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NL Industries (NL) Ratios
NL Industries Ratios
NL's free cash flow for Q2 2026 was $5.90M. For the 2026 fiscal year, NL's free cash flow was decreased by $-1.52M and operating cash flow was $7.42M. See a summary of the company’s cash flow.
| Ratios | Dec 25 | Dec 24 | Dec 23 | Dec 22 | Dec 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liquidity Ratios | |||||
| Current Ratio | 7.77 | 2.61 | 7.17 | 6.05 | 6.33 |
| Quick Ratio | 6.29 | 2.30 | 6.16 | 5.08 | 5.49 |
| Cash Ratio | 5.53 | 1.79 | 3.66 | 2.15 | 4.80 |
| Solvency Ratio | -0.37 | 0.56 | 0.01 | 0.18 | 0.26 |
| Operating Cash Flow Ratio | -1.77 | 0.28 | 1.22 | 0.84 | 0.58 |
| Short-Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Net Current Asset Value | $ 66.68M | $ 75.60M | $ 33.36M | $ -13.15M | $ -17.53M |
| Leverage Ratios | |||||
| Debt-to-Assets Ratio | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Debt-to-Equity Ratio | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Debt-to-Capital Ratio | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Long-Term Debt-to-Capital Ratio | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Financial Leverage Ratio | 1.31 | 1.46 | 1.56 | 1.60 | 1.64 |
| Debt Service Coverage Ratio | -40.35 | 176.95 | 7.11 | 43.97 | 51.09 |
| Interest Coverage Ratio | 12.43 | 71.46 | 18.94 | 14.59 | 9.19 |
| Debt to Market Cap | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Interest Debt Per Share | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Net Debt to EBITDA | 2.41 | -1.51 | 65.31 | -1.55 | -2.23 |
| Profitability Margins | |||||
| Gross Profit Margin | 30.44% | 28.34% | 30.52% | 29.30% | 30.36% |
| EBIT Margin | -32.00% | 57.45% | -3.52% | 24.12% | 44.02% |
| EBITDA Margin | -29.70% | 73.89% | -1.05% | 26.51% | 46.74% |
| Operating Profit Margin | 6.02% | 25.95% | 8.76% | 8.24% | 7.45% |
| Pretax Profit Margin | -32.49% | 57.09% | -3.98% | 23.56% | 43.20% |
| Net Profit Margin | -23.90% | 46.07% | -1.43% | 20.32% | 36.35% |
| Continuous Operations Profit Margin | -22.35% | 47.46% | 0.36% | 21.89% | 37.89% |
| Net Income Per EBT | 73.56% | 80.69% | 35.96% | 86.25% | 84.14% |
| EBT Per EBIT | -539.32% | 219.98% | -45.43% | 285.78% | 579.92% |
| Return on Assets (ROA) | -8.05% | 11.63% | -0.40% | 5.55% | 8.59% |
| Return on Equity (ROE) | -10.54% | 16.94% | -0.62% | 8.86% | 14.12% |
| Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) | 2.12% | 7.77% | 2.59% | 2.38% | 1.85% |
| Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) | 1.46% | 6.46% | -0.23% | 2.21% | 1.63% |
| Return on Tangible Assets | -8.54% | 12.20% | -0.42% | 5.81% | 9.00% |
| Earnings Yield | -14.15% | 17.71% | -0.84% | 10.18% | 14.18% |
| Efficiency Ratios | |||||
| Receivables Turnover | 11.47 | 6.15 | 9.10 | 9.00 | 9.02 |
| Payables Turnover | 31.57 | 27.83 | 29.63 | 33.29 | 28.78 |
| Inventory Turnover | 3.62 | 3.69 | 3.65 | 3.76 | 3.82 |
| Fixed Asset Turnover | 6.68 | 6.07 | 6.24 | 5.80 | 4.83 |
| Asset Turnover | 0.34 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.27 | 0.24 |
| Working Capital Turnover Ratio | 1.11 | 0.87 | 0.92 | 1.03 | 0.92 |
| Cash Conversion Cycle | 121.07 | 145.26 | 127.83 | 126.57 | 123.21 |
| Days of Sales Outstanding | 31.82 | 59.37 | 40.12 | 40.55 | 40.46 |
| Days of Inventory Outstanding | 100.81 | 99.00 | 100.03 | 96.98 | 95.44 |
| Days of Payables Outstanding | 11.56 | 13.12 | 12.32 | 10.96 | 12.68 |
| Operating Cycle | 132.63 | 158.38 | 140.15 | 137.54 | 135.90 |
| Cash Flow Ratios | |||||
| Operating Cash Flow Per Share | -0.75 | 0.52 | 0.76 | 0.55 | 0.36 |
| Free Cash Flow Per Share | -0.82 | 0.49 | 0.73 | 0.48 | 0.28 |
| Dividend Paid and CapEx Coverage Ratio | -1.15 | 0.67 | 2.50 | 0.78 | 1.11 |
| Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio | -9.72 | 17.86 | 32.75 | 7.29 | 4.30 |
| Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio | -72.81 | 51.15 | 74.01 | 53.86 | 35.22 |
| Operating Cash Flow to Sales Ratio | -0.23 | 0.18 | 0.23 | 0.16 | 0.13 |
| Free Cash Flow Yield | -15.02% | 6.36% | 13.10% | 6.99% | 3.74% |
| Valuation Ratios | |||||
| Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio | -7.10 | 5.63 | -118.68 | 9.82 | 7.05 |
| Price-to-Sales (P/S) Ratio | 1.69 | 2.60 | 1.70 | 2.00 | 2.56 |
| Price-to-Book (P/B) Ratio | 0.74 | 0.96 | 0.74 | 0.87 | 1.00 |
| Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) Ratio | -6.66 | 15.72 | 7.64 | 14.31 | 26.72 |
| Price-to-Operating Cash Flow Ratio | -7.34 | 14.84 | 7.40 | 12.34 | 20.51 |
| Price-to-Earnings Growth (PEG) Ratio | 0.05 | -0.00 | 1.11 | -0.29 | 0.03 |
| Enterprise Value Multiple | -3.28 | 2.01 | -95.82 | 5.98 | 3.26 |
| Enterprise Value | 154.01M | 216.85M | 162.90M | 264.03M | 214.60M |
| EV to EBITDA | -3.28 | 2.01 | -95.82 | 5.98 | 3.26 |
| EV to Sales | 0.97 | 1.49 | 1.01 | 1.59 | 1.52 |
| EV to Free Cash Flow | -3.84 | 8.98 | 4.54 | 11.36 | 15.88 |
| EV to Operating Cash Flow | -4.23 | 8.48 | 4.40 | 9.80 | 12.19 |
| Tangible Book Value Per Share | 7.16 | 7.96 | 7.47 | 7.69 | 7.33 |
| Shareholders’ Equity Per Share | 7.34 | 8.13 | 7.57 | 7.83 | 7.43 |
| Tax and Other Ratios | |||||
| Effective Tax Rate | 0.31 | 0.17 | 1.09 | 0.07 | 0.12 |
| Revenue Per Share | 3.24 | 2.99 | 3.30 | 3.41 | 2.89 |
| Net Income Per Share | -0.77 | 1.38 | -0.05 | 0.69 | 1.05 |
| Tax Burden | 0.74 | 0.81 | 0.36 | 0.86 | 0.84 |
| Interest Burden | 1.02 | 0.99 | 1.13 | 0.98 | 0.98 |
| Research & Development to Revenue | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| SG&A to Revenue | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.16 |
| Stock-Based Compensation to Revenue | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Income Quality | 1.03 | 0.37 | -16.03 | 0.74 | 0.33 |
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