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In the latest session, NL Industries, Inc (NYSE: NL) closed at $5.91 down -5.59% from its previous closing price of $6.26. In other words, the price has decreased by -$5.59 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.24 million shares were traded. NL stock price reached its highest trading level at $6.3758 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $5.5.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of NL Industries, Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 4.08 and its Current Ratio is at 4.96. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.00 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.00.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In the most recent recommendation for the company, Barclays on May 25, 2021, Downgraded its rating to Underweight and sets its target price to $7 from $16 previously.
On November 15, 2017, Barclays reiterated its Underweight rating and also lowered its target price recommendation from $7 to $14.
Barclays reiterated its Underweight rating for the stock on April 07, 2017, while the target price for the stock was revised from $3 to $6.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 12 ’25 when Kramer Kevin B bought 6,500 shares for $7.14 per share. The transaction valued at 46,427 led to the insider holds 15,850 shares of the business.
Hanley Bryan A. bought 250 shares of NL for $1,695 on Mar 11 ’25. The Senior VP and Treasurer now owns 1,250 shares after completing the transaction at $6.78 per share. On Mar 11 ’25, another insider, Kramer Kevin B, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 6,500 shares for $6.59 each. As a result, the insider paid 42,854 and bolstered with 9,350 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, NL now has a Market Capitalization of 288778752 and an Enterprise Value of 205250752. As of this moment, NL’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 29.85. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.82 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.77. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.291 whereas that against EBITDA is 18.432.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for NL is 0.26, which has changed by -0.25753766 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.14725316 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, NL has reached a high of $8.96, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $5.04. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 4.69%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -7.16%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, NL has traded an average of 40.22K shares per day and 111150 over the past ten days. A total of 48.86M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 8.31M. Insiders hold about 82.99% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 11.19% stake in the company. Shares short for NL as of 1767139200 were 97120 with a Short Ratio of 2.41, compared to 1764288000 on 103879. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 97120 and a Short% of Float of 1.17.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for NL is 0.35, from 0.35 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.05591054. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.2. The current Payout Ratio is 23.25% for NL, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-11-21 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-11-21. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1988-12-23 when the company split stock in a 4:10 ratio.
