Quanex Building Products Corporation (NX) vs Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (ROCK)

Quanex Building Products Corporation and Gibraltar Industries, Inc. are both Building Products & Equipment companies. Gibraltar Industries, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.2B against $885.4M — 1.3× the size. Gibraltar Industries, Inc. has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Quanex Building Products Corporation trades at 19.1×. Gibraltar Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 42.7% against 1.26%. Quanex Building Products Corporation has the higher net margin (2.43% vs −10.4%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.16% vs 3.28%). Across the 20 metrics below, Quanex Building Products Corporation leads on 16 and Gibraltar Industries, Inc. on 4.

Valuation

Metric NX ROCK Building Products & Equipment median
P/E 19.08 n/m 23.15
P/S 0.46 0.78 2.02
P/B 1.15 1.27 2.81
Price to free cash flow 9.42 26.43 16.84
EV/EBITDA 6.95 14.62 12.85
EV/Sales 0.78 1.61 2.04
Earnings yield 5.24% (13.33%) 2.76%
Free cash flow yield 10.61% 3.78% 4.23%

Profitability

Metric NX ROCK Building Products & Equipment median
Gross margin 26.59% 24.80% 29.19%
Operating margin 5.96% 7.61% 6.99%
Net margin 2.43% (10.43%) 4.05%
Free cash flow margin 4.89% 2.95% 7.60%
Return on equity 6.20% (15.61%) 9.28%
Return on assets 2.30% (7.06%) 2.88%
Return on invested capital 5.16% 3.28% 5.16%

Growth

Metric NX ROCK Building Products & Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.26% 42.68% 3.11%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (703.33%) (133.18%) (34.13%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 16.63% 1.92% 5.37%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric NX ROCK Building Products & Equipment median
Debt to equity 0.89 1.37 0.43
Current ratio 2.23 1.46 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA 2.90 (0.76) 0.98

Dividend

Metric NX ROCK Building Products & Equipment median
Dividend yield 1.69% — 1.43%
Payout ratio 0.32 — 0.29

Size

Metric NX ROCK Building Products & Equipment median
Market cap 885.37m 1.17b 1.17b

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