NL INDUSTRIES INC
NLNYSE
$5.90
↓ -2.0%Jul 17 close · end-of-day
Price
1Y↑ +1.0%
End-of-day closes; the latest point is the live 15-min-delayed price · split & dividend adjusted · chart by TradingView
Key statistics
Market Cap
$288.3M
Enterprise Value
$186.4M
P/E
—
P/S
1.8
P/B
0.8
EV/EBITDA
12.3
PEG
—
FCF Yield
1.5%
Dividend Yield
9.8%
Revenue (TTM)
$158.6M
Net Income (TTM)
-$34.1M
Free Cash Flow (TTM)
$4.2M
Gross Margin
31.1%
Operating Margin
7.3%
Net Margin
-21.5%
ROE
-9.5%
ROIC
3.6%
Debt / Equity
—
Net Cash
$101.9M
Return 1Y
+1.5%
Company profile
NL Industries, Inc., through its subsidiary, CompX International Inc., operates in the component products industry in the United States and internationally. The company manufactures and sells mechanical and electronic cabinet locks, and other locking mechanisms. It also offers original equipment and aftermarket exhaust headers, exhaust pipes, mufflers, and exhaust components.
- CEO
- Courtney J. Riley
- Sector
- Manufacturing
- Industry
- Chemicals
- Employees
- 2,820
- Headquarters
- Texas
- Website
- nl-ind.com
Earnings
NL Q1 2026 Earnings
Period ends 2026-03-31
MetricActualYoY
Revenue$40.6M↑ +0.7%
Diluted EPS$0.09↑ +800.0%
Actuals from SEC filings; YoY vs the year-ago quarter. Analyst estimates & surprise require a data feed (coming soon).
Financial statements
| Line item | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $114.5M | $140.8M | $166.6M | $161.3M | $145.9M | $158.3M |
| Gross profit | $32.8M | $42.7M | $48.8M | $49.2M | $41.4M | $48.2M |
| Operating income | $2.4M | $10.5M | $13.7M | $14.1M | $37.9M | $10.7M |
| Net income | $14.7M | $51.2M | $33.8M | -$2.3M | $67.2M | -$37.8M |
| Diluted EPS | $0.30 | $1.05 | $0.69 | -$0.05 | $1.38 | -$0.77 |
| Operating cash flow | $19.0M | $17.6M | $26.9M | $37.0M | $25.6M | -$36.4M |
| Free cash flow | $17.3M | $13.5M | $23.2M | $35.9M | $24.1M | -$40.1M |
| Gross margin | 28.7% | 30.4% | 29.3% | 30.5% | 28.3% | 30.4% |
| Operating margin | 2.1% | 7.5% | 8.2% | 8.8% | 26.0% | 6.7% |
| Net margin | 12.8% | 36.4% | 20.3% | -1.4% | 46.1% | -23.9% |
| Line item | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $35.9M | $33.7M | $38.4M | $40.3M | $40.4M | $40.0M | $37.7M | $40.6M |
| Gross profit | $11.2M | $9.5M | $11.1M | $12.2M | $12.9M | $11.0M | $12.1M | $13.3M |
| Operating income | $791,000.00 | $2.0M | $33.7M | $3.1M | $2.8M | $1.9M | $2.9M | $4.1M |
| Net income | $7.8M | $36.0M | $16.5M | $667,000.00 | $355,000.00 | -$7.9M | -$31.0M | $4.3M |
| Diluted EPS | $0.16 | $0.74 | $0.34 | $0.01 | $0.01 | -$0.16 | -$0.63 | $0.09 |
| Operating cash flow | $15.5M | -$5.7M | $9.0M | -$47.5M | $7.3M | $7.9M | -$4.2M | -$3.5M |
| Free cash flow | $15.1M | -$6.1M | $8.7M | -$48.3M | $5.9M | $7.0M | -$4.7M | -$3.9M |
| Gross margin | 31.1% | 28.1% | 28.8% | 30.2% | 31.9% | 27.6% | 32.1% | 32.7% |
| Operating margin | 2.2% | 6.0% | 87.7% | 7.8% | 6.9% | 4.6% | 7.6% | 10.1% |
| Net margin | 21.8% | 107.0% | 43.1% | 1.7% | 0.9% | -19.7% | -82.2% | 10.7% |
Company news
Mar 9, 2026
Analyst estimates
Coming soonConsensus revenue & EPS estimates and price targets will appear here once a forward-estimates data feed is connected.
Insider transactions
BoughtSoldMonthly insider $ volume · trailing 12 months
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-14 | TURNER R GERALD DR | Award | 6,000 | $6.67 | $40,020.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-14 | MOORE CECIL H JR | Award | 6,000 | $6.67 | $40,020.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-14 | Mendes Meredith W. | Award | 6,000 | $6.67 | $40,020.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-14 | Kramer Kevin B | Award | 6,000 | $6.67 | $40,020.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-14 | Harper John E | Award | 6,000 | $6.67 | $40,020.00 | filing |
| 2026-05-14 | Feehan Loretta J. | Award | 6,000 | $6.67 | $40,020.00 | filing |
Latest 6 transactions.
Fundamentals & filings from SEC EDGAR. Prices adjusted for splits & dividends. Not investment advice.