NL Industries NL Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Gross margin | 31.1%+1.5pp | 30.4%+2.1pp | 29.7%+0.5pp | 29.8%-0.1pp | 29.6%+0.4pp | |
| Operating margin | 7.3%-19.4pp | 6.7%-19.2pp | 26.1%+20.1pp | 27.3%+20.5pp | 26.8%+19.6pp | |
| Net margin | -21.5%-62.7pp | -23.9%-70.0pp | 6.1%-33.1pp | 35.1%+20.4pp | 41.2%+33.5pp | |
| EBITDA margin | 9.6%-19.7pp | 9.1%-19.4pp | 28.4%+20.0pp | 29.7%+20.5pp | 29.3%+19.7pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | -9%-25.0pp | -10%-27.5pp | 2.5%-13.2pp | 13.9%+7.7pp | 15.9%+12.7pp | |
| Return on assets | -7%-18.2pp | -7.3%-18.9pp | 1.8%-8.4pp | 9.7%+5.8pp | 11.2%+9.1pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.3×+0.1× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | 0.3×0.0× | |
| Inventory turnover | 3.7×0.0× | 3.7×+0.2× | 3.8×+0.4× | 3.6×-0.1× | 3.7×-0.2× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 10.7×+4.8× | 7.8×+5.2× | 5×-1.8× | 5.4×-2.3× | 5.8×-3.1× | |
| Quick ratio | 8.6×+3.7× | 6.3×+4.0× | 4.1×-1.8× | 4.4×-2.3× | 4.9×-2.9× | |
| Cash ratio | 7×+3.4× | 5.4×+3.6× | 2.9×-1.5× | 3.3×-2.4× | 3.6×-2.1× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0×— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Debt-to-assets | 0×— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -6.6×— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Interest coverage | 57.6×+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 / sales | 1.8×-0.1× | 1.7×-0.9× | 1.9×-0.5× | 2×+0.1× | 2.6×+0.3× | |
| Price / book | 0.9×+0.1× | 0.7×-0.2× | 0.8×-0.1× | 0.8×0.0× | 1×0.0× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.6×— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| EV / sales | 1.3×— | —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Earnings yield | -11.1%-28.6pp | -14.2%-31.9pp | 3.2%-13.1pp | 17.4%+9.6pp | 15.8%+12.4pp | |
| Dividend yield | 9.2%-3.1pp | 10.4%+0.8pp | 9.1%-0.9pp | 12.2%+7.3pp | 9.6%+5.7pp |
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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.
