secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NL INDUSTRIES INC (NL)
CIK:        0000072162
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000072162-25-000026
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

NL Industries Q2 net income plunges to $0.3M; declares $0.21 special dividend
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- 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.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216225000026/0000072162-25-000026-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216225000026/nl-20250806x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-25-000026

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