NL Industries (NL) Competitors $8.88 +0.38 (+4.41%) Closing price 05/2/2025 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$8.85 -0.04 (-0.39%) As of 05/2/2025 04:48 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock NL vs. PBI, SCS, TILE, ACCO, AVY, MSA, HNI, MTX, TROX, and KROShould you be buying NL Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NL Industries include Pitney Bowes (PBI), Steelcase (SCS), Interface (TILE), ACCO Brands (ACCO), Avery Dennison (AVY), MSA Safety (MSA), HNI (HNI), Minerals Technologies (MTX), Tronox (TROX), and Kronos Worldwide (KRO). NL Industries vs. Pitney Bowes Steelcase Interface ACCO Brands Avery Dennison MSA Safety HNI Minerals Technologies Tronox Kronos Worldwide Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) and NL Industries (NYSE:NL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings. Do analysts prefer PBI or NL? NL Industries has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential downside of 32.47%. Given NL Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NL Industries is more favorable than Pitney Bowes.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Pitney Bowes 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00NL Industries 1 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 1.00 Is PBI or NL more profitable? NL Industries has a net margin of 38.69% compared to Pitney Bowes' net margin of -7.71%. NL Industries' return on equity of 14.74% beat Pitney Bowes' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Pitney Bowes-7.71% -20.95% 2.64% NL Industries 38.69%14.74%10.09% Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PBI or NL? NL Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Pitney Bowes. Pitney Bowes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NL Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPitney Bowes$2.03B0.82-$203.60M-$1.12-8.09NL Industries$145.94M2.97-$2.31M$1.386.44 Is PBI or NL a better dividend stock? Pitney Bowes pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. NL Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Pitney Bowes pays out -21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NL Industries pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Does the media favor PBI or NL? In the previous week, Pitney Bowes had 10 more articles in the media than NL Industries. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Pitney Bowes and 1 mentions for NL Industries. Pitney Bowes' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat NL Industries' score of 0.45 indicating that Pitney Bowes is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Pitney Bowes 8 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive NL Industries 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Which has more volatility & risk, PBI or NL? Pitney Bowes has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NL Industries has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PBI or NL? 67.9% of Pitney Bowes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.7% of NL Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of Pitney Bowes shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of NL Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PBI or NL? Pitney Bowes received 69 more outperform votes than NL Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.87% of users gave NL Industries an outperform vote while only 54.97% of users gave Pitney Bowes an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPitney BowesOutperform Votes26054.97% Underperform Votes21345.03% NL IndustriesOutperform Votes19159.87% Underperform Votes12840.13% SummaryNL Industries beats Pitney Bowes on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get NL Industries News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NL and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart NL vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricNL IndustriesIndustrial inorganic chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$434.01M$25.74B$3.05B$19.20BDividend Yield4.30%3.47%5.18%4.00%P/E Ratio7.4011.6475.6333.50Price / Sales2.972.7824,351,377,058,359,000.0029.18Price / Cash209.5856.3524.3717.52Price / Book1.118.645.194.55Net Income-$2.31M$731.97M$155.25M$1.02B7 Day Performance5.90%5.16%0.33%2.29%1 Month Performance19.50%0.82%4.15%2.94%1 Year Performance7.83%-22.50%17.56%4.68% NL Industries Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NLNL Industries1.1724 of 5 stars$8.89+4.4%$6.00-32.5%+10.4%$434.01M$145.94M7.402,820Upcoming EarningsNews CoveragePBIPitney Bowes3.2672 of 5 stars$8.55+0.9%N/A+72.6%$1.56B$2.03B-7.6311,000Upcoming EarningsNews CoveragePositive NewsSCSSteelcase4.8341 of 5 stars$9.87-0.2%$17.00+72.2%-17.1%$1.12B$3.17B10.2811,800News CoverageNegative NewsTILEInterface4.6835 of 5 stars$18.70-0.3%$30.00+60.4%+21.2%$1.09B$1.32B13.083,650Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageACCOACCO Brands4.8886 of 5 stars$3.82-2.1%$7.00+83.2%-25.8%$344.18M$1.67B-3.606,000Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementNews CoverageGap DownAVYAvery Dennison4.8448 of 5 stars$170.39-0.2%$209.80+23.1%-21.9%$13.38B$8.75B19.5436,000Dividend IncreaseShort Interest ↑MSAMSA Safety4.6336 of 5 stars$152.75-0.4%$194.20+27.1%-15.2%$6.00B$1.81B21.195,000Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↑Analyst RevisionPositive NewsHNIHNI4.8486 of 5 stars$42.02-0.4%$63.00+49.9%+1.0%$1.98B$2.53B14.547,300Upcoming EarningsMTXMinerals Technologies4.3778 of 5 stars$50.91-3.9%$80.00+57.1%-29.5%$1.62B$2.12B9.834,070High Trading VolumeTROXTronox4.4432 of 5 stars$5.59-0.2%$12.93+131.3%-70.0%$882.87M$3.07B-18.036,610Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews CoverageGap UpKROKronos Worldwide3.2601 of 5 stars$7.58-1.3%$12.00+58.3%-36.8%$871.97M$1.89B9.362,250Upcoming EarningsShort Interest ↑News Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Pitney Bowes Alternatives Steelcase Alternatives Interface Alternatives ACCO Brands Alternatives Avery Dennison Alternatives MSA Safety Alternatives HNI Alternatives Minerals Technologies Alternatives Tronox Alternatives Kronos Worldwide Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:NL) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThink NVDA’s run was epic? 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