secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NL INDUSTRIES INC (NL)
CIK:        0000072162
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000059255-22-000070
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

NL Industries Q2 net income $0.62/share vs $0.26; sales up; Kronos earnings double
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- Net income attributable to NL stockholders: $30.2M ($0.62/share) in Q2 2022 vs $12.7M ($0.26/share) in Q2 2021.
- Net sales rose to $41.6M from $36.3M, driven by higher Marine Components and Security Products sales.
- Equity in earnings of Kronos (TiO2) increased to $14.0M from $7.8M; Kronos sales up 18% on 26% higher average TiO2 prices.
- Kronos income from operations grew to $65.2M from $43.8M; production at 95% capacity utilization in Q2 2022.
- Board declares quarterly dividend of $0.07/share, payable Sept 20, 2022 to holders of record Sept 1, 2022.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000005925522000070/0000059255-22-000070-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000005925522000070/nl8k220803.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000059255-22-000070

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