Growth Metrics

Nl Industries (NL) FCF Margin (2016 - 2025)

Nl Industries' FCF Margin history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 24.21% for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, FCF Margin rose 4461.0% year-over-year to 24.21%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 15.06%, down 3919.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 16.54%, 570.0% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q3 2025 was 24.21% at Nl Industries, up from 14.73% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 48.58% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 119.93% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 16.96% (2024), against an average of 8.74%.
  • The largest YoY upside for FCF Margin was 4461bps in 2025 against a maximum downside of -13688bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 16.19% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 109bps to 33.8% in 2022, then surged by 44bps to 48.58% in 2023, then tumbled by -53bps to 22.76% in 2024, then rose by 6bps to 24.21% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NL's FCF Margin are 24.21% (Q3 2025), 14.73% (Q2 2025), and 119.93% (Q1 2025).