Quanex Building Products (NX) Competitors

Quanex Building Products (NYSE:NX) and Griffon (NYSE:GFF) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NX or GFF?

Quanex Building Products received 69 more outperform votes than Griffon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.00% of users gave Griffon an outperform vote while only 65.56% of users gave Quanex Building Products an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Quanex Building Products	Outperform Votes 337 65.56%	Underperform Votes 177 34.44%
Griffon	Outperform Votes 268 67.00%	Underperform Votes 132 33.00%

Which has better earnings & valuation, NX or GFF?

Griffon has higher revenue and earnings than Quanex Building Products. Griffon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quanex Building Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Quanex Building Products	$1.44B	0.58	$33.06M	$0.61	28.81
Griffon	$2.55B	1.26	$209.90M	$4.83	14.12

Does the media favor NX or GFF?

In the previous week, Griffon had 7 more articles in the media than Quanex Building Products. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Griffon and 4 mentions for Quanex Building Products. Griffon's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Quanex Building Products' score of 1.33 indicating that Griffon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Quanex Building Products	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Griffon	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in NX or GFF?

97.5% of Quanex Building Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of Griffon shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Quanex Building Products shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Griffon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NX or GFF a better dividend stock?

Quanex Building Products pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Griffon pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Quanex Building Products pays out 52.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Griffon pays out 14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Griffon has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has more risk & volatility, NX or GFF?

Quanex Building Products has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Griffon has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate NX or GFF?

Quanex Building Products currently has a consensus price target of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 116.22%. Griffon has a consensus price target of $98.20, suggesting a potential upside of 43.97%. Given Quanex Building Products' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Quanex Building Products is more favorable than Griffon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quanex Building Products	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Griffon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40

Is NX or GFF more profitable?

Griffon has a net margin of 9.13% compared to Quanex Building Products' net margin of 2.59%. Griffon's return on equity of 120.61% beat Quanex Building Products' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quanex Building Products	2.59%	11.79%	6.64%
Griffon	9.13%	120.61%	11.15%

Summary

Griffon beats Quanex Building Products on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.