NYSE:NX - Quanex Building Products Stock Price, Forecast & News

Quanex Building Products trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NX."

Quanex Building Products announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 5th. Investors of record on Monday, December 16th will be given a dividend of $0.08 per share on Monday, December 30th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. View Quanex Building Products' Dividend History.

Quanex Building Products Co. (NYSE:NX) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, December, 11th. The construction company reported $0.42 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.38 by $0.04. The construction company earned $240.37 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $240.53 million. Quanex Building Products had a positive return on equity of 8.77% and a negative net margin of 5.23%. The firm's revenue was down 1.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.22 EPS. View Quanex Building Products' Earnings History.

Quanex Building Products is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Quanex Building Products.

Quanex Building Products will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, March 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Quanex Building Products updated its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Wednesday, December, 11th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $$865-885 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $$911.52 million.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Quanex Building Products' stock. Their forecasts range from $19.00 to $20.00. On average, they anticipate Quanex Building Products' share price to reach $19.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Quanex Building Products.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Quanex Building Products in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Quanex Building Products.

Media stories about NX stock have trended very negative on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Quanex Building Products earned a media sentiment score of -3.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Quanex Building Products.

Quanex Building Products saw a decrease in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,020,000 shares, a decrease of 5.6% from the January 15th total of 1,080,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 288,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.5 days. Currently, 3.2% of the company's shares are sold short. View Quanex Building Products' Current Options Chain.

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Quanex Building Products' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Renaissance Technologies LLC (4.41%), Investment Counselors of Maryland LLC (3.47%), State Street Corp (3.19%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.89%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (1.73%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.39%). Company insiders that own Quanex Building Products stock include Brent L Korb, Joseph D Rupp, Kevin P Delaney, Paul Cornett and Susan F Davis. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Quanex Building Products.

NX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Royce & Associates LP, Mackay Shields LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Marshall Wace LLP, TD Asset Management Inc., Pinebridge Investments L.P. and Oxford Asset Management LLP. Company insiders that have sold Quanex Building Products company stock in the last year include Kevin P Delaney, Paul Cornett and Susan F Davis. View Insider Buying and Selling for Quanex Building Products.

NX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Geode Capital Management LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd. and Bank of Montreal Can. View Insider Buying and Selling for Quanex Building Products.

Shares of NX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.26.

Quanex Building Products has a market capitalization of $637.12 million and generates $893.84 million in revenue each year. The construction company earns $-46,730,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.95 on an earnings per share basis. Quanex Building Products employs 3,632 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Quanex Building Products.

The official website for Quanex Building Products is http://www.quanex.com/.

Quanex Building Products' mailing address is 1800 West Loop South Suite 1500, Houston TX, 77027. The construction company can be reached via phone at 713-961-4600 or via email at [email protected]