Quanex Building Products (NX) Competitors $20.02 +0.09 (+0.45%) As of 11:04 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock NX vs. PATK, ROCK, APOG, AMWD, IIIN, LII, MAS, BLDR, OC, and AOSShould you be buying Quanex Building Products stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quanex Building Products include Patrick Industries (PATK), Gibraltar Industries (ROCK), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), American Woodmark (AMWD), Insteel Industries (IIIN), Lennox International (LII), Masco (MAS), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Owens Corning (OC), and A. O. Smith (AOS). These companies are all part of the "building products" industry. Quanex Building Products vs. Its Competitors Patrick Industries Gibraltar Industries Apogee Enterprises American Woodmark Insteel Industries Lennox International Masco Builders FirstSource Owens Corning A. O. Smith Patrick Industries (NASDAQ:PATK) and Quanex Building Products (NYSE:NX) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk. Do analysts recommend PATK or NX? Patrick Industries currently has a consensus target price of $95.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.65%. Quanex Building Products has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 89.81%. Given Quanex Building Products' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Quanex Building Products is more favorable than Patrick Industries.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Patrick Industries 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.67Quanex Building Products 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Is PATK or NX more profitable? Patrick Industries has a net margin of 3.72% compared to Quanex Building Products' net margin of 2.59%. Patrick Industries' return on equity of 13.25% beat Quanex Building Products' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Patrick Industries3.72% 13.25% 4.80% Quanex Building Products 2.59%11.79%6.64% Is PATK or NX a better dividend stock? Patrick Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Quanex Building Products pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Patrick Industries pays out 38.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quanex Building Products pays out 54.2% 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. Patrick Industries has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Patrick Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Does the media favor PATK or NX? In the previous week, Quanex Building Products had 16 more articles in the media than Patrick Industries. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Quanex Building Products and 9 mentions for Patrick Industries. Patrick Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Quanex Building Products' score of 1.02 indicating that Patrick Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Patrick Industries 7 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Quanex Building Products 12 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 8 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has better earnings and valuation, PATK or NX? Patrick Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Quanex Building Products. Patrick Industries 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPatrick Industries$3.79B0.80$138.40M$4.1721.71Quanex Building Products$1.63B0.58$33.06M$0.5933.93 Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in PATK or NX? 93.3% of Patrick Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.5% of Quanex Building Products shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Patrick Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Quanex Building Products shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PATK or NX? Quanex Building Products received 1 more outperform votes than Patrick Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.56% of users gave Quanex Building Products an outperform vote while only 62.80% of users gave Patrick Industries an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPatrick IndustriesOutperform Votes33662.80% Underperform Votes19937.20% Quanex Building ProductsOutperform Votes33765.56% Underperform Votes17734.44% Which has more risk & volatility, PATK or NX? Patrick Industries has a beta of 2, indicating that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quanex Building Products has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryPatrick Industries beats Quanex Building Products on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Quanex Building Products News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NX and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart NX vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricQuanex Building ProductsRolling, drawing, & extruding of nonferrous metals IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$945.12M$15.97B$8.72B$19.86BDividend Yield1.87%1.82%2.05%3.83%P/E Ratio17.8830.0516.9535.66Price / Sales0.582.56100.7344.94Price / Cash6.9614.7521.7617.51Price / Book0.944.654.984.85Net Income$33.06M$346.85M$553.80M$1.02B7 Day Performance17.48%3.67%1.16%1.93%1 Month Performance6.15%5.45%1.83%3.02%1 Year Performance-32.46%32.69%92.16%9.84% Quanex Building Products Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)NXQuanex Building Products4.9217 of 5 stars$20.02+0.5%$38.00+89.8%-32.6%$945.12M$1.63B17.883,880News CoveragePositive NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst RevisionPATKPatrick Industries4.5751 of 5 stars$82.61-3.8%$96.29+16.6%+30.1%$2.76B$3.79B20.0511,000Positive NewsROCKGibraltar Industries2.7516 of 5 stars$57.22-2.3%N/A-14.9%$1.69B$1.31B12.802,140Positive NewsAPOGApogee Enterprises4.6397 of 5 stars$37.94-1.8%$62.00+63.4%-35.1%$818.48M$1.36B8.475,500News CoverageShort Interest ↑AMWDAmerican Woodmark4.1108 of 5 stars$53.04-5.9%$83.33+57.1%-32.1%$786.85M$1.71B7.9310,000IIINInsteel Industries2.9015 of 5 stars$35.08+0.2%N/A+17.5%$681.05M$570.46M35.44960Positive NewsLIILennox International3.6872 of 5 stars$552.09-2.2%$583.71+5.7%+9.0%$19.59B$5.37B24.4913,200Short Interest ↑MASMasco4.7199 of 5 stars$61.29-1.8%$73.63+20.1%-5.0%$12.93B$7.70B16.3019,000BLDRBuilders FirstSource4.9167 of 5 stars$105.55-2.0%$167.58+58.8%-20.3%$11.66B$16.17B11.6529,000Positive NewsShort Interest ↑OCOwens Corning4.827 of 5 stars$132.41-1.2%$183.80+38.8%-21.5%$11.26B$11.49B11.2719,000Short Interest ↑AOSA. O. Smith4.7861 of 5 stars$63.02-2.0%$76.17+20.9%-19.8%$8.96B$3.80B17.3612,000Positive NewsAnalyst Forecast Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Patrick Industries Alternatives Gibraltar Industries Alternatives Apogee Enterprises Alternatives American Woodmark Alternatives Insteel Industries Alternatives Lennox International Alternatives Masco Alternatives Builders FirstSource Alternatives Owens Corning Alternatives A. O. 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