Quanex Building Products/$NX
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About Quanex Building Products
Quanex Building Products Corp is a manufacturer of components sold to original equipment manufacturers in the building products industry. It manufactures engineered products like window and door components that include flexible insulating glass spacers, extruded vinyl profiles, window and door screens, solar panel sealants and precision-formed metal and wood products among others. Its four operating segments are North American Fenestration being the key revenue driver, European Fenestration, North American Cabinet Components, and Tyman. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United States.
- Ticker
- $NX
- Sector
- Industrials
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 7,071
- Headquarters
- Houston, United States
- Website
- www.quanex.com
NX Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$938M
20.72
$1.00
0.95
$0.32
1.55%
Price and volume
Market cap
$938M
Beta
0.95
52-week high
$23.33
52-week low
$11.04
Average daily volume
391K
Dividend rate
$0.32
Financial strength
Current ratio
2.231
Quick ratio
1.047
Long term debt to equity
1.069
Total debt to equity
1.13
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
32.13%
Interest coverage (TTM)
2.30%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
209.579
Gross margin (TTM)
26.62%
Net profit margin (TTM)
2.43%
Operating margin (TTM)
5.95%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
37.32%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$260,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
3.63%
Return on equity (TTM)
6.20%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
20.724
Price to revenue (TTM)
0.504
Price to book
1.26
Price to tangible book (TTM)
-18.59
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
10.351
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
9.66%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
1.997
Dividend yield (TTM)
1.55%
Forward dividend yield
1.55%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
1.26%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-116.33%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
17.70%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
7.86%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-25.59%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
29.57%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
7.18%
What the Analysts think about NX
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Third-quarter adjusted diluted EPS rose to $0.79 from $0.69, and the adjusted EBITDA margin expanded by 30 basis points. Quanex expects fourth-quarter revenue growth of 2%–3% and 50–75 basis points of margin expansion. (Quanex Building Products Corporation)
Quanex repaid $42.25 million of debt in the quarter, reducing net leverage to 2.8 times from 3.1 times in the prior quarter. Continued working-capital discipline could help lower interest costs and strengthen the balance sheet. (Quanex Building Products Corporation)
There may be a pipeline for a later housing recovery: July housing permits were up 3% year on year, while authorised homes not yet started rose about 10%. That activity could translate into demand if affordability and consumer confidence improve. (Stock Analysis)
Housing demand remains weak: July single-family starts were down about 16% year on year and completions were down 13%; Quanex also cited forecasts for US window shipments to fall 4.2% in 2026 and 1.6% in 2027. (Stock Analysis, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)
The latest quarter has not yet reversed the year-to-date earnings decline: nine-month adjusted EBITDA fell to $144.3 million from $172.0 million, and adjusted diluted EPS dropped to $1.03 from $1.47. Gross margin also narrowed to 26.1% from 26.8%. (Quanex Building Products Corporation)
Debt remains a material risk, with $672.2 million of total debt and net leverage of 2.8 times adjusted EBITDA at the end of July. That debt burden could limit flexibility if cash generation or earnings weaken. (Quanex Building Products Corporation)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 29 Oct 2026.
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