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NL Industries NL Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Gross margin31.1%+1.5pp30.4%+2.1pp29.7%+0.5pp29.8%-0.1pp29.6%+0.4pp
Operating margin7.3%-19.4pp6.7%-19.2pp26.1%+20.1pp27.3%+20.5pp26.8%+19.6pp
Net margin-21.5%-62.7pp-23.9%-70.0pp6.1%-33.1pp35.1%+20.4pp41.2%+33.5pp
EBITDA margin9.6%-19.7pp9.1%-19.4pp28.4%+20.0pp29.7%+20.5pp29.3%+19.7pp
Returns
Return on equity-9%-25.0pp-10%-27.5pp2.5%-13.2pp13.9%+7.7pp15.9%+12.7pp
Return on assets-7%-18.2pp-7.3%-18.9pp1.8%-8.4pp9.7%+5.8pp11.2%+9.1pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.3×+0.1×0.3×+0.1×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×0.3×0.0×
Inventory turnover3.7×0.0×3.7×+0.2×3.8×+0.4×3.6×-0.1×3.7×-0.2×
Liquidity
Current ratio10.7×+4.8×7.8×+5.2×-1.8×5.4×-2.3×5.8×-3.1×
Quick ratio8.6×+3.7×6.3×+4.0×4.1×-1.8×4.4×-2.3×4.9×-2.9×
Cash ratio+3.4×5.4×+3.6×2.9×-1.5×3.3×-2.4×3.6×-2.1×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity
Debt-to-assets
Net debt / EBITDA-6.6×
Interest coverage57.6×+16.3×13.9×-57.5×49.1×+33.7×46.2×+29.6×41.3×+25.0×
Per Share
Book value per share$7.35-9.7%$7.34-9.6%$7.68-2.8%$8.14+6.5%$8.14+8.0%
Valuation
Market capitalization$290.95M+0.3%$267.28M-29.6%$300.51M-17.2%$307.25M+4.3%$385.9M+7.8%
Enterprise value$189.96M
Price / sales1.8×-0.1×1.7×-0.9×1.9×-0.5×+0.1×2.6×+0.3×
Price / book0.9×+0.1×0.7×-0.2×0.8×-0.1×0.8×0.0×0.0×
EV / EBITDA13.6×
EV / sales1.3×
Earnings yield-11.1%-28.6pp-14.2%-31.9pp3.2%-13.1pp17.4%+9.6pp15.8%+12.4pp
Dividend yield9.2%-3.1pp10.4%+0.8pp9.1%-0.9pp12.2%+7.3pp9.6%+5.7pp

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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.