15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025,
from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend.
Updated Overview →
Growth & profitability
Revenue has grown 6.7% per year over the past 5 years.
Operating margin has expanded, at 6.7% in the latest year.
Financial health
Operating income covered interest expense 14× in the latest year.
The company is unprofitable; at its current free-cash-flow burn it has roughly 2.8 years of cash runway.
Shareholder returns
Dividends have been paid for 6 consecutive years.
The dividend has grown 17.7% per year over the past 5 years.
Revenue & net income
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
OperatingInvestingFinancing
Key annual figures
FY
Revenue
Net income
Gross M
Op M
FCF
Total debt
Cash
2025
$158M
-$38M
30.4%
6.7%
-$40M
—
$111M
2024
$146M
$67M
28.3%
26.0%
$24M
—
$163M
2023
$161M
-$2M
30.5%
8.8%
$36M
—
$112M
2022
$167M
$34M
29.3%
8.2%
$23M
—
$69M
2021
$141M
$51M
30.4%
7.5%
$14M
—
$147M
2020
$115M
$15M
28.7%
2.1%
$17M
—
$137M
2019
$124M
$26M
31.4%
-1.3%
$24M
—
$130M
2018
$118M
-$41M
32.4%
-51.3%
$14M
—
$116M
2017
$112M
$116M
31.1%
1.5%
$16M
—
$98M
2016
$109M
$15M
32.3%
-0.7%
$24M
—
$93M
2015
—
-$24M
—
—
$24M
—
$96M
2014
—
$28M
—
—
$21M
—
$73M
2013
—
-$55M
—
—
$11M
$0
$53M
2012
—
$75M
—
—
$13M
$18M
-$78M
2011
—
$82M
—
—
$45M
$37M
$12M
Revenue & net income
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex, quarterly)
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
OperatingInvestingFinancing
Key quarterly figures
Quarter
Revenue
Net income
Gross M
Op M
FCF
Total debt
Cash
Mar '26
$41M
$4M
32.7%
10.1%
-$4M
—
$102M
Dec '25
$38M
-$31M
32.1%
7.6%
-$5M
—
$111M
Sep '25
$40M
-$8M
27.6%
4.6%
$7M
—
$102M
Jun '25
$40M
$355000
31.9%
6.9%
$6M
—
$111M
Mar '25
$40M
$667000
30.2%
7.8%
-$48M
—
$110M
Dec '24
$38M
$17M
28.8%
87.7%
$9M
—
$163M
Sep '24
$34M
$36M
28.1%
6.0%
-$6M
—
$146M
Jun '24
$36M
$8M
31.1%
2.2%
$15M
—
$167M
Mar '24
$38M
$7M
25.5%
3.6%
$6M
—
$138M
Dec '23
$43M
$8M
31.6%
11.2%
$21M
—
$112M
Sep '23
$40M
-$69000
31.3%
9.1%
-$6M
—
$66M
Jun '23
$37M
-$3M
28.1%
3.9%
$13M
—
$59M
Mar '23
$41M
-$7M
30.9%
10.2%
$7M
—
$48M
Dec '22
$40M
-$6M
27.9%
6.1%
$14M
—
$69M
Sep '22
$43M
-$9M
27.8%
7.5%
-$2M
—
$128M
Jun '22
$42M
$30M
32.7%
10.1%
$10M
—
$151M
Mar '22
$42M
$19M
28.7%
9.2%
$1M
—
$145M
Dec '21
$34M
$15M
27.8%
4.0%
$6M
—
$147M
Sep '21
$35M
$10M
31.6%
6.6%
-$4M
—
$142M
Jun '21
$36M
$13M
31.2%
8.0%
$11M
—
$145M
Valuation over time
How the market has priced NL against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 —
each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves
as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.
The price-to-earnings ratio has fallen from 8.7× (Mar '23) to 4.1× (Nov '25).
The price-to-sales ratio has risen from 1.8× (Mar '23) to 1.8× (Jun '26).
The dividend yield has risen from 4.7% (Mar '23) to 6.2% (Jun '26).
Price / earnings (P/E)
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
Dividend yield %
Frequently asked questions
Is NL growing its revenue and profit?
Over the past 5 years, NL INDUSTRIES INC's revenue has grown 6.7% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.
How much debt does NL have?
As of FY2025, NL INDUSTRIES INC reported — of total debt against $111M of cash; operating income covered interest expense 14×.
What is NL's profit margin?
In FY2025, gross margin was 30.4%, operating margin 6.7%, and net margin -23.9%.
What is NL's P/E ratio?
As of Jun '26, NL INDUSTRIES INC traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 4.1× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.
Where does this data come from?
All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.
Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted ·
growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price
against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.