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
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$1B
22.28
$1.00
0.95
$0.32
1.44%
Price and volume
Market cap
$1B
Beta
0.95
52-week high
$23.33
52-week low
$11.04
Average daily volume
380K
Dividend rate
$0.32
Financial strength
Current ratio
2.231
Quick ratio
1.047
Long term debt to equity
106.93
Total debt to equity
113.017
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)
3.52%
Return on equity (TTM)
6.20%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
22.278
Price to revenue (TTM)
0.542
Price to book
1.36
Price to tangible book (TTM)
-19.99
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
11.127
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
8.99%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
1.997
Dividend yield (TTM)
1.44%
Forward dividend yield
1.44%
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%
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Revenue for Q3 2026 rose 1.3% year-over-year to $501.8 million, surpassing analyst expectations and underscoring Quanex’s pricing power amid market headwinds (Investing.com)
Gross margin expanded to 28.2% from 27.9% in Q3 2026, driven by improved price-cost alignment in both the Hardware Solutions segment and consolidated operations (Investing.com)
Quanex repaid $42.25 million of debt in Q3 2026, reducing total debt to $672.2 million and lowering leverage to 2.8× net debt to LTM adjusted EBITDA, strengthening its balance sheet (Investing.com)
Quanex’s gross margin contracted to 25.5% in Q2 2026, down from 29.0% a year earlier, as rapid inflationary pressures outpaced pricing adjustments (Thomson Reuters)
Second-quarter EPS of $0.25 missed the consensus by $0.07, and the stock fell about 5.9% on the earnings release, reflecting investor disappointment (Investing.com)
As of April 30, 2026, Quanex reported total debt of $715.0 million with a leverage ratio of 3.1× net debt to LTM adjusted EBITDA, highlighting elevated leverage levels (Investing.com)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 4 Sept 2026.
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