NL Industries Ownership | Who Owns NL Industries?

NL Industries Ownership Summary

NL Industries is owned by 11.34% institutional investors, 82.98% insiders, and 5.67% retail investors. Dimensional fund advisors lp is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 4.11% 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	11.34%	82.98%	5.67%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	64.07%	12.69%	23.24%
Industry	Security & Protection Service Stocks	49.16%	11.19%	39.65%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Dimensional fund advisors lp	2.01M	4.11%	$15.59M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	534.74K	1.09%	$3.42M
Blackrock	530.19K	1.09%	$3.20M
Aristides capital	414.94K	0.85%	$2.66M
Vanguard group	375.62K	0.77%	$2.92M
Bridgeway capital management	231.46K	0.47%	$1.80M
Raymond james & associates	217.83K	0.45%	$1.31M
Geode capital management	189.52K	0.39%	$1.47M
Empowered funds	184.97K	0.38%	$1.18M
Renaissance	149.31K	0.31%	$1.16M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Aristides capital	414.94K	0.53%	$2.66M
Bridgeway capital management	231.46K	0.04%	$1.80M
Founders capital management	5.00K	0.02%	$32.00K
Hillsdale investment management	36.39K	0.01%	$282.77K
Empowered funds	184.97K	0.01%	$1.18M
Ritholtz wealth management	29.36K	0.01%	$228.14K
Winton group	11.87K	0.00%	$75.95K
Dimensional fund advisors lp	2.01M	0.00%	$15.59M
O'shaughnessy asset management	56.76K	0.00%	$441.05K
Raymond james trust n.a.	21.50K	0.00%	$129.65K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Jacobs levy equity management	76.71K	0.00%	76.71K
Dimensional fund advisors lp	2.01M	0.00%	21.88K
Raymond james trust n.a.	21.50K	0.00%	21.50K
Peak6 investments	19.40K	0.00%	19.40K
Bank of new york mellon	44.16K	0.00%	19.32K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Susquehanna group, llp	-	-	-216.10K
Wealthstar advisors	-	-	-166.62K
Raymond james & associates	217.83K	0.00%	-75.78K
Citadel advisors	1.60K	-	-67.10K
Millennium management	-	-	-55.20K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Jacobs levy equity management	76.71K	0.00%	76.71K	$462.55K
Raymond james trust n.a.	21.50K	0.00%	21.50K	$129.65K
Peak6 investments	19.40K	0.00%	19.40K	$116.98K
Hrt financial lp	10.21K	0.00%	10.21K	$65.00K
Great west life assurance co /can/	2.44K	-	2.44K	$19.00K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group	-1.00
Innealta capital	-3.00
Group one trading	-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 %
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%
Dec 31, 2024	64	-7.25%	4,958,488	-7.65%	10	8.40%	31	-3.13%	13	-
Sep 30, 2024	68	-	5,368,453	2.04%	10	9.47%	32	-8.57%	13	-23.53%
Jun 30, 2024	68	15.25%	5,260,927	2.34%	10	9.72%	35	94.44%	17	-29.17%

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	249.44K	0.51%	-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	229.05K	0.47%	-5.01K
EA Bridgeway Omni Small-Cap Value ETF	190.46K	0.39%	-
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	187.97K	0.38%	-3.57K
DFA US Targeted Value I	183.14K	0.37%	-
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	171.00K	0.35%	-
DFA US Small Cap I	109.37K	0.22%	-

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
2025 Q2	-	-
2025 Q1	26	-
2024 Q2	-	-
2023 Q4	-	-
2023 Q2	-	-

NL Ownership FAQ

Who Owns NL Industries?

NL Industries shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 11.34%, followed by 82.98% insiders and 5.68% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in NL Industries's industry, Security & Protection Service Stocks, is 49.16%, which NL Industries falls below.

Who owns the most shares of NL Industries?

NL Industries’s largest shareholders are Dimensional fund advisors lp (2.01M shares, 4.11%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (534.74K shares, 1.09%), and Blackrock (530.19K shares, 1.09%). Together, they hold 6.29% 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 414.94K NL Industries shares, valued at 2.66M$.

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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