NL Industries, Inc. (NL) is a Security & Protection Services company in the Industrials sector, currently trading at $5.87. It has a SharesGrow Score of 54/100, indicating a mixed investment profile with 2 out of 7 criteria passed.
Analyst consensus target is NL = $6 (+2.2% upside).
Valuation: NL trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of -7.4 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 0.02.
Financials: revenue is $158M, -1.4%/yr average growth. Net income is $38M (loss), growing at +916.6%/yr. Net profit margin is -23.9% (negative). Gross margin is 30.4% (+1.1 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $500,000 against $359M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 0, conservative). Current ratio is 7.77 (strong liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 0.1%. Total assets: $470M.
Analyst outlook: 0 / 1 analysts rate NL as buy (0%) — mixed sentiment.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 84/100 (Pass), Growth 58/100 (Partial), Past 50/100 (Partial), Health 100/100 (Pass), Moat 40/100 (Fail), Future 34/100 (Fail), Income 10/100 (Fail).
