---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-24-001956"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NTIC"
cik: "0000875582"
company_name: "NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-04-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T00:15:02.540506+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NTIC reports record Q2 sales $20.8M; EPS jumps 325% to $0.17

## Summary
- Net sales up 14.1% to $20.8M (record Q2); diluted EPS $0.17 vs $0.04 YoY (+325%).
- Natur-Tec sales record $5.6M (+47.5%); ZERUST oil & gas record $2.2M (+20.1%).
- Gross margin improved 551 bps to 40.0%; operating cash flow $5.6M YTD.
- Net cash improved to $0.86M from net debt $0.95M at Aug 2023.
- Joint venture operating income up 4.2% to $2.5M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-24-001956
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NTIC
- cik: 0000875582
- company_name: NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-04-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875582/000117184324001956/0001171843-24-001956-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875582/000117184324001956/f8k_040924.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-001956.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORP reported financial results for second quarter of fiscal 2024.
  - Period: second quarter of fiscal 2024
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On April 11, 2024, Northern Technologies International Corporation (“NTIC”) announced its consolidated financial results for the fiscal quarter ended February 29, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875582/000117184324001956/0001171843-24-001956-index.htm

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