secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NL INDUSTRIES INC (NL)
CIK:        0000072162
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-08-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000072162-24-000028
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

NL Industries swings to Q2 profit of $0.16/share; declares $0.43 special dividend
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- Net income $7.9M ($0.16/sh) in Q2 2024 vs net loss $3.1M ($0.06/sh) in Q2 2023; includes $.8M unrealized gain on securities.
- Kronos equity earnings $6.0M vs loss $2.6M; Kronos sales +13% to $500.5M on 29% higher TiO2 volumes partially offset by 8% lower prices.
- CompX net sales $35.9M (-2% YoY); Security Products growth offset by Marine Components weakness.
- Board declares special cash dividend of $0.43/sh, payable Aug 29 to holders of record Aug 19, funded from excess cash; also Q3 quarterly dividend of $0.08/sh.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216224000028/0000072162-24-000028-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216224000028/nl-20240807x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-24-000028

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