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NL vs. ACCO, AVY, MSA, HNI, PBI, SCS, TILE, ECVT, WLKP, and MATV

Should you be buying NL Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NL Industries include Acco Brands (ACCO), Avery Dennison (AVY), MSA Safety Incorporporated (MSA), HNI (HNI), Pitney Bowes (PBI), Steelcase (SCS), Interface (TILE), Ecovyst (ECVT), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), and Mativ (MATV).

NL Industries vs. Its Competitors

NL Industries (NYSE:NL) and Acco Brands (NYSE:ACCO) are both small-cap office services & supplies companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

NL Industries currently has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.50%. Acco Brands has a consensus target price of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 49.44%. Given Acco Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Acco Brands is more favorable than NL Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NL Industries
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
Acco Brands
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

NL Industries has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its share price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Acco Brands has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

NL Industries has a net margin of 35.06% compared to Acco Brands' net margin of 2.90%. Acco Brands' return on equity of 13.60% beat NL Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NL Industries35.06% 12.93% 9.69%
Acco Brands 2.90%13.60%3.63%

NL Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Acco Brands. NL Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Acco Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NL Industries$145.90M2.22$67.23M$1.106.03
Acco Brands$1.67B0.22-$101.60M$0.478.54

In the previous week, Acco Brands had 3 more articles in the media than NL Industries. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Acco Brands and 1 mentions for NL Industries. Acco Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat NL Industries' score of 0.75 indicating that Acco Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NL Industries
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Acco Brands
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

10.7% of NL Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.6% of Acco Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of NL Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Acco Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

NL Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Acco Brands pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. NL Industries pays out 32.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Acco Brands pays out 63.8% 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. NL Industries has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Summary

Acco Brands beats NL Industries on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NL vs. The Competition

MetricNL IndustriesCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$323.94M$15.79B$3.45B$21.26B
Dividend Yield5.36%1.90%5.13%3.51%
P/E Ratio6.0354.69109.6029.29
Price / Sales2.223.1233,820,294,296,579,800.0068.14
Price / Cash4.6313.5224.1723.86
Price / Book0.783.336.175.37
Net Income$67.23M$423.39M$150.51M$996.52M
7 Day Performance-2.04%0.04%2.89%0.39%
1 Month Performance0.61%6.61%7.60%3.46%
1 Year Performance-0.75%9.71%39.78%12.08%

NL Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NL
NL Industries
0.9716 of 5 stars
$6.63
+0.5%
$6.00
-9.5%
-3.4%$323.94M$145.90M6.032,820
ACCO
Acco Brands
4.9829 of 5 stars
$3.85
-1.2%
$6.00
+56.0%
-25.9%$350.62M$1.58B8.185,000Positive News
AVY
Avery Dennison
4.9228 of 5 stars
$172.47
-1.3%
$197.60
+14.6%
-21.8%$13.63B$8.76B19.3635,000Positive News
MSA
MSA Safety Incorporporated
4.3213 of 5 stars
$170.56
+0.6%
$189.20
+10.9%
-3.3%$6.64B$1.81B24.335,200News Coverage
Positive News
HNI
HNI
4.9918 of 5 stars
$43.54
-1.0%
$75.00
+72.3%
-15.1%$2.01B$2.58B14.147,700
PBI
Pitney Bowes
3.2392 of 5 stars
$11.11
-1.5%
N/A+69.2%$1.94B$2.03B-18.517,200Positive News
SCS
Steelcase
3.9648 of 5 stars
$16.05
-0.7%
$16.00
-0.3%
+21.4%$1.85B$3.17B15.5811,300Positive News
TILE
Interface
4.6796 of 5 stars
$26.76
+0.5%
$32.00
+19.6%
+46.6%$1.55B$1.32B16.523,636Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
ECVT
Ecovyst
3.8237 of 5 stars
$8.90
+1.1%
$10.00
+12.4%
+29.8%$1.01B$704.50M-74.13880
WLKP
Westlake Chemical Partners
4.6902 of 5 stars
$21.92
-0.4%
N/A-2.4%$775.26M$1.10B14.71150News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
MATV
Mativ
3.5618 of 5 stars
$11.60
+0.1%
$10.00
-13.8%
-33.2%$633.11M$1.98B-1.395,100News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:NL) was last updated on 8/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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