Nl Industries Stock Today
| NL Stock | USD 6.05 0.27 4.67% |
PerformanceSoft
| Odds Of DistressTiny
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NL Industries is selling for 6.05 as of the 3rd of November 2025. This is a 4.67 percent increase since the beginning of the trading day. The stock's lowest day price was 5.73. NL Industries has under 5 % chance of experiencing financial distress over the next 2 years but had a somewhat soft performance during the last 90 days. The performance scores are derived for the period starting the 7th of May 2025 and ending today, the 3rd of November 2025. Click here to learn more.
Business Domain Commercial & Professional Services | IPO Date 6th of April 1983 | Category Industrials |
NL Industries, Inc., through its subsidiary, CompX International Inc., operates in the component products industry in the United States and internationally. NL Industries, Inc. was founded in 1891 and is based in Dallas, Texas. NL Industries operates under Security Protection Services classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. The company has 48.86 M outstanding shares of which 118.38 K shares are now sold short in the market by investors with about 3.76 days to cover all shorted shares. More on NL Industries
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| Chairman | Robert Graham | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business Concentration | Commercial Services & Supplies, Commercial & Professional Services, Industrials, NYSE Composite, Industrials, Commercial Services & Supplies, Security & Protection Services, Industrials (View all Sectors) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Debt LevelsNL Industries can leverage the use of borrowed funds to amplify returns from an investment. In general, analyzing the relationship between debt to total assets helps investors to understand NL Industries' financial leverage. It provides some insight into what part of NL Industries' total assets is financed by creditors.
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NL Industries (NL) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA and employs 3,034 people. NL Industries is listed under Commercial Services & Supplies category by Fama And French industry classification. The company currently falls under 'Small-Cap' category with a market capitalization of 295.62 M. NL Industries is active under Commercial Services & Supplies sector as part of Industrials industry. The entity has 48.86 M outstanding shares of which 118.38 K shares are now sold short in the market by investors with about 3.76 days to cover all shorted shares.
NL Industries reports about 163.15 M in cash with 25.57 M of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 3.1.
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Ownership AllocationNL Industries secures a total of 48.86 Million outstanding shares. NL Industries owns majority of its outstanding shares owned by insiders. An insider is usually defined as a corporate executive, director, member of the board or institutional investor who own at least 10% of the company's outstanding shares. 82.98 % of NL Industries outstanding shares that are owned by insiders conveys that they have been buying or selling the stock in recent months in anticipation of some upcoming event. Please note that no matter how many assets the company retains, if the real value of the firm is less than the current market value, you may not be able to make money on it.
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NL Industries Stock Institutional Holders
| Instituion | Recorded On | Shares | |
| Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts | 2025-06-30 | 70.1 K | |
| Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc. | 2025-06-30 | 60.2 K | |
| Bank Of New York Mellon Corp | 2025-06-30 | 59.8 K | |
| O'shaughnessy Asset Management Llc | 2025-06-30 | 56.4 K | |
| Connor Clark & Lunn Inv Mgmt Ltd | 2025-06-30 | 55.9 K | |
| Segall Bryant & Hamill | 2025-06-30 | 55.2 K | |
| Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership | 2025-06-30 | 36.4 K | |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 2025-06-30 | 30.9 K | |
| Lsv Asset Management | 2025-06-30 | 28.7 K | |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc. | 2025-06-30 | 2.1 M | |
| Blackrock Inc | 2025-06-30 | 534.7 K |
NL Industries Risk Profiles
Investors will always prefer to have the highest possible return on investment while minimizing volatility. NL Industries market risk premium is the additional return an investor will receive from holding NL Industries long position in a well-diversified portfolio.
| Mean Deviation | 2.33 | |||
| Semi Deviation | 3.08 | |||
| Standard Deviation | 3.04 | |||
| Variance | 9.23 |
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NL Industries Corporate Directors
| John Harper | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Cecil Moore | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Meredith Mendes | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Thomas Stafford | Independent Director | Profile |
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Is Commercial Services & Supplies space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of NL Industries. If investors know NL Industries will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about NL Industries listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth (0.95) | Dividend Share 0.34 | Earnings Share 1.1 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.125 |
The market value of NL Industries is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of NL Industries that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of NL Industries' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is NL Industries' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because NL Industries' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect NL Industries' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between NL Industries' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if NL Industries is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, NL Industries' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.