secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NL INDUSTRIES INC (NL)
CIK:        0000072162
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-09T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000072162-26-000009
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

NL Industries posts Q4 net loss of $31.0M ($0.63/share); Kronos losses deepen
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- Net loss attributable to NL stockholders $31.0M in Q4 2025 vs net income $16.5M in Q4 2024.
- Full-year 2025 net loss $37.8M ($0.77/share) vs net income $67.2M ($1.38/share) in 2024.
- CompX segment profit rose to $5.6M in Q4 2025 from $4.9M in Q4 2024 on higher Marine sales.
- Equity in losses of Kronos was $25.3M in Q4 2025 vs $4.0M in Q4 2024; Kronos operating rate fell to 55% in Q4.
- Results include $19.7M pension termination loss (net of tax) and $13.6M unrealized loss on marketable securities.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216226000009/0000072162-26-000009-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216226000009/nl-20260309x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-26-000009

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