Quanex Building Products (NX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Quanex Building Products Corporation engages in the design, manufacture and distribution of components for the window, door and building products industries in North America. The company operates through two primary segments: Window Products and Door & Building Products. Its Window Products segment supplies vinyl window profiles and related accessories, while its Door & Building Products segment offers engineered door skins, panels, siding products, specialty moldings and other exterior building components.

Within its Window Products segment, Quanex produces extrusion profiles used by window fabricators to assemble vinyl casement, double-hung, slider and picture windows. The unit also provides hardware, foam gaskets and other value-added components designed to improve energy efficiency and performance. In its Door & Building Products segment, the company supplies manufacturers of residential and light commercial doors with composite and wood-filled door skins, along with exterior cladding and trim solutions.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Quanex maintains a network of manufacturing plants, distribution centers and sales offices across the United States and Canada, supporting building products customers with just-in-time delivery and technical application support. Since its early beginnings as a window component supplier, the company has expanded through strategic acquisitions and internal growth to broaden its product portfolio and geographic reach. Quantitative leadership and executive details are available through the firm’s corporate filings and official communications.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $21.24 to $21.97
• 50-Day Range: $16.03 to $22.65
• 52-Week Range: $11.04 to $23.33
• Volume: 597,749 shs
• Average Volume: 403,793 shs
• Market Capitalization: $992.82 million
• P/E Ratio: 21.88
• Dividend Yield: 1.48%
• Price Target: $28.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Quanex Building Products Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Quanex Building Products scored higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 181st out of 667 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Quanex Building Products has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Quanex Building Products has a consensus price target of $28.00, representing about 29.3% upside from its current price of $21.66.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Quanex Building Products has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 12.64%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Quanex Building Products are expected to grow by 12.64% in the coming year, from $1.82 to $2.05 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Quanex Building Products is 21.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.89.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Quanex Building Products is 21.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.77.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Quanex Building Products has a PEG Ratio of 0.85. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Quanex Building Products has a P/B Ratio of 1.33. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

6.91% of the float of Quanex Building Products has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Quanex Building Products has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 12.66, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Quanex Building Products has recently increased by 0.27%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Quanex Building Products pays a meaningful dividend of 1.48%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Quanex Building Products does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Quanex Building Products is 32.32%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Quanex Building Products will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.61% next year. This indicates that Quanex Building Products will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.66

News Sentiment

Quanex Building Products has a news sentiment score of 0.66. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 18 news articles for Quanex Building Products this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 1 people have searched for NX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Quanex Building Products to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Quanex Building Products insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.92% of the stock of Quanex Building Products is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

97.48% of the stock of Quanex Building Products is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/30 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/30 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/30/2026
• Last Earnings: 9/03/2026
• Today: 9/12/2026
• Record date for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 10/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Building Products
• Sub-Industry: Building Products
• Current Symbol: NYSE:NX
• CIK: 1423221
• Web: www.quanex.com
• Phone: (713) 961-4600
• Fax: 740-439-0121
• Employees: 7,071
• Year Founded: 1927

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Quanex Building Products: $28.00
• High Price Target: $28.00
• Low Price Target: $28.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +29.3%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.99
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.88
• Forward P/E Ratio: 11.90
• P/E Growth: 0.85
• Net Income: -$250.81 million
• Net Margins: 2.43%
• Pretax Margin: 3.88%
• Return on Equity: 11.61%
• Return on Assets: 4.30%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.85
• Current Ratio: 2.23
• Quick Ratio: 1.21

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.84 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.54
• Cash Flow: $11.22 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 1.93
• Book Value: $16.27 per share
• Price / Book: 1.33

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 45,830,000
• Free Float: 44,946,000
• Market Cap: $992.82 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.94