NL - NLI Holdings, Inc.
NL Industries, Inc. , through its subsidiary CompX International Inc. , is a global and domestic manufacturer specializing in diverse component products.
As of Aug 14, 2026: spot at $6.43, ATM IV 97.1%, max pain $5.00, net GEX -$1.5K.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Security & Protection Services
- Market Cap
- $328.4M
- Beta
- 0.21
- 52-Week Range
- 5.04-8.6
- Dividend Yield
- $0.59
- CEO
- Courtney J. Riley
- Employees
- 2,812
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Exchange
- NYSE
What NL Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 40.7% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; negative net gamma exposure (-$1.5K) means dealers hedge with trend, amplifying realized volatility and accelerating directional moves; the 25-delta skew (-0.398) prices puts richer than calls, the typical equity downside-protection skew.
What This Page Covers
The NL overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked NL overview questions
- What is NL?
- NL is the ticker symbol for NLI Holdings, Inc., a listed security. NL Industries, Inc. , through its subsidiary CompX International Inc. Listed on NYSE. NL is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the NL options snapshot look like today?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, the NL options snapshot shows spot at $6.43, ATM IV 97.1%, IV rank 40.7%, max pain $5.00, net GEX -$1.5K, expected move 27.84%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are NL's key statistics?
- NLI Holdings, Inc. (NL) carries a market capitalization of $328.4M, beta of 0.21 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 5.04-8.6. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does NL belong to?
- NLI Holdings, Inc. operates in the Industrials sector, in the Security & Protection Services industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare NL's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the NL data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated Aug 14, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).