---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001049606-23-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CIX"
cik: "0001049606"
company_name: "COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T02:32:43.033219+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CompX Q1 2023 EPS rises to $0.49 from $0.40; operating income up 11%

## Summary
- Sales of $41.2M vs $42.1M in Q1 2022, down 2.1%.
- Operating income $7.0M, up from $6.3M; net income $6.1M ($0.49 per share) vs $5.0M ($0.40).
- Security Products sales fell on lower government and healthcare demand; Marine Components sales rose.
- Interest income increased on higher rates and investment balances, partly offset by lower Valhi note.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001049606-23-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CIX
- cik: 0001049606
- company_name: COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1049606/000104960623000014/0001049606-23-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1049606/000104960623000014/cik-20230502x8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001049606-23-000014
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001049606-23-000014.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001049606-23-000014.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC reported first quarter of 2023 results: revenue $41.2 million, net income $6.1 million, or $.49 per basic and diluted common share.
  - Period: first quarter of 2023
  - Revenue: $41.2 million
  - Net income: $6.1 million, or $.49 per basic and diluted common share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: CompX International Inc. (NYSE American: CIX) announced today sales of $41.2 million for the first quarter of 2023 compared to $42.1 million in the same period of 2022. Operating income was $7.0 million in the first quarter of 2023 compared to $6.3 million in the same period of 2022. Net income was $6.1 million, or $.49 per basic and diluted common share, for the first quarter of 2023 compared to $5.0 million, or $.40 per basic and diluted common share, in the same period of 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1049606/000104960623000014/0001049606-23-000014-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.