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NL Financials NL INDUSTRIES INC

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
-$55M $56M $167M $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-51% 26% 104% 0% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Return on equity & assets (ROE / ROA)
-16% 9% 35% 0% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
ROEROA
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
-$40M $2M $45M $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
-$78M $43M $163M $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$68M $12M $92M $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MROEROAFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $158M -$38M 30.4% 6.7% -10.5% -8.1% -$40M $111M
2024 $146M $67M 28.3% 26.0% 16.9% 11.6% $24M $163M
2023 $161M -$2M 30.5% 8.8% -0.6% -0.4% $36M $112M
2022 $167M $34M 29.3% 8.2% 8.9% 5.5% $23M $69M
2021 $141M $51M 30.4% 7.5% 14.1% 8.6% $14M $147M
2020 $115M $15M 28.7% 2.1% 4.7% 2.7% $17M $137M
2019 $124M $26M 31.4% -1.3% 8.5% 4.6% $24M $130M
2018 $118M -$41M 32.4% -51.3% -14.4% -7.5% $14M $116M
2017 $112M $116M 31.1% 1.5% 34.6% 21.0% $16M $98M
2016 $109M $15M 32.3% -0.7% 8.6% 4.0% $24M $93M
2015 -$24M -15.9% -6.8% $24M $96M
2014 $28M 12.0% 5.7% $21M $73M
2013 -$55M -15.6% -8.1% $11M $0 $53M
2012 $75M 19.9% 10.9% $13M $18M -$78M
2011 $82M 19.7% 10.7% $45M $37M $12M

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.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 4.6 9.2 Mar '23 Sep '23 Mar '24 Sep '24 Mar '25 Sep '25 Mar '26 Sep '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 1.4 2.9 Mar '23 Sep '23 Mar '24 Sep '24 Mar '25 Sep '25 Mar '26 Sep '26
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
0.0 3.3 6.7 Mar '23 Sep '23 Mar '24 Sep '24 Mar '25 Sep '25 Mar '26 Sep '26
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 Sep '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.