---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000059255-22-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NL"
cik: "0000072162"
company_name: "NL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-03-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T00:33:13.845295+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NL Industries Q4 net income $14.9M ($0.31/sh) up from $4.3M; CompX and Kronos results improve

## Summary
- Net income attributable to NL stockholders $14.9M ($0.31 per share) in Q4 2021 vs $4.3M ($0.09) in Q4 2020; full year $51.2M ($1.05) vs $14.7M ($0.30).
- CompX net sales $34.1M in Q4 (+14% YoY), income from operations $3.8M vs $2.3M; full year sales $140.8M, ops income $20.5M.
- Equity in earnings of Kronos $9.6M in Q4 vs $3.1M; Kronos net sales $496M (+20% YoY), income from operations $52.0M vs $20.4M.
- Unrealized gain on marketable equity securities (Valhi stock) $6.5M in Q4 ($16.2M FY) vs $2.4M gain ($8.7M loss FY) in 2020.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000059255-22-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NL
- cik: 0000072162
- company_name: NL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-03-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000005925522000012/0000059255-22-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000005925522000012/nl8k220309.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059255-22-000012
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059255-22-000012.txt

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