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Nl Industries (NL) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

Nl Industries (NL) has disclosed Operating Expenses for 16 consecutive years, with $6.3 million as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 2.44% to $6.3 million in Q3 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $25.3 million through Sep 2025, up 4.21% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $24.3 million for FY2024, 2.34% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses hit $6.3 million in Q3 2025 for Nl Industries, down from $6.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $14.7 million in Q4 2022 to a low of -$3.0 million in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $5.3 million across 5 years, with a median of $6.1 million in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Expenses: tumbled 203.73% in 2022 and later surged 498.09% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at $2.5 million in 2021, then soared by 493.97% to $14.7 million in 2022, then plummeted by 58.18% to $6.1 million in 2023, then increased by 0.73% to $6.2 million in 2024, then increased by 1.34% to $6.3 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Expenses for NL at $6.3 million in Q3 2025, $6.6 million in Q2 2025, and $6.3 million in Q1 2025.