secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NL INDUSTRIES INC (NL)
CIK:        0000072162
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000072162-23-000026
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216223000026/0000072162-23-000026-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216223000026/nl-20230802x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-23-000026

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