NLI HOLDINGS INC (NL)
Industrials · Holding company / specialty chemicals & components · NYSE
NL Industries is a holding company with core operations in security products through CompX and a major investment in the titanium dioxide chemical producer, Kronos Worldwide.
What NLI HOLDINGS INC does
NL Industries is a holding company primarily engaged in the component products industry through its majority ownership of CompX International Inc. (CIX) and in the chemicals industry through its noncontrolling interest in Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (KRO), a titanium dioxide producer. Valhi, Inc. controls approximately 83% of NL Industries' outstanding common stock. The company's primary focus is managing and overseeing its subsidiaries' operations rather than direct manufacturing.
Themes: Titanium dioxide / pigments, Component manufacturing, Industrial holding company
Fundamentals
- Price$6.47 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$316M as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+0.8% 2025-08-21 close $6.42 → 2026-08-21 close $6.47
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin-15.8% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+32.1% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE-7.0% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+6.0% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-1.7% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.14 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-05 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +5.3%; 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How NL compares in its sector
- net profit marginbottom 10% 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 457 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 455 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitybottom 25% 460 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 25% 426 covered Industrials peers
- indicated dividend yieldtop 10% 267 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)bottom 25% 414 covered Industrials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Industrials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Not assessable from available data. NL paid a dividend in FY2025, but coverage cannot be assessed from the available data (non_positive_net_income, non_positive_free_cash_flow).
- Earnings payoutnot assessable earnings were not positive that year
- Free-cash-flow payoutnot assessable free cash flow was not positive that year
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How NLI HOLDINGS INC looks technically
NLI HOLDINGS INC (NL) is trading 8.1% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 61 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 22 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 57, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day high about 8 trading days ago. It is 24.8% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 8.1% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +8.1% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $6.06 | $6.06 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $5.98 | $5.98 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 8 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 8 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 61 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 61 sessions |
| Above the 200-day after a dip | it recently dipped to its 200-day average (the long-term trend line) and has since climbed back above it — now about 8.1% above | +8.1% |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 22 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 22.1 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 57, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 57.3 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($5.72 to $6.80) — its "stochastic" reading is 69 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 69.0 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 19 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $8.60 | $8.60 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 24.8% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -24.8% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 28.4% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +28.4% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 24.8% below its highest point of the past year | 24.8% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 8 trading days ago | 8 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 23 trading days ago | 23 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $19.93 (set on 2005-09-28) | $19.93 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($5.22 to $8.52), and it has given back close to two thirds of its rise from last year’s low — 62% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket", and this is inside it — for this company that is $6.38 to $6.48. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 62.1% |
| From the all-time high | it is 67.5% below its all-time high | -67.5% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 0.7% below a resistance level at $6.52 — a price it turned at three times since 2025-03-03, most recently on 2026-02-11. Since 2024-08-21 it has 7 such levels below the current price and 8 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +0.7% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $1.92 (set on 2016-01-26) | $1.92 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 237.0% above its all-time low | +237.0% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are wider than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (wider than about 72% of it) | 72nd percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.2411 between its high and its low — about 3.7% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.2411 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $5.59 and $6.84 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $5.59 – $6.21 – $6.84 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.7% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.7% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 2.0 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (8.1% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 2.0 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.85× |
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Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a bearish engulfing | 9 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 9 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
1
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 at essentially the same price it closed at the session before — no meaningful overnight gap | 0.0% |
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Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 9.0 percentage points (the stock gained 11.4% while the market gained 2.3%) | +9.0% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 10.0 percentage points (the stock lost 6.9% while the market gained 3.1%) | -10.0% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 7.5 percentage points (the stock gained 3.5% while the market gained 11.1%) | -7.5% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 19.7 percentage points (the stock gained 0.8% while the market gained 20.5%) | -19.7% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is thick, spanning 17.2% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 3% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $6.29 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +2.9% |
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Price levels it has turned at before
NL last closed at $6.47 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 7 prices below its last close and 8 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $6.52 | Resistance | 0.7% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-03-03 to 2026-02-11 |
| $6.29 | Support | 2.8% below the last close | turned there five times · 2025-03-11 to 2026-07-02 |
| $6.78 | Resistance | 4.8% above the last close | turned there five times · 2025-02-05 to 2026-08-13 |
| $6.11 | Support | 5.5% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-07-17 to 2026-07-13 |
| $6.95 | Resistance | 7.3% above the last close | turned there four times · 2024-08-29 to 2025-07-02 |
| $5.95 | Support | 8.1% below the last close | turned there four times · 2025-12-19 to 2026-07-28 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Tested and reclaimed 200-day support · Pulled back from the 12-month high · lagging the market · Near the golden pocket (has given back about two thirds of its 52-week move) · Trading inside the Ichimoku cloud | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Cyclicality of titanium dioxide business and dependence on global economic conditions affecting demand for pigments and coatings","Exposure to raw material and energy cost fluctuations (ore, zinc, aluminum, steel, brass) and inability to fully pass costs to customers","Competitive pressure from Chinese suppliers with lower regulatory and environmental compliance costs, plus tariff and trade dispute risks"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of NL's 10-Q filed 2026-05-06 against the prior one filed 2025-11-06.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added 'custom metal fabricated parts' to the description of CompX's Marine Components operations (newer filing, 2026-05-06)
- Added parenthetical regarding technology infrastructure: '(including manufacturing and accounting systems)' in the technology-related disruptions risk factor (newer filing, 2026-05-06)
- Removed:
- Removed specific reference to 'Louisiana Pigment Company, L.P.' acquisition from the Kronos integration risk factor (older filing, 2025-11-06)
- Removed 'Our ability to retain key customers' as a standalone bullet point (older filing, 2025-11-06)
- Removed 'Potential difficulties in upgrading or implementing accounting and manufacturing software systems' as a separate risk factor (older filing, 2025-11-06)
- Removed parenthetical reference to Canadian tariffs: '(including tariffs imposed by the U.S. federal government on imports from Canada, where Kronos has a manufacturing facility)' from the tariffs risk factor (older filing, 2025-11-06)
- Reworded:
- Changed 'manufactures wake enhancement systems, stainless steel exhaust systems, gauges...' to 'manufactures wake enhancement systems, stainless steel exhaust systems, custom metal fabricated parts, gauges...' in CompX Marine Components description
- Simplified tariffs language from 'including as a result of additional or changed tariffs' to 'or the implementation of tariffs' in raw material costs risk factor
- Expanded technology disruptions language to specify infrastructure impacts: changed 'related to our technology infrastructure' to 'related to our technology infrastructure (including manufacturing and accounting systems)'
- Modified Kronos integration risk factor from 'including Louisiana Pigment Company, L.P.' to generic 'acquisitions' language
- Notes:
- Text comparisons rely on provided excerpts; full document context not available
- Risk factor reorganization and consolidation may indicate strategic emphasis shifts rather than substantive changes in company operations
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for NL — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
4 institutional 13F filers reported holding NL as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 4
- Reported shares held 830,106
- Reported value $4,839,517
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 3 increased, 1 decreased, 1 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
NL had 133,723 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
NL had 0.27% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 4.16 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 133,723
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 0.27%
- Prior settlement (shares) 145,773
- Reported change -8.27%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.16
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- CompX International (CIX)
- Kronos Worldwide (KRO)
- Allegion (ALLE)
- Dormakaba Holding AG
- Chemours (CC)
- Tronox (TROX)
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Frequently asked questions
What does NLI HOLDINGS INC (NL) do?
NL Industries is a holding company primarily engaged in the component products industry through its majority ownership of CompX International Inc. (CIX) and in the chemicals industry through its noncontrolling interest in Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (KRO), a titanium dioxide producer. Valhi, Inc. controls approximately 83% of NL Industries' outstanding common stock. The company's primary focus is managing and overseeing its subsidiaries' operations rather than direct manufacturing.
What sector is NLI HOLDINGS INC (NL) in?
NLI HOLDINGS INC (NL) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is Holding company / specialty chemicals & components. It trades on NYSE.
Does NL pay a dividend?
Yes — NLI HOLDINGS INC (NL) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 5.31% and 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are NLI HOLDINGS INC's (NL) competitors?
Notable peers of NLI HOLDINGS INC (NL) include CompX International, Kronos Worldwide, Allegion, Dormakaba Holding AG and Chemours. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is NLI HOLDINGS INC (NL) overbought or oversold right now?
NLI HOLDINGS INC (NL) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 57, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on NL come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.