NL Industries NL Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 31.1%+0.6pp | 30.4%+0.8pp | 29.7%-0.2pp | 29.8%+0.3pp | 29.6%+1.2pp | |
| Operating margin | 7.3%+0.6pp | 6.7%-19.4pp | 26.1%-1.2pp | 27.3%+0.5pp | 26.8%+0.8pp | |
| Net margin | -21.5%+2.4pp | -23.9%-30.0pp | 6.1%-29.0pp | 35.1%-6.1pp | 41.2%-4.9pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 9.6%+0.5pp | 9.1%-19.4pp | 28.4%-1.3pp | 29.7%+0.5pp | 29.3%+0.8pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | -9%+1.0pp | -10%-12.6pp | 2.5%-11.4pp | 13.9%-2.0pp | 15.9%-1.6pp | |
| Return on assets | -7%+0.3pp | -7.3%-9.0pp | 1.8%-7.9pp | 9.7%-1.5pp | 11.2%-0.4pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | |
| Inventory turnover | 3.7×-0.1× | 3.7×0.0× | 3.8×+0.2× | 3.6×-0.1× | 3.7×+0.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 10.7×+2.9× | 7.8×+2.8× | 5×-0.5× | 5.4×-0.4× | 5.8×+3.2× | |
| Quick ratio | 8.6×+2.3× | 6.3×+2.2× | 4.1×-0.4× | 4.4×-0.4× | 4.9×+2.6× | |
| Cash ratio | 7×+1.6× | 5.4×+2.5× | 2.9×-0.4× | 3.3×-0.3× | 3.6×+1.8× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0×— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0×— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -6.6×— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Interest coverage | 57.6×+43.7× | 13.9×-35.2× | 49.1×+2.9× | 46.2×+4.9× | 41.3×-30.1× | |
| 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% | |
| Enterprise value | $189.96M— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Price / sales | 1.8×-0.1× | 1.7×-0.2× | 1.9×-0.1× | 2×-0.6× | 2.6×0.0× | |
| Price / book | 0.9×+0.1× | 0.7×-0.1× | 0.8×0.0× | 0.8×-0.2× | 1×0.0× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.6×— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| EV / sales | 1.3×— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Earnings yield | -11.1%-28.6pp | -14.2%-17.4pp | 3.2%-14.2pp | 17.4%+1.6pp | 15.8%-1.9pp | |
| Dividend yield | 9.2%-3.1pp | 10.4%+1.3pp | 9.1%-3.1pp | 12.2%+2.6pp | 9.6%0.0pp |
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- 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.
