0×0.8×-0.2×0.0×
EV / EBITDA13.6×
Dividend yield9.2%-3.1pp10.4%+1.3pp9.1%-3.1pp12.2%+2.6pp9.6%0.0pp

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Questions, answered.

What are NL Industries's profit margins?
NL Industries (NL) runs a 31.1% gross margin and a 7.3% operating margin, with a -21.5% net margin.
Where do NL Industries's ratios come from?
Every ratio is computed from NL Industries's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.