---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000072162-23-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NL"
cik: "0000072162"
company_name: "NL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T01:19:10.888669+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NL Q3 net loss narrows to $0.1M from $8.9M; YTD net loss $9.9M vs income $39.9M

## Summary
- Net loss attributable to NL $0.1M ($0.00 per share) in Q3 2023 versus net loss $8.9M ($0.18) in Q3 2022; improvement mainly due to unrealized gains on marketable securities.
- Year-to-date net loss $9.9M ($0.20 per share) compared to net income $39.9M ($0.82) in prior year; operating results at Kronos weakened significantly.
- Net sales $40.3M in Q3 2023, down 6% YoY, driven by lower Marine Components sales to towboat market, partially offset by higher Security Products.
- Kronos: equity in losses $6.2M in Q3 vs earnings $6.4M; Kronos loss from ops $25.3M vs income $30.8M; production curtailments at 71% capacity utilization.
- Non-cash loss of $4.9M pre-tax from termination of U.K. pension plan recognized in first nine months of 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000072162-23-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NL
- cik: 0000072162
- company_name: NL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216223000036/0000072162-23-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216223000036/nl-20231102x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-23-000036
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-23-000036.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-23-000036.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NL INDUSTRIES INC reported third quarter of 2023 results: net income $.1 million, or nil per share, EPS nil per share.
  - Period: third quarter of 2023
  - Net income: $.1 million, or nil per share
  - EPS: nil per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: NL Industries, Inc. (NYSE: NL) today reported a net loss attributable to NL stockholders of $.1 million, or nil per share, in the third quarter of 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216223000036/0000072162-23-000036-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  NL INDUSTRIES INC reported first nine months of 2023 results: net income net loss attributable to NL stockholders of $9.9 million, or $.20 per share, EPS $.20 per share.
  - Period: first nine months of 2023
  - Net income: net loss attributable to NL stockholders of $9.9 million, or $.20 per share
  - EPS: $.20 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: For the first nine months of 2023, NL reported a net loss attributable to NL stockholders of $9.9 million, or $.20 per share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216223000036/0000072162-23-000036-index.htm

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