NL Industries Ownership | Who Owns NL Industries?

NL Industries Ownership Summary

NL Industries is owned by 6.74% institutional investors, 82.99% insiders, and 10.27% retail investors. Dimensional fund advisors lp is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 4.28% of NL shares. DFA US Small Cap Value I is the top mutual fund, with 1.61% of its assets in NL Industries shares.

NL Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	NL Industries	6.74%	82.99%	10.27%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	49.61%	15.69%	34.70%
Industry	Security & Protection Service Stocks	42.35%	10.29%	47.36%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Dimensional fund advisors lp	2.09M	4.28%	$12.18M
Blackrock	530.19K	1.09%	$3.20M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	529.71K	1.08%	$3.09M
Vanguard group	421.05K	0.86%	$2.30M
Aristides capital	417.01K	0.85%	$2.43M
Bridgeway capital management	325.99K	0.67%	$1.90M
Empowered funds	232.13K	0.48%	$1.35M
Geode capital management	224.51K	0.46%	$1.31M
Raymond james & associates	217.83K	0.45%	$1.31M
Renaissance	162.47K	0.33%	$947.20K

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Aristides capital	417.01K	0.53%	$2.43M
Bridgeway capital management	325.99K	0.04%	$1.90M
Founders capital management	5.00K	0.01%	$29.15K
Gsa capital partners llp	39.19K	0.01%	$228.00K
Empowered funds	232.13K	0.01%	$1.35M
Money concepts capital	15.72K	0.01%	$91.66K
Prelude capital management	10.83K	0.00%	$63.13K
Raymond james trust n.a.	21.50K	0.00%	$129.65K
Dimensional fund advisors lp	2.09M	0.00%	$12.18M
Renaissance	162.47K	0.00%	$947.20K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Vanguard fiduciary trust	50.27K	0.00%	50.27K
Goldman sachs group	70.58K	-	34.17K
Bridgeway capital management	325.99K	0.04%	26.90K
Gsa capital partners llp	39.19K	0.01%	23.52K
Renaissance	162.47K	0.00%	22.46K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Susquehanna group, llp	-	-	-216.10K
Wealthstar advisors	-	-	-166.62K
Segall bryant & hamill	-	-	-93.21K
Raymond james & associates	217.83K	0.00%	-75.78K
Citadel advisors	-	-	-71.60K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Vanguard fiduciary trust	50.27K	0.00%	50.27K	$293.05K
Raymond james trust n.a.	21.50K	0.00%	21.50K	$129.65K
Peak6 investments	19.40K	0.00%	19.40K	$116.98K
Money concepts capital	15.72K	0.01%	15.72K	$91.66K
Prelude capital management	10.83K	0.00%	10.83K	$63.13K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group	-1.00
Innealta capital	-3.00
Srs capital advisors	-15.00
Capital performance advisors llp	-50.00
Financial synergies wealth advisors	-136.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2026	39	-44.29%	3,291,079	-39.29%	6	5.47%	17	-45.16%	12	-52.00%
Dec 31, 2025	54	-22.86%	4,775,798	-12.57%	9	7.82%	21	-22.22%	20	-23.08%
Sep 30, 2025	67	-6.94%	5,426,540	-2.08%	11	8.63%	27	-15.63%	23	-17.86%
Jun 30, 2025	72	4.35%	5,541,919	-2.01%	11	8.46%	31	19.23%	29	31.82%
Mar 31, 2025	68	3.03%	5,651,446	2.49%	11	9.08%	26	-18.75%	22	57.14%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
DFA US Small Cap Value I	787.54K	1.61%	-
Northeast Investors Trust	510.20K	1.04%	-
DFA US Core Equity 2 I	254.09K	0.52%	-
DFA US Core Equity 1 I	247.50K	0.51%	-
EA Bridgeway Omni Small-Cap Value ETF	232.13K	0.48%	-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	229.05K	0.47%	-
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	189.70K	0.39%	1.60K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	171.00K	0.35%	-
DFA US Targeted Value I	169.63K	0.35%	-
DFA US Small Cap I	115.40K	0.24%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Mar 12, 2025	Kramer Kevin B	-	Buy	$4.33K
Mar 12, 2025	Kramer Kevin B	-	Buy	$7.37
Mar 12, 2025	Kramer Kevin B	-	Buy	$842.98
Mar 12, 2025	Kramer Kevin B	-	Buy	$74.00
Mar 12, 2025	Kramer Kevin B	-	Buy	$734.00

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q2	-	-
2025 Q2	-	-
2025 Q1	26	-
2024 Q2	-	-
2023 Q4	-	-

NL Ownership FAQ

Who Owns NL Industries?

NL Industries shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 6.74%, followed by 82.99% insiders and 10.27% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in NL Industries's industry, Security & Protection Service Stocks, is 42.35%, which NL Industries falls below.

Who owns the most shares of NL Industries?

NL Industries’s largest shareholders are Dimensional fund advisors lp (2.09M shares, 4.28%), Blackrock (530.19K shares, 1.09%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (529.71K shares, 1.08%). Together, they hold 6.45% of NL Industries’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own NL Industries?

Yes, BlackRock owns 1.09% of NL Industries, totaling 530.19K shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 3.2M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -10.895K shares, a -2.01% change.

Who is NL Industries’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Aristides capital is NL Industries’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 0.53% of its assets in 417.01K NL Industries shares, valued at 2.43M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of NL Industries shares?

DFA US Small Cap Value I is the top mutual fund holder of NL Industries shares, with 1.61% of its total shares outstanding invested in 787.54K NL Industries shares.

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