profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
NL Industries
$7.26-1.09% today
+28.5% in 1 year
1-year low $5.221-year high $8.52
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What NL Industries sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $167 million in 2022 to $158 million in 2025, with -$37.8 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
NL Industries vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| NL Industries | No profit yet | ||
 ASSA Abloy | 29.8× · Fair price | ||
 SECOM | 25.5× · Fair price | ||
 Allegion | 25.1× · Fair price | ||
 Verisure | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads NL Industries's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 167 | 161 | 146 | 158 | |
| 49 | 49 | 41 | 48 | |
| 13 | 12 | 35 | 10 | |
| 44 | -2 | 88 | -47 | |
| 34 | -2 | 67 | -38 | |
| 0.69 | -0.05 | 1.38 | -0.77 | |
| 29.3% | 30.5% | 28.3% | 30.4% | |
| 7.5% | 7.6% | 24.2% | 6.0% | |
| 20.3% | -1.4% | 46.1% | -23.9% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 610 | 577 | 578 | 464 |
| Cash | 69 | 112 | 163 | 111 |
| Total debt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Total liabilities | 207 | 185 | 162 | 87 |
| 382 | 370 | 397 | 359 | |
| 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 | |
| 8.3% | -1.2% | 16.7% | -11.1% | |
| 8.9% | -0.6% | 16.9% | -10.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 37 | 26 | -36 | |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 23 | 36 | 24 | -40 | |
| Dividends paid | 31 | 14 | 37 | 28 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- –
- 8.3×
- –
- 0.8×
- 2.2×
- –
- –
- -11.3%
- -10.7%
- 10.0%
Profitability
- 30.4%
- 6.0%
- -23.9%
- -27.9%
- 1.7%
- 5.7%
- -9.2%
- -7.4%
- 2.5%
- –
Growth
- −1.7%
- –
- −266.3%
- +28.9%
- +0.0%
Financial health
- -2.3×
- 0.00
- 0.3%
- 54.9×
- 10.65
- 8.60
- 0.34
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 11%of 979
Bottom 32%of 984
Bottom 12%of 984
Bottom 4%of 986
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $6.00
- Range
- $6.00 – $6.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | 0.09 | 0.23 | −60.2% |
| Mar 9, 2026 | -0.63 | 0.19 | −440.5% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -0.16 | 0.18 | −189.4% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | 0.01 | 0.19 | −94.7% |
| May 7, 2025 | 0.01 | 0.21 | −95.2% |
| Mar 6, 2025 | 0.34 | 0.21 | +61.9% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | 0.74 | 0.21 | +249.1% |
| Aug 7, 2024 | 0.16 | 0.13 | +23.1% |
10.0%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$100a year at today's yield, before tax
+28.9%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.16 in 2020 → $0.57 in 2025
How safe it looks
-83.0% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earnsNews
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
40No pass
Benjamin Graham
69Pass
Philip Fisher
36No pass
Peter Lynch
29No pass
Joel Greenblatt
0No pass
Charlie Munger
39No pass
Terry Smith
37No pass
Questions about NL Industries
Is NL Industries a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the NL Industries AI analysis
What does NL Industries do?
NL Industries, Inc., through its subsidiary, CompX International Inc., operates in the component products industry in the United States and internationally. It is in Security & Protection Services.
Does NL Industries pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 10.0% a year. In 2025 it paid out $27.9 million in dividends.
Is NL Industries stock halal?
Questionable. NL Industries sits in a grey zone: its cash and confirmed interest-bearing investments are 31% of its market value, between 30% and 33%. How we check
How has NL Industries stock done over the past year?
Up 28.5% over the past twelve months, to $7.26. It traded between $5.22 and $8.52 and is 14.8% below its high.
Who are NL Industries's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are ASSA Abloy, SECOM, Allegion and Verisure. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with NL Industries's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 12, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.