Industrials
Quanex Building Products Corporation(NX)
Live Price
Offline$16.87
-0.79% today
1Y Change
-10.20%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $920.00M
- Revenue Growth
- +43.8%
- EPS Growth
- -696.7%
- Dividend Yield
- 1.6%
Coverage: 246 bars ยท Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Quanex Building Products Corporation (NX) is a Industrials stock with a market cap of $920.00M and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $16.86 and down 10.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +43.8%, EPS growth of -696.7%, a dividend yield of 1.6%. What stands out right now is revenue +43.8%, EPS -696.7%, free cash flow +97.7% with operating margin -10.0% and ROIC -10.4%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.6%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 0.5. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a higher-growth but lower-margin setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines NX price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Industrials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+43.8% vs +6.8% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
-10.0% vs +16.9% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Jun 4, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at +43.8% and EPS is at -696.7%, with operating margin around -10.0%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 1.6%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -2.2% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Jun 4, 2026 | โ | -13.4% | -5.1% | โ |
2026 Mar 5, 2026 | +80.0% | -7.7% | -9.3% | -7.1% |
2025 Dec 11, 2025 | +61.2% | +9.5% | +7.8% | +18.1% |
Benchmark Edge
NX vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
NX
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
NX Max Drawdown
-49.93%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for NX and SPY.
Company Overview
Quanex Building Products Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
Quanex Building Products Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides components for the fenestration industry in the United States, Europe, Canada, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North American Fenestration, European Fenestration, and North American Cabinet Components. It offers flexible insulating glass spacers, extruded vinyl profiles, window and door screens, and precision-formed metal and wood products, as well as cabinet doors and other components for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the kitchen and bathroom cabinet industry. The company also provides various non-fenestration components and products, including solar panel sealants, trim moldings, vinyl decking, fencing, water retention barriers, and conservatory roof components. It sells its products to OEMs in the building products industry through sales representatives, direct sales force, distributors, and independent sales agents. The company was founded in 1927 and is based in Houston, Texas.
- Leadership
- George L. Wilson
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Employees
- 7.1k
- Street Address
- 1800 West Loop South
- Mailing
- Houston, TX, 77027
- Region
- Houston, TX, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 713 961 4600
- Last Updated
- May 3, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- โ
- EV/EBITDA
- โ
- Price/Sales
- 0.5
- Price/Book
- 1.2
Growth
- Revenue
- +43.8%
- EPS
- -696.7%
- Free Cash Flow
- +97.7%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 26.1%
- Operating Margin
- -10.0%
- Net Margin
- -13.0%
- ROE
- -30.2%
- ROIC
- -10.4%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.22
- Current Ratio
- 2.31
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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