secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NL INDUSTRIES INC (NL)
CIK:        0000072162
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-05T20:22:15+00:00
Accession:  0000072162-26-000039
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

NLI Q2 net income $9.0M ($0.18/sh) vs $0.3M; Kronos swings to profit, CompX profit up 41%
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- Net income attributable to NLI stockholders $9.0M ($0.18/sh) in Q2 2026 vs $0.3M ($0.01/sh) in Q2 2025; includes $0.5M unrealized gain on marketable securities.
- CompX net sales $43.6M (+8% YoY); segment profit $8.9M (+41% YoY) driven by Security Products and Marine Components.
- Kronos equity earnings $4.6M vs loss $2.8M; Kronos net sales $558.1M (+13% YoY), income from operations $37.6M vs $7.4M.
- Board declares Q3 dividend of $0.10/sh, payable Sept 22, 2026 to holders of record Sept 3, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216226000039/0000072162-26-000039-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/72162/000007216226000039/nl-20260805x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000072162-26-000039

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