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                                    How did NL's Q4 earnings surprise compare to previous quarters?
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                                        4/3/2025 02:25pm
                                    </span></div></div></div> <div class="seo-text-answer" data-v-0eba195e="">NL Industries' Q4 earnings surprise was $0.57, which is the highest compared to the past five quarters. The previous quarter's earnings surprise was $0.13, and the one before that was $0.1. The earnings surprises for Q2 and Q3 were $0.03 and $0.02, respectively.


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