---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000072162-23-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NL"
cik: "0000072162"
company_name: "NL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T01:55:00.127957+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NL Industries Q1 2023 net loss $6.7M vs net income $18.6M YoY

## Summary
- Net loss of $6.7M ($0.14 per share) compared to net income of $18.6M ($0.38 per share) in Q1 2022.
- Unrealized loss of $5.5M on marketable equity securities vs unrealized gain of $0.7M year-over-year.
- CompX net sales down 2% to $41.2M; operating income rose to $7.0M from $6.3M.
- Kronos (equity investee) net sales fell 24% to $426.3M; loss from operations $18.3M vs income $83.3M.
- Kronos TiO2 sales volumes down 29% YoY; production curtailments led to 76% capacity utilization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000072162-23-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NL
- cik: 0000072162
- company_name: NL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216223000018/0000072162-23-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216223000018/nl-20230503x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-23-000018.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NL INDUSTRIES INC reported first quarter of 2023 results: net income a net loss attributable to NL stockholders of $6.7 million, or $.14 per share, in the first quarter of 2023 compared to, EPS $.14.
  - Period: first quarter of 2023
  - Net income: a net loss attributable to NL stockholders of $6.7 million, or $.14 per share, in the first quarter of 2023 compared to
  - EPS: $.14
  - Result: reported results
  source text: NL Industries, Inc. (NYSE: NL) today reported a net loss attributable to NL stockholders of $6.7 million, or $.14 per share, in the first quarter of 2023 compared to net income attributable to NL stockholders of $18.6 million, or $.38 per share, in the first quarter of 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216223000018/0000072162-23-000018-index.htm

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