---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000072162-23-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NL"
cik: "0000072162"
company_name: "NL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T15:29:52.703026+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NL Industries posts Q2 net loss of $3.1M vs net income $30.2M last year

## Summary
- Net loss $3.1M ($0.06/share) vs net income $30.2M ($0.62/share) in Q2 2022.
- Unrealized loss on marketable equity securities $5.4M vs unrealized gain $19.2M a year ago.
- CompX income from ops $4.4M (down from $7.7M); sales $36.6M (down 12% from $41.6M).
- Equity in losses of Kronos $2.6M vs earnings $14.0M; Kronos sales fell 22% to $443.2M.
- Board declares $0.07/share quarterly dividend, payable Sept 19 to holders of record Sept 1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000072162-23-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NL
- cik: 0000072162
- company_name: NL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216223000026/0000072162-23-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216223000026/nl-20230802x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-23-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NL INDUSTRIES INC reported second quarter of 2023 results: revenue $36.6 million, net income net loss attributable to NL stockholders of $3.1 million, EPS $.06 per share.
  - Period: second quarter of 2023
  - Revenue: $36.6 million
  - Net income: net loss attributable to NL stockholders of $3.1 million
  - EPS: $.06 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: six months of 2023 related to the change in value of marketable equity securities compared to a $19.9 million unrealized gain in the first six months of 2022. Net sales were $36.6 million for the second quarter of 2023 compared to $41.6 million in the second quarter of 2022 and $77.8 million for the six months of 2023, compared to $83.7 million for the same prior
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216223000026/0000072162-23-000026-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  NL INDUSTRIES INC reported second quarter of 2022 results: revenue $41.6 million, net income net income attributable to NL stockholders of $30.2 million, EPS $.62 per share.
  - Period: second quarter of 2022
  - Revenue: $41.6 million
  - Net income: net income attributable to NL stockholders of $30.2 million
  - EPS: $.62 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: marketable equity securities compared to a $19.9 million unrealized gain in the first six months of 2022. Net sales were $36.6 million for the second quarter of 2023 compared to $41.6 million in the second quarter of 2022 and $77.8 million for the six months of 2023, compared to $83.7 million for the same prior year period. The decrease in sales for both periods is
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216223000026/0000072162-23-000026-index.htm

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