{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000072162-25-000026","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"NL","cik":"0000072162","company_name":"NL INDUSTRIES INC","filed_at":"2025-08-06T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:46.227354+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-17T20:10:42.706571+00:00","sec_items":["2.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"earnings","sentiment":"negative","materiality_score":0.75,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.75,"confidence":"high","headline":"NL Industries Q2 net income plunges to $0.3M; declares $0.21 special dividend","bullets":["Net income attributable to NL stockholders $0.3M ($0.01/share) in Q2 2025 vs $7.9M ($0.16) in Q2 2024.","Kronos equity swing to loss $2.8M in Q2 2025 from earnings $6.0M in Q2 2024; Kronos income from operations fell to $7.4M from $35.9M.","CompX segment net sales up 12% to $40.3M with segment profit up to $6.3M from $5.1M.","Board declared special cash dividend of $0.21/share payable Aug 28, 2025, plus quarterly dividend $0.09/share payable Sep 23, 2025.","Kronos operated at 81% capacity in Q2 2025 vs 99% in Q2 2024; unabsorbed fixed costs $20M."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-25-000026","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-25-000026.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-25-000026.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-25-000026.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216225000026/0000072162-25-000026-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216225000026/nl-20250806x8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-17T20:10:42.706571+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}