secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NL INDUSTRIES INC (NL)
CIK:        0000072162
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-03-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000072162-24-000010
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216224000010/0000072162-24-000010-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216224000010/nl-20240306x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-24-000010

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