secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NL INDUSTRIES INC (NL)
CIK:        0000072162
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-03-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000072162-25-000009
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

NL Industries Q4 net income $16.5M ($0.34/sh) up from $7.6M; FY24 EPS $1.38 vs -$0.05
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- Q4 net income includes $24.8M net tax benefit from environmental remediation settlement; core earnings lower.
- CompX Q4 sales $38.4M, down 11% YoY; segment profit $4.9M, down 34% YoY due to lower Security Products sales.
- Kronos equity loss $4.0M in Q4 vs loss $1.6M; FY24 equity earnings $26.4M vs loss $15.0M.
- Kronos Q4 sales $423.1M, +6% YoY; full year $1.9B, +13%; production capacity utilization improved to 96% from 72%.
- Full year includes $9.8M unrealized gain on marketable securities vs $8.1M loss in 2023.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216225000009/0000072162-25-000009-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216225000009/nl-20250306x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-25-000009

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