secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORP (NTIC)
CIK:        0000875582
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-26-000135
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

NTIC Q1 fiscal 2026 EPS $0.03 down from $0.06; net sales up 9.2% to record $23.3M
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- Net sales record $23.3M +9.2% YoY; ZERUST oil & gas up 58.1% to $2.4M.
- Gross margin fell 230bp to 36.0%; operating income down 15.6% to $934k.
- Net income attributable to NTIC $238k ($0.03 diluted) vs $561k ($0.06) YoY.
- Non-GAAP adj. net income $344k ($0.04) vs $667k ($0.07).
- Operating expenses as % sales improved to 41.8% from 44.4%; cash $6.4M, debt $12.0M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875582/000117184326000135/0001171843-26-000135-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/875582/000117184326000135/f8k_010526.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-000135

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