NL Industries (NYSE:NL) reported quarterly earnings of $0.01 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.20 by 95 percent. This is a 92.86 percent decrease over earnings of $0.14 per share from the same period last year. The company reported $40.30 million in sales this quarter. This is a 6.05 percent increase over sales of $38.00 million the same period last year.