secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NL INDUSTRIES INC (NL)
CIK:        0000072162
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000059255-22-000044
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000005925522000044/0000059255-22-000044-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000005925522000044/nl8k220504.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059255-22-000044

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