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. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 1.33%, EPS grew 109.6%, free cash flow grew 3.58% and total debt fell 8.11%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

18.89 0.43 −2.23%
Market cap
$885.4M
P/E
19.1×
Fwd P/E
15.3×
Dividend yield
1.69%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
1.22
Beneish M
−3.58
Dividend safety
47/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 3.23
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — 1 — — — — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 7.37%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 885.37
Revenue 1,863.15
Net Income 45.35
Free Cash Flow 91.15
Net Debt 599.15
Current Ratio 2.23 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.89
P/E ratio 19.08
Fwd P/E 15.30
P/S ratio 0.46
P/B ratio 1.15
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth (20.98%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y EPS Growth 8.53%
Next Y revenue growth 1.98%
Next 5Y EPS Growth (0.44%) (below 0%: weak)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 52.58%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 8.22%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 14.49%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 27.17%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 62.59%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.32
Annual Dividend Rate 0.32
Annual Dividend Yield 1.69%
total individual payouts
2026 0.40
0.08
0.08
0.08
2025 0.32
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
2024 0.32
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
2023 0.32
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
2022 0.32
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
2021 0.32
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
2020 0.32
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
2019 0.32
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
2018 0.24
0.04
0.04
0.08
0.08
2017 0.16
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04
2016 0.16
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

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%

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.

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.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to October

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 15.33 17.45 10.70 13.31 7.90 20.32 18.00 18.71 22.92 11.04

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 21.90 24.60 23.60 20.42 22.93 29.02 25.94 35.03 39.31 24.79
People
People Employees 4,138 3,954 3,818 3,632 3,767 3,860 3,875 3,792 7,068 7,071
Revenue/emp, $m 0.22 0.22 0.23 0.25 0.23 0.28 0.32 0.30 0.18 0.26
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 928 867 890 894 852 1,072 1,222 1,131 1,278 1,838
Gross margin, % 23.44 22.40 21.66 22.31 22.64 22.44 21.98 24.55 23.92 27.17
EBT (6) 26 26 (36) 50 80 110 97 42 (243)
EBT margin, % (0.61) 2.94 2.89 (4.02) 5.91 7.47 8.99 8.58 3.29 (13.20)
Net income (2) 19 27 (47) 38 57 88 83 33 (251)
Depreciation 53 57 52 124 47 43 40 43 60 406
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
Earnings (0.05) 0.55 0.76 (1.42) 1.18 1.72 2.67 2.51 0.91 (5.43)
Cash flow 2.58 2.33 3.01 2.92 3.08 2.37 2.96 4.48 2.44 3.57
Capex (1.07) (0.95) (0.75) (0.71) (0.77) (0.56) (1.00) (1.13) (0.61) (1.34)
Free cash flow 1.51 1.38 2.26 2.21 2.31 1.80 1.97 3.35 1.83 2.23
Book value 10.86 11.89 11.39 10.02 10.88 12.65 14.07 16.62 27.76 15.73
Shares, m 34 34 35 33 33 33 33 33 36 46
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 0.00 40.65 19.50 0.00 15.92 12.50 8.27 10.65 25.72 0.00
P/S 0.59 0.87 0.58 0.71 0.72 0.67 0.60 0.78 0.83 0.36
P/B 1.50 1.85 1.30 1.93 1.73 1.70 1.58 1.62 1.05 0.90
EV/Sales 0.86 1.12 0.78 0.85 0.80 0.68 0.58 0.79 1.34 0.69
EV/FCF 15.57 20.64 8.86 10.47 9.00 12.13 10.89 8.11 25.73 12.35
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 87 80 105 96 101 79 98 147 89 165
Capex (36) (33) (26) (24) (25) (19) (33) (37) (22) (62)
Free cash flow 51 47 79 73 76 60 65 110 67 103
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 90 85 89 81 77 91 141 139 338 292
Total debt 270 239 211 157 117 53 31 69 763 693
Net debt 244 222 182 126 66 13 (24) 10 660 615
Shareholders’ equity 368 407 395 330 356 420 465 546 1,011 726
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA (0.28) 2.40 3.50 (6.73) 5.76 8.09 12.25 10.61 2.10 (11.70)
ROIC 3.71 3.37 3.87 (3.62) 8.19 11.83 15.79 12.45 2.05 (9.04)
ROE (0.49) 4.82 6.62 (12.88) 11.22 14.69 19.97 16.33 4.25 (28.88)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Oct 2025 · latest quarter Jul 2026

Charts ten years each

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. $1.3B 41.9× 46.1× +20.50% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% +45.21% (above 0%: growing) 48.23% 1.57% Compare
ROCK Gibraltar Industries, Inc. $1.2B — (loss-making) 14.4× +64.63% (above 0%: growing) −68.18% (below 0%: shrinking) −105.37% (below 0%: shrinking) 25.92% 11.74% Compare
NPKI NPK International Inc. $906.0M 21.6× 26.9× +19.57% (above 0%: growing) +40.00% (above 0%: growing) −47.36% (below 0%: shrinking) 36.97% 19.72% Compare
NX Quanex Building Products Corporation $885.4M 19.1× 15.3× +1.33% (above 0%: growing) n/m +3.58% (above 0%: growing) 28.19% 9.26%
APOG Apogee Enterprises, Inc. $862.2M 12.9× 13.2× +9.20% (above 0%: growing) −1.82% (below 0%: shrinking) −53.64% (below 0%: shrinking) 24.59% 8.56% Compare
SWIM Latham Group, Inc. $735.3M 122× 46.4× +14.39% (above 0%: growing) −21.43% (below 0%: shrinking) +64.86% (above 0%: growing) 35.49% 12.71% Compare
JBI Janus International Group, Inc. $575.8M 17.3× 16.7× +2.37% (above 0%: growing) −46.67% (below 0%: shrinking) −51.57% (below 0%: shrinking) 34.39% 8.82% Compare
LMB Limbach Holdings, Inc. $570.0M 18.8× 20.2× +21.95% (above 0%: growing) −40.30% (below 0%: shrinking) +931.20% (above 0%: growing) 21.50% 4.18% Compare
ASPN Aspen Aerogels, Inc. $448.1M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −36.11% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −7.06% (below 0%: shrinking) 6.55% (57.74%) Compare
Median of peers $798.7M 20.2× 20.2× +16.98% −21.43% −27.21% 30.16% 8.69%

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Quanex Building Products Corporation (NX) key facts

  • Strength: Quanex Building Products Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended October 2025) was $1.8 billion, up 43.8% from fiscal 2024.
  • Quanex Building Products Corporation (NX) is a Building Products & Equipment company in the Industrials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, NX traded at $18.89, a market capitalization of $885.4 million.
  • Quanex Building Products Corporation pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share, a yield of 1.69%, with a payout ratio of 32.3%.
  • Return on equity was −28.9% and debt-to-equity 0.89.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.22 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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