secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NL INDUSTRIES INC (NL)
CIK:        0000072162
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000072162-26-000025
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

NL Industries Q1 net income $4.3M ($0.09/sh) vs $0.7M; Kronos equity loss $1.5M
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- Net income attributable to NL stockholders $4.3M ($0.09/sh) vs $0.7M ($0.01/sh) in Q1 2025; includes $2.7M unrealized gain on marketable securities.
- CompX net sales $40.6M (flat YoY); segment profit rose to $7.1M from $5.9M on favorable product mix at Security Products.
- NL recognized $1.5M equity loss from Kronos vs $5.5M equity earnings in prior year; Kronos income from operations fell to $12.6M from $38.4M.
- Kronos net sales $509.8M (+4% YoY) from higher volumes and FX; average TiO2 selling prices increased 2% sequentially in Q1 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216226000025/0000072162-26-000025-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216226000025/nl-20260506x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-26-000025

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