secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NL INDUSTRIES INC (NL)
CIK:        0000072162
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000072162-25-000036
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

NL Industries reports Q3 net loss of $7.8M ($0.16/share) vs. net income of $36.0M a year ago
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- Net loss attributable to NL stockholders $7.8M ($0.16 per share) vs. net income $36.0M ($0.74 per share) in Q3 2024.
- CompX net sales $40.0M (up 19% YoY); segment profit $4.8M (up 45% YoY) driven by Security Products and Marine Components.
- Equity in losses of Kronos $11.3M in Q3 2025 vs. equity in earnings of $21.9M in Q3 2024.
- Kronos net sales $456.9M (down 6% YoY); loss from operations $19.2M vs. income from operations $38.9M.
- Unrealized loss on marketable equity securities $0.5M in Q3 2025 vs. unrealized gain $18.6M in Q3 2024.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216225000036/0000072162-25-000036-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216225000036/nl-20251106x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-25-000036

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