---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000072162-24-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NL"
cik: "0000072162"
company_name: "NL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2024-03-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T03:12:20.770890+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NL reports Q4 net income $7.6M, full year net loss $2.3M; Kronos full-year loss $56.0M

## Summary
- Net income attributable to NL stockholders Q4 2023: $7.6M ($0.16/sh) vs net loss $6.1M ($0.13/sh) in Q4 2022.
- Full year 2023 net loss attributable to NL stockholders: $2.3M ($0.05/sh) vs net income $33.8M ($0.69/sh) in 2022.
- Net sales Q4 $43.2M (+8% YoY); full year $161.3M (-3% YoY) driven by Security Products pilot project.
- Kronos loss from operations Q4 $5.7M (improved from $19.7M loss); full year loss $56.0M vs income $159.6M in 2022.
- Kronos TiO2 sales volumes up 29% Q4 but down 13% full year; prices down 11% Q4 and 4% full year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000072162-24-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NL
- cik: 0000072162
- company_name: NL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2024-03-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- 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/72162/000007216224000010/0000072162-24-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216224000010/nl-20240306x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-24-000010
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-24-000010.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-24-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NL INDUSTRIES INC reported the fourth quarter of 2023 results: revenue $43.2 million, net income net income attributable to NL stockholders of $7.6 million, EPS $.16 per share.
  - Period: the fourth quarter of 2023
  - Revenue: $43.2 million
  - Net income: net income attributable to NL stockholders of $7.6 million
  - EPS: $.16 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: results include an unrealized loss of $8.1 million in each of the full years of 2022 and 2023 related to the change in value of marketable equity securities. ​ Net sales were $43.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to $40.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2022 and $161.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $166.6 million for the
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216224000010/0000072162-24-000010-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  NL INDUSTRIES INC reported the full year of 2023 results: revenue $161.3 million, net income net loss attributable to NL stockholders of $2.3 million, EPS $.05 per share.
  - Period: the full year of 2023
  - Revenue: $161.3 million
  - Net income: net loss attributable to NL stockholders of $2.3 million
  - EPS: $.05 per share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: to the change in value of marketable equity securities. ​ Net sales were $43.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to $40.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2022 and $161.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $166.6 million for the full year of 2022. Net sales increased in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216224000010/0000072162-24-000010-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.