---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000059255-22-000044"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NL"
cik: "0000072162"
company_name: "NL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T01:00:24.816457+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NL Industries Q1 net income rises to $18.6M ($0.38/sh); Kronos earnings surge to $17.5M

## Summary
- Net income attributable to NL stockholders $18.6M ($0.38 per share) vs $13.3M ($0.27) in Q1 2021.
- CompX net sales up 17% to $42.1M; income from operations increased to $6.3M from $5.8M.
- Equity in earnings of Kronos $17.5M vs $6.0M; driven by 24% higher TiO2 prices and 2% volume growth.
- Kronos income from operations $83.3M vs $34.0M; production at full practical capacity versus 97% last year.
- Unrealized gain on marketable securities decreased to $0.7M from $6.4M in the prior year period.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000059255-22-000044
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NL
- cik: 0000072162
- company_name: NL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000005925522000044/0000059255-22-000044-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000005925522000044/nl8k220504.htm

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