Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (APOG) vs Quanex Building Products Corporation (NX)

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. and Quanex Building Products Corporation are both Building Products & Equipment companies. Quanex Building Products Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $883.5M against $757.7M — 1.2× the size. Apogee Enterprises, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 11.5× against 19.9×. Apogee Enterprises, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 1.79% against 1.26%. Apogee Enterprises, Inc. has the higher net margin (4.88% vs 2.43%) and the higher return on invested capital (8.33% vs 5.16%). Both pay a dividend; Apogee Enterprises, Inc. yields more (1.79% vs 0.99%). Across the 22 metrics below, Apogee Enterprises, Inc. leads on 15 and Quanex Building Products Corporation on 7.

Valuation

Metric APOG NX Building Products & Equipment median
P/E 11.52 19.94 24.54
P/S 0.56 0.48 2.00
P/B 1.52 1.20 3.02
Price to free cash flow n/m 9.85 18.49
EV/EBITDA 7.22 7.14 12.63
EV/Sales 0.72 0.80 2.14
Earnings yield 8.68% 5.02% 2.74%
Free cash flow yield (7.44%) 10.16% 3.58%

Profitability

Metric APOG NX Building Products & Equipment median
Gross margin 22.80% 26.59% 29.19%
Operating margin 6.88% 5.96% 6.84%
Net margin 4.88% 2.43% 4.05%
Free cash flow margin 8.91% 4.89% 8.72%
Return on equity 13.76% 6.20% 9.28%
Return on assets 6.05% 2.30% 2.88%
Return on invested capital 8.33% 5.16% 5.16%

Growth

Metric APOG NX Building Products & Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.79% 1.26% 3.11%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (35.22%) (703.33%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 2.68% 16.63% 5.37%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 28.52% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric APOG NX Building Products & Equipment median
Debt to equity 0.46 0.89 0.43
Current ratio 1.76 2.23 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA 1.43 2.90 0.98

Dividend

Metric APOG NX Building Products & Equipment median
Dividend yield 1.79% 0.99% 1.20%
Payout ratio 0.21 0.13 0.04

Size

Metric APOG NX Building Products & Equipment median
Market cap 757.73m 883.53m 1.18b

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