Industrials / Building Products & EquipmentUpdated 2026-05-10 22:07 UTC

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Market cap

921M

NYSE

Market data

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E10.3

P25 14.6P50 20.6P75 30.4

Trailing P/En/a

P25 17.1P50 27.2P75 47.6

ROE-28.2

P25 -16.4P50 5.9P75 16.4

ROIC8.6

P25 -10.3P50 5.1P75 12.2

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Indicator catalog

All NX market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

253

Groups with data

Currency

USD

Showing 253 of 253 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001423221
Company name	Quanex Building Products Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	747619104
Employees	7,071
Employees Change	3%
Employees Change Percent	0.04
Enterprise value	$1.8B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Building Products & Equipment
Isin	US7476191041
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$921M
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Price	$20.25
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	261,163.34x
Sector	Industrials
Sic	3350
Symbol	NX
Website	https://www.quanex.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	-26.06%
EV Sales Forward	0.91x
EV/EBIT	13.35x
EV/EBITDA	7.84x
EV/FCF	18.46x
EV/Sales	0.95x
FCF yield	10.3%
Forward P/E	10.32x
P/B ratio	1.26x
P/S ratio	0.5x
PE Ratio10 Y	44.33x
PE Ratio3 Y	26.75x
PE Ratio5 Y	19.6x
PEG ratio	2.29x
PS Forward	0.48x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	7.1%
EBITDA Margin	12.09%
FCF margin	5.14%
Gross margin	27.37%
Gross Profit	$505.4M
Gross Profit Growth	45.87%
Gross Profit Growth Q	6.73%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	24.01%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	19.5%
Net Income	$-240M
Net Income Growth Quarters	2%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Pretax Margin	-12.27%
Profit Margin	-13%
Profit Per Employee	$-33,940
ROA	3.91
Roa5y	6.3
ROCE	7.57
ROE	-28.19
Roe5y	5.27
ROIC	8.56
Roic5y	11.66

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	2.24%
Cagr15y	1.42%
Cagr1y	24.8%
Cagr3y	2.32%
Cagr5y	-4.78%
Div CAGR10	7.18%
Div CAGR3	0%
Div CAGR5	0%
EPS Growth Quarters	2
EPS Growth Years	0
FCF Growth	184.79%
FCF Growth3 Y	2%
FCF Growth5 Y	3.63%
OCF Growth	116.98%
OCF Growth10 Y	7.88%
OCF Growth3 Y	8.59%
OCF Growth5 Y	9.24%
Revenue Growth	28.35x
Revenue Growth Q	2.26x
Revenue Growth Quarters	1x
Revenue Growth Years	2x
Revenue Growth3 Y	14.93x
Revenue Growth5 Y	15.85x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.88
Assets	$2B
Cash	$62.3M
Current Assets	$568.7M
Current Liabilities	$245.8M
Debt	$892.6M
Debt EBITDA	$3.55
Debt Equity	$1.22
Debt FCF	$9.41
Equity	$730.4M
Interest Coverage	2.43
Liabilities	$1.2B
Long Term Assets	$1.4B
Long Term Liabilities	$1B
Net Cash	$-830.3M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-90.15
Net Debt EBITDA	$3.72
Net Debt Equity	$1.14
Net Debt FCF	$8.75
Tangible Book Value	$-89.4M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$-1.97
WACC	7.18

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	2.31
Inventory Turnover	4.87
Net Working Capital	$305.8M
Quick ratio	1.02
Working Capital	$322.8M
Working Capital Turnover	$5.76

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-14.05%
Dividend Growth	0%
Dividend Growth Years	0%
Dividend per share	$0.32
Dividend Years	19
Dividend Yield	1.58%
Ex Div Date	2026-03-17
Last Dividend	$0.08
Payout Frequency	Quarterly

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	24.75%
1Y total return	24.78%
200-day SMA	17.34
3Y total return	7.12%
50-day SMA	18.81
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	-21.73%
All Time High	39.31
All Time High Change	-48.48%
All Time High Date	2024-03-28
All Time Low	5.13
All Time Low Change	294.74%
All Time Low Date	2009-03-09
ATR	0.85
Beta	0.96
Beta1y	1.58
Beta2y	0.97
Ch YTD	31.66
High	20.68
High52	22.98
High52 Date	2026-02-20
High52ch	-11.86%
Low	20
Low52	11.04
Low52 Date	2025-11-19
Low52ch	83.42%
Ma50ch	7.64%
Price vs 200-day SMA	16.78%
RSI	55.52
RSI Monthly	48.98
RSI Weekly	56.78
Sharpe ratio	0.61x
Sortino ratio	1.03
Total Return	-12.47%
Tr YTD	32.28
Tr15y	23.56%
Tr1m	13.19%
Tr1w	1.61%
Tr3m	-4.44%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	1
Analyst Count Top	1
Analyst Price Target Top	$28
Analyst Ratings	Strong Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Strong Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.4
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	-33.33
Earnings Revenue Estimate	459,100,000x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	1.46x
Operating Income	$131.2M
Operating Income Growth	173.5
Operating Income Growth Q	208
Operating Income Growth3 Y	8.73
Operating Income Growth5 Y	14.71
Operating margin	7.1
Price target	$28
Price Target Change	$38.27
Price Target Change Top	$38.27

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	40,210,448%
Float Percent	88.41%
Net Borrowing	-45,857,000
Shares Insiders	1.28%
Shares Institutions	91.23%
Shares Out	45,483,665
Shares Qo Q	-0.3%
Shares Yo Y	14.05%
Short Float	6.24%
Short Ratio	4.91
Short Shares	5.51

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$90.9M
Average Volume	305,505.9x
Bv Per Share	16.06
CAPEX	$-62.3M
Ch10y	8.35
Ch15y	2.48
Ch1m	13.19
Ch1w	1.61
Ch1y	22.43
Ch3m	-4.88
Ch3y	2.69
Ch5y	-27.08
Ch6m	55.05
Change	0.85%
Change From Open	0.4
Close	20.08
Days Gap	0.45
Depreciation Amortization	92,153,000
Dollar Volume	4,077,945
Earnings Date	2026-06-04
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$131.2M
EBITDA	$223.3M
EPS	$-5.24
F Score	5
FCF	$94.9M
FCF EV Yield	5.42x
FCF Per Share	$2.09
Financing CF	-89,588,000
Fiscal Year End	October
Founded	1,927
Goodwill	275,468,000
Income Tax	$13.4M
Investing CF	-61,792,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-03-05
Last Report Date	2026-01-31
Last Split Type	Never
Last10k Filing Date	2025-12-12
Ma150	17.05
Ma150ch	18.8%
Ma20	19.96
Ma20ch	1.46%
Net CF	9,175,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-06-04
Open	20.17
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	9.71
P OCF Ratio	5.86
Payment Date	2026-03-31
Position In Range	36.76
Ppne	580,922,000
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$4.12
Relative Volume	0.66x
Revenue	1,846,686,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.21x
Share Based Comp	3,949,000
Tax By Revenue	0.73x
Tr6m	56.53%
Us State	Texas
Volume	201,380
Z Score	1.85

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Moat score

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Forward P/E

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Next action

Research pending

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Income

NX dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+1.6%

$0.32 annual per share

Payout ratio

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Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

0.0%

0 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

-12.5%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-03-17

Performance

NX stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns NX?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+91.2%

Float: +88.4% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+1.3%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

NX momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

55.5

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+16.8%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

0.96

Moves roughly with the market

Sharpe ratio

0.61

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

NX vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
ADP	Automatic Data Processing Inc.	85.1B	19.9x	3.9x	55.3%	+8.1%	-28.5%	احتفاظ
BA	The Boeing Company	187.1B	95.1x	2.0x	-13.6%	+10.3%	+27.9%	بيع
CAT	Caterpillar Inc.	413.4B	44.7x	5.8x	16.5%	+10.5%	+183.2%	بيع

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