Growth Metrics

Nl Industries (NL) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Nl Industries (NL) has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio for 16 consecutive years, with 0.39 as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 109.65% to 0.39 in Q3 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.26 through Sep 2025, down 125.96% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 1.52 for FY2024, 297.34% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio hit 0.39 in Q3 2025 for Nl Industries, up from 0.06 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.94 in Q4 2021 to a low of 15.74 in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, FCF Payout Ratio has averaged 0.7 across 5 years, with a median of 0.25 in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: soared 2522.84% in 2021 and later tumbled 1402.48% in 2022.
  • Year by year, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 1.94 in 2021, then plummeted by 86.98% to 0.25 in 2022, then crashed by 35.03% to 0.16 in 2023, then skyrocketed by 172.02% to 0.45 in 2024, then decreased by 12.55% to 0.39 in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows FCF Payout Ratio for NL at 0.39 in Q3 2025, 0.06 in Q2 2025, and 0.01 in Q1 2025.