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Quanex Building Products Corporation

NX Industrials Building Products & Equipment

Quanex Building Products Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended October 2025) was $1.8 billion, up 43.8% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+1.33%
EPS
+109.6%
Free cash flow
+3.58%
Total debt
−8.11%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

20.92 1.66 −7.35%
Market cap
$958.7M
P/E
21.1×
Fwd P/E
17.5×
Dividend yield
1.53%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
1.22
Beneish M
−3.58
Dividend safety
47/100
Overview
Financials
Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Sold, $m 3.35
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 — — — — — — — — — — 1
Insider Ownership 7.37%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 958.69
Revenue ttm 1,863.15
Net income ttm 45.35
Free cash flow ttm 91.15
Net debt Q 599.15
Valuation
P/E 21.13
Forward P/E 17.50
Price / sales 0.51
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 10.43
Price / book 1.28
Financial health
Current ratio Q 2.23 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt / equity Q 0.89
Interest coverage Q 3.88
Growth
Revenue growth Q +1.33% (above 0%: growing)
Operating income growth Q +117.17% (above 0%: growing)
EPS, this year −20.98% (below 0%: weak)
EPS, next year A +8.53%
Revenue, next year A +1.98%
EPS, past 5 yrs —
EPS, next 5 yrs A −0.44% (below 0%: weak)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 0.8×, against a ten-year median of 0.9×; over the ten years it ranged from 0.5× in 2022 to 1.4× in 2024.
P/E against its own 10 years 62.42%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 13.82%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 19.73%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 41.29%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 69.45%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
1.53%
Annual rate
0.32
Payout ratio
32.3%
Growth, 2017–25
+9.05%/yr
  1. 0.16 ’17
  2. 0.24 ’18 +50
  3. 0.32 ’19 +33
  4. 0.32 ’20 +0
  5. 0.32 ’21 +0
  6. 0.32 ’22 +0
  7. 0.32 ’23 +0
  8. 0.32 ’24 +0
  9. 0.32 ’25 +0
  10. 0.40 ’26e +25
paid forecast change on the year, %

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 58 103 78 64
Receivables 106 204 205 220
Inventory 98 276 254 276
Other 12 6 4 4
274 611 574 602
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 74 124 131 127
ST’ Debt 2 26 28 27
Other — — — —
135 273 282 270

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 11.03% 16.63% 14.58%
Cash Flow 9.41% 10.35% 18.95%
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value 6.27% 15.34% 16.03%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

Q3 FY26 Estimate 0.68 Actual 0.79

Earnings per share against the consensus, by quarter
Quarter Estimate Reported Result
Q4 FY25 0.50 0.83 Beat by 0.33
Q1 FY26 −0.05 −0.01 Beat by 0.04
Q2 FY26 0.22 0.25 Beat by 0.03
Q3 FY26 0.68 0.79 Beat by 0.11
Q4 FY26 0.79 — Reports 10 December 2026

EPS $

Jan Apr Jul Oct Year
’26 (0.09) 0.07 0.58 — —
’25 (0.32) 0.44 (6.04) 0.43 (5.43)
’24 0.19 0.46 0.77 (0.30) 0.90
’23 0.06 0.65 0.96 0.83 2.50
’22 0.34 0.80 0.78 0.75 2.66
’21 0.24 0.43 0.41 0.62 1.70
’20 0.00 0.17 0.33 0.68 1.17
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Jan Apr Jul Oct Year
’26 409 462 502 — —
’25 400 452 495 490 1,838
’24 239 266 280 492 1,278
’23 262 274 300 295 1,131
’22 267 323 324 308 1,222
’21 230 270 280 292 1,072
’20 197 187 212 255 852
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Jan Apr Jul Oct Year
’26 (20) 19 59 — —
’25 (13) 28 61 88 165
’24 4 33 46 5 89
’23 3 35 64 44 147
’22 (22) 20 52 48 98
’21 (3) 32 18 31 79
’20 (4) 6 45 53 101
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Jan Apr Jul Oct Year
’26 (31) 8 48 — —
’25 (24) 14 46 67 103
’24 (6) 26 40 7 67
’23 (4) 28 57 30 110
’22 (29) 13 46 35 65
’21 (9) 29 14 25 60
’20 (13) (1) 41 49 76
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to October

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Jul ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 928 867 890 894 852 1,072 1,222 1,131 1,278 1,838 1,863 +7.9% 1,874 1,883 1,924 +1.5%
Gross margin, % 23.44 22.40 21.66 22.31 22.64 22.44 21.98 24.55 23.92 27.17 26.59 +3.7 pt
EBT (6) 26 26 (36) 50 80 110 97 42 (243) 72 +51.9%
EBT margin, % (0.61) 2.94 2.89 (4.02) 5.91 7.47 8.99 8.58 3.29 (13.20) 3.88 (12.6) pt
Net income (2) 19 27 (47) 38 57 88 83 33 (251) 45 +72.5%
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 27.40 25.32 25.64 27.12 26.05 32.30 36.96 34.45 35.09 39.80 40.98 +4.2%
Earnings (0.05) 0.55 0.76 (1.42) 1.18 1.72 2.67 2.51 0.91 (5.43) 0.99 +68.3%
Cash flow 2.58 2.33 3.01 2.92 3.08 2.37 2.96 4.48 2.44 3.57 3.20 +3.7%
Capex (1.07) (0.95) (0.75) (0.71) (0.77) (0.56) (1.00) (1.13) (0.61) (1.34) (1.20) +2.6%
Free cash flow 1.51 1.38 2.26 2.21 2.31 1.80 1.97 3.35 1.83 2.23 2.00 +4.4%
Book value 10.86 11.89 11.39 10.02 10.88 12.65 14.07 16.62 27.76 15.73 16.40 +4.2%
Shares, m 34 34 35 33 33 33 33 33 36 46 46 +3.5%
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 0.00 40.65 19.50 0.00 15.92 12.50 8.27 10.65 25.72 0.00 21.13 13.3
P/S 0.59 0.87 0.58 0.71 0.72 0.67 0.60 0.78 0.83 0.36 0.51 0.7
P/B 1.50 1.85 1.30 1.93 1.73 1.70 1.58 1.62 1.05 0.90 1.28 1.5
EV/Sales 0.86 1.12 0.78 0.85 0.80 0.68 0.58 0.79 1.34 0.69 0.83 0.8
EV/FCF 15.57 20.64 8.86 10.47 9.00 12.13 10.89 8.11 25.73 12.35 17.01 13.4
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 87 80 105 96 101 79 98 147 89 165 146 +7.3%
Capex (36) (33) (26) (24) (25) (19) (33) (37) (22) (62) (54) +6.2%
Free cash flow 51 47 79 73 76 60 65 110 67 103 91 +8.1%
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 90 85 89 81 77 91 141 139 338 292 332 +14.0%
Net debt 244 222 182 126 66 13 (24) 10 660 615 599 +10.8%
Shareholders’ equity 368 407 395 330 356 420 465 546 1,011 726 745 +7.9%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA (0.28) 2.40 3.50 (6.73) 5.76 8.09 12.25 10.61 2.10 (11.70) 2.30 (11.4) pt
ROIC 3.71 3.37 3.87 (3.62) 8.19 11.83 15.79 12.45 2.05 (9.04) 5.16 (12.7) pt
ROE (0.49) 4.82 6.62 (12.88) 11.22 14.69 19.97 16.33 4.25 (28.88) 6.20 (28.4) pt
People
People Employees 4,138 3,954 3,818 3,632 3,767 3,860 3,875 3,792 7,068 7,071 — +6.1%
Revenue/emp, $m 0.22 0.22 0.23 0.25 0.23 0.28 0.32 0.30 0.18 0.26 — +1.6%
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

All 10 years →

Fiscal years to Oct 2025 · latest quarter Jul 2026

Quanex Building Products Corporation vs peers in Building Products & Equipment (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
ARLO Arlo Technologies, Inc. $1.6B 64.5× 86.1× +6.91% (above 0%: growing) −85.71% (below 0%: shrinking) +35.08% (above 0%: growing) 46.50% 0.69% Compare
APOG Apogee Enterprises, Inc. $959.5M 14.4× 14.3× +9.20% (above 0%: growing) −1.82% (below 0%: shrinking) −53.59% (below 0%: shrinking) 24.59% 8.56% Compare
NX Quanex Building Products Corporation $958.7M 21.1× 17.5× +1.33% (above 0%: growing) n/m +3.58% (above 0%: growing) 28.19% 9.26%
ROCK Gibraltar Industries, Inc. $940.7M — (loss-making) 15.7× +64.63% (above 0%: growing) −68.18% (below 0%: shrinking) −105.37% (below 0%: shrinking) 25.92% 11.74% Compare
SWIM Latham Group, Inc. $931.8M 98.5× 76.4× +12.52% (above 0%: growing) +42.86% (above 0%: growing) −5.62% (below 0%: shrinking) 36.68% 12.96% Compare
NPKI NPK International Inc. $723.4M 17.3× 17.2× +10.81% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% −135.14% (below 0%: shrinking) 31.34% 12.01% Compare
JBI Janus International Group, Inc. $650.8M 19.8× 17.5× +2.37% (above 0%: growing) −46.67% (below 0%: shrinking) −51.57% (below 0%: shrinking) 34.39% 8.82% Compare
LMB Limbach Holdings, Inc. $639.3M 20.9× 14.9× +24.85% (above 0%: growing) +4.59% (above 0%: growing) +50.45% (above 0%: growing) 23.36% 6.54% Compare
PPIH Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. $223.0M 14.2× 19.3× +24.35% (above 0%: growing) +181.82% (above 0%: growing) +216.09% (above 0%: growing) 29.22% 7.14% Compare
Median of peers $827.6M 19.8× 17.4× +11.67% −0.91% −28.60% 30.28% 8.69%

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Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 28 January 2026

Chief executive’s pay

Year Total pay Actually paid $100 invested
2025 3.64m (1.56m) 83.57
2024 4.75m 7.32m 168.13
2023 4.84m 8.93m 153.72
2022 4.50m 6.49m 125.20
2021 4.11m 5.90m 115.38
Total pay is as the Summary Compensation Table states it; actually paid revalues the year’s share awards at its end, as the SEC’s pay-versus-performance rule asks. $100 invested is what $100 in the company’s shares at the start of the earliest year shown was worth at each year’s end. Read the proxy statement

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