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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	$85.62 +1.7%	$73.17	$46.81 ▼ $100.07	$1.36B	1.44	137,477 shs	67,310 shs
MLI Mueller Industries	$83.87 +0.9%	$76.59	$55.72 ▼ $96.81	$9.20B	1.01	1.04 million shs	533,525 shs
NX Quanex Building Products	$20.51 -2.3%	$18.10	$15.30 ▼ $34.97	$964.98M	1.03	524,833 shs	320,991 shs
TG Tredegar	$9.30 +1.1%	$8.41	$4.58 ▼ $9.42	$321.28M	0.83	96,324 shs	75,182 shs
WIRE Encore Wire	$289.84	$289.49	$150.51 ▼ $295.90	$4.58B	1.19	318,575 shs	266 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	+2.36%	+9.80%	+11.37%	+57.59%	-4.62%
MLI Mueller Industries	+1.44%	+7.75%	+7.54%	+12.26%	+46.03%
NX Quanex Building Products	+4.68%	+13.55%	+29.08%	+26.25%	-22.39%
TG Tredegar	+3.14%	+5.98%	+10.04%	+22.72%	+96.79%
WIRE Encore Wire	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	2.8758 of 5 stars	1.2	5.0	2.5	0.0	2.6	1.7	1.9
MLI Mueller Industries	4.4129 of 5 stars	3.5	4.0	2.5	0.0	4.2	2.5	1.3
NX Quanex Building Products	4.9237 of 5 stars	3.5	4.0	2.5	1.8	1.9	1.7	3.8
TG Tredegar	0.8831 of 5 stars	0.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	1.7	0.0
WIRE Encore Wire	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	2.33	Hold	$69.00	-19.41% Downside
MLI Mueller Industries	3.00	Buy	$105.00	25.20% Upside
NX Quanex Building Products	3.00	Buy	$38.00	85.28% Upside
TG Tredegar	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
WIRE Encore Wire	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest NX, TG, WIRE, KALU, and MLI Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/28/2025	KALU Kaiser Aluminum	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$62.00 ➝ $64.00
4/21/2025	KALU Kaiser Aluminum	Benchmark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$100.00 ➝ $74.00
4/11/2025	KALU Kaiser Aluminum	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Peer Perform

(Data available from 7/3/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	$3.02B	0.46	$10.11 per share	8.47	$41.52 per share	2.06
MLI Mueller Industries	$3.77B	2.46	$5.84 per share	14.37	$24.66 per share	3.40
NX Quanex Building Products	$1.28B	0.74	$2.91 per share	7.05	$21.79 per share	0.94
TG Tredegar	$598.03M	0.54	$1.71 per share	5.43	$5.27 per share	1.76
WIRE Encore Wire	$2.54B	1.80	$25.63 per share	11.31	$110.77 per share	2.62

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	$46.80M	$2.67	32.07	12.41	N/A	1.43%	7.02%	2.06%	7/23/2025 (Estimated)
MLI Mueller Industries	$604.88M	$5.49	15.28	∞	N/A	15.92%	23.17%	19.51%	7/22/2025 (Estimated)
NX Quanex Building Products	$33.06M	$0.59	34.76	7.77	0.57	1.05%	10.02%	4.64%	9/4/2025 (Estimated)
TG Tredegar	-$64.57M	-$1.68	N/A	∞	N/A	-8.35%	9.28%	3.95%	8/6/2025 (Estimated)
WIRE Encore Wire	$372.40M	$18.85	15.38	12.37	N/A	12.45%	17.77%	15.81%	N/A

Latest NX, TG, WIRE, KALU, and MLI Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/23/2025	Q2 2025	KALU Kaiser Aluminum	$0.49	N/A	N/A	N/A	$786.70 million	N/A
7/22/2025	Q2 2025	MLI Mueller Industries	$1.62	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
6/5/2025	Q2 2025	NX Quanex Building Products	$0.48	$0.60	+$0.12	$0.44	$440.05 million	$452.48 million
5/8/2025	Q1 2025	TG Tredegar	N/A	$0.10	N/A	$0.29	N/A	$164.73 million
4/23/2025	Q1 2025	KALU Kaiser Aluminum	$0.53	$1.44	+$0.91	$1.31	$788.00 million	$777.40 million
4/22/2025	Q1 2025	MLI Mueller Industries	$1.31	$1.39	+$0.08	$1.39	$1.00 billion	$1.00 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	$3.08	3.60%	N/A	115.36%	N/A
MLI Mueller Industries	$1.00	1.19%	N/A	18.21%	5 Years
NX Quanex Building Products	$0.32	1.56%	N/A	54.24%	N/A
TG Tredegar	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WIRE Encore Wire	$0.08	0.03%	N/A	0.42%	N/A

Latest NX, TG, WIRE, KALU, and MLI Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
5/30/2025	NX Quanex Building Products	quarterly	$0.08	1.91%	6/16/2025	6/16/2025	6/30/2025
5/9/2025	MLI Mueller Industries	quarterly	$0.25	1.33%	6/6/2025	6/6/2025	6/20/2025
4/14/2025	KALU Kaiser Aluminum	quarterly	$0.77	5.64%	4/25/2025	4/25/2025	5/15/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	1.38	2.67	1.27
MLI Mueller Industries	N/A	4.29	3.24
NX Quanex Building Products	0.75	2.41	1.26
TG Tredegar	N/A	1.56	0.89
WIRE Encore Wire	N/A	7.49	6.46

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	99.29%
MLI Mueller Industries	94.50%
NX Quanex Building Products	97.48%
TG Tredegar	79.24%
WIRE Encore Wire	99.82%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	1.40%
MLI Mueller Industries	2.70%
NX Quanex Building Products	2.15%
TG Tredegar	5.95%
WIRE Encore Wire	7.20%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
KALU Kaiser Aluminum	4,000	16.15 million	15.93 million	Optionable
MLI Mueller Industries	5,168	110.65 million	107.66 million	Optionable
NX Quanex Building Products	7,068	45.97 million	44.99 million	Optionable
TG Tredegar	1,500	34.92 million	32.84 million	Optionable
WIRE Encore Wire	1,629	15.80 million	14.66 million	Optionable

NX, TG, WIRE, KALU, and MLI Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Encore Wire expanding its Texas plant

June 24, 2025 | recyclingtoday.comR

Encore Wire Starts on $500M TX Cable Expansion

June 23, 2025 | mdm.comM

Encore Wire representatives break ground on 650,000-square-foot expansion in McKinney

June 20, 2025 | communityimpact.comC

$500 million expansion kicks off on Encore Wire campus

June 20, 2025 | bizjournals.com

Italian firm plans to invest $500M at McKinney electric wire manufacturing facility

June 20, 2025 | msn.com

Prysmian Invests $500 Million to Support Growing Electrification Demand and U.S. Power Grids Through Encore Wire Expansion

June 19, 2025 | accessnewswire.comA

American Criterium Cup: USPro crit champions Kendall Ryan and Lucas Bourgoyne scorch sprints to win in Utah

June 17, 2025 | msn.com

USA CRITS: Marlies Mejias and Juan Arango win finales at Winston-Salem Cycling Classic

May 30, 2025 | msn.com

Lucas Bourgoyne and Marlies Mejias Garcia dominate sprints at Tour of Somerville races on Memorial Day

May 29, 2025 | msn.com

USA Pro Road Championships: Luke Fetzer and Cassidy Hickey earn U23 criterium national titles in Charleston

May 23, 2025 | msn.com

McKinney council approves zoning for Encore Wire expansion

May 22, 2025 | communityimpact.comC

Cable maker Prysmian core profit tops forecast on transmission business, Encore buy

May 9, 2025 | msn.com

Prysmian core profit rose 28% in first quarter on Encore Wire's acquisition

May 8, 2025 | uk.finance.yahoo.com

Prysmian core profit up 28% in first quarter helped by Encore acquisition

May 8, 2025 | msn.com

Cablemaker Prysmian core profit jumps 28% on transmission business, Encore buy

May 8, 2025 | msn.com

USA CRITS: Robin Carpenter wins College Park Criterium as Luke Fetzer secures Speed Week title

May 7, 2025 | msn.com

USA CRITS: Michael Garrison outsprints Lucas Bourgoyne at Rock&Road Criterium

April 14, 2025 | msn.com

USA CRITS: Lucas Bourgoyne goes back-to-back at Hapeville Crit while Aylena Quevedo takes pro women's win

April 12, 2025 | cyclingnews.comC

USA CRITS: Lucas Bourgoyne and Samantha Clark take series leads with pro wins at Sunny King Criterium

April 7, 2025 | msn.com

Prysmian Expands in U.S. With Purchase of Channell for Up to $1.15 Billion

March 26, 2025 | marketwatch.com

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NX, TG, WIRE, KALU, and MLI Company Descriptions

Kaiser Aluminum NASDAQ:KALU

$85.62 +1.45 (+1.72%)

Closing price 01:23 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$85.62 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 04:39 PM Eastern

Kaiser Aluminum Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in manufacture and sale of semi-fabricated specialty aluminum mill products in the United States and internationally. It offers rolled, extruded, and drawn aluminum products used for aerospace and defense, aluminum beverage and food packaging, automotive and general engineering products. The company's automotive extrusions include extruded aluminum products for structural components, crash management systems, anti-lock braking systems, and drawn tubes for drive shafts, as well as offers fabrication services, including sawing and cutting to length. Its packaging products consist of bare and coated 3000- and 5000-series alloy aluminum coil used for beverage and food packaging industry. In addition, the company's general engineering products comprise alloy plate, sheet, rod, bar, tube, wire, and standard extrusion shapes used in various applications, including the production of military vehicles, ordnances, semiconductor manufacturing cells, electronic devices, after-market motor sport parts, tooling plates, parts for machinery and equipment, bolts, screws, nails, and rivets. Further, its rerolled, extruded, drawn, and cast billet aluminum products used for industrial end uses. The company sells its products directly to customers through sales personnel located in the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and China, as well as through independent sales agents in other regions of Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Kaiser Aluminum Corporation was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee.

Mueller Industries NYSE:MLI

$83.86 +0.72 (+0.86%)

Closing price 03:42 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$83.86 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 04:59 PM Eastern

Mueller Industries, Inc. manufactures and sells copper, brass, aluminum, and plastic products in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, South Korea, the Middle East, China, and Mexico. It operates through three segments: Piping Systems, Industrial Metals, and Climate. The Piping Systems segment offers copper tubes, fittings, line sets, and pipe nipples. It also resells steel pipes, brass and plastic plumbing valves, malleable iron fittings and faucets, and plumbing specialties; and supplies water tubes. This segment sells its products to wholesalers in the plumbing and refrigeration markets, distributors to the manufactured housing and recreational vehicle industries, building material retailers, and air-conditioning original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The Industrial Metals segment manufactures brass, bronze, and copper alloy rods; plumbing brass, valves, fittings, and gas assemblies; cold-form aluminum and copper products; machining of aluminum, steel, brass, and cast iron impacts and castings; brass and aluminum forgings; brass, aluminum, and stainless-steel valves; fluid control solutions; and gas train assembles to OEMs in the industrial, construction, HVAC, plumbing, and refrigeration markets. The Climate segment offers valves, protection devices, and brass fittings for various OEMs in the commercial HVAC and refrigeration markets; high-pressure components and accessories for the air-conditioning and refrigeration markets; coaxial heat exchangers and twisted tubes for the HVAC, geothermal, refrigeration, swimming pool heat pump, marine, ice machine, commercial boiler, and heat reclamation markets; and insulated HVAC flexible duct systems. Mueller Industries, Inc. was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Collierville, Tennessee.

Quanex Building Products NYSE:NX

$20.51 -0.48 (-2.29%)

Closing price 03:30 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$20.49 -0.02 (-0.10%)

As of 04:20 PM Eastern

Quanex Building Products Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides components for the fenestration industry in the United States, rest of Europe, Canada, Asia, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North American Fenestration, European Fenestration, and North American Cabinet Components. It offers flexible insulating glass spacers, extruded vinyl profiles, window and door screens, and precision-formed metal and wood products, as well as cabinet doors and other components for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the kitchen and bathroom cabinet industry. In addition, the company provides various non-fenestration components and products, including solar panel sealants, trim moldings, vinyl decking, fencing, water retention barriers, and conservatory roof components. It sells its products to OEMs in the building products industry through sales representatives, direct sales force, distributors, and independent sales agents. Quanex Building Products Corporation was founded in 1927 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Tredegar NYSE:TG

$9.30 +0.10 (+1.09%)

As of 03:30 PM Eastern

Tredegar Corporation manufactures and sells aluminum extrusions, polyethylene (PE) films, and plastic and polyester films in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Aluminum Extrusions, PE Films, and Flexible Packaging Films. The Aluminum Extrusions segment produces soft and medium strength alloyed aluminum extrusions, custom fabricated and finished aluminum extrusions for the building and construction, automotive and transportation, consumer durables, machinery and equipment, electrical and renewable energy, and distribution markets; and manufactures mill, anodized, and painted and alloyed aluminum extrusions to fabricators and distributors. The PE Films segment offers single- and multi-layer surface protection films for protecting components of flat panel and flexible displays that are used in televisions, monitors, notebooks, smart phones, tablets, e-readers, and digital signage under the UltraMask, ForceField, ForceField PEARL, Pearl A, and Obsidian brands. This segment provides polyethylene overwrap for bathroom tissue and paper towels, as well as polyethylene overwrap films and films for other markets. The Flexible Packaging Films segment offers polyester-based films for food packaging and industrial applications under the Ecophane and Sealphane brands. Tredegar Corporation was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.

Encore Wire NASDAQ:WIRE

Encore Wire Corporation engages in manufacture and sale of electrical building wires and cables in the United States. It offers NM-B cables, UF-B cables, THHN/THWN-2, XHHW-2, USE-2, RHH/RHW-2, and other types of wire products, including SEU, SER, photovoltaic, URD, tray cables, metal-clads, and armored cables. The company's products are used to distribute power from the transmission grid to the wall outlet or switch. It sells its products to wholesale electrical distributors through independent manufacturers' representatives for residential, commercial, industrial, and renewable energy sectors. Encore Wire Corporation was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in McKinney, Texas.

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NX, TG, WIRE, KALU, and MLI Headlines

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NX, TG, WIRE, KALU, and MLI Company Descriptions

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