secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC (CIX)
CIK:        0001049606
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-11-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001049606-24-000019
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

CompX Q3 net sales down 17% to $33.6M; EPS $0.28 vs $0.47; declares $0.30 dividend
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- Q3 2024 net sales of $33.6M, down 16.6% from $40.3M in Q3 2023.
- Operating income of $3.3M, down 50% from $6.6M in Q3 2023.
- Net income of $3.5M ($0.28 EPS) vs $5.8M ($0.47 EPS) in Q3 2023.
- Declared regular quarterly dividend of $0.30 per share, payable Dec 10, 2024 to holders of record Nov 29.
- Decline driven by lower Security Products sales to a government customer pilot project not recurring and lower Marine Components sales to towboat market.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1049606/000104960624000019/0001049606-24-000019-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1049606/000104960624000019/cix-20241106x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001049606-24-000019

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