Stocks · Basic Materials · Construction Materials
Quanex Building Products Corporation NX
$19.00 -1.04% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $872.6M
Inexpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Dec 10, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to 6.1% from -12.7% a year earlier.
- Net debt is 3.5× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 58 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth60Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 32%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 6%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 14%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 8%
Quality49Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 44%
- Gross marginBottom 43%
- Operating marginBottom 41%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 8%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 25%
- Interest coverBottom 36%
Value87Strong
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 22%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 13%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 13%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 20%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 29%
Momentum75Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 31%
- 6-month returnTop 27%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 26%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 28%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 25%
Revisions86Strong
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 14%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 17%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 30%
Stability13Very weak
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 22%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 22%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 19%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 25%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 14.2% | 1.3% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 26.0% | 22.7% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -12.7% | 6.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 1.5% | 4.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 1.3% | 14.2% | ↓ | Bottom 32% |
| Gross margin | 22.7% | 26.0% | ↓ | Bottom 43% |
| Operating margin | 6.1% | -12.7% | ↑ | Bottom 41% |
| Net margin | 2.4% | -15.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.9% | 1.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 4.1% | — | Bottom 44% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 14.6% | — | Top 14% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +7.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.50×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.67%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.59%
- Shareholder yield
- 2.26%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +11.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +43.7%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.0%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 11
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 45%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | +20.1% | -0.9% | +11.4% | +1.4% | — |
| Jun 4, 2026 | +13.6% | -1.8% | -12.5% | -5.8% | +7.1% |
| Mar 5, 2026 | +80.0% | -4.4% | -10.0% | -7.8% | -5.4% |
| Dec 11, 2025 | +61.2% | +4.0% | +9.4% | +20.9% | +22.1% |
| Sep 4, 2025 | -18.8% | +4.1% | -24.3% | -28.1% | -35.9% |
| Jun 5, 2025 | +25.0% | -0.3% | +16.2% | +19.6% | +24.0% |
| Mar 10, 2025 | +416.7% | +1.0% | -2.4% | -13.0% | -15.2% |
| Dec 12, 2024 | +8.9% | -1.5% | -16.6% | -24.0% | -36.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | $0.79 | $0.66 | +20.1% | $501.8M |
| Jun 4, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.22 | +13.6% | $462.4M |
| Mar 5, 2026 | -$0.01 | -$0.05 | +80.0% | $409.1M |
| Dec 11, 2025 | $0.83 | $0.52 | +61.2% | $489.8M |
| Sep 4, 2025 | $0.69 | $0.85 | -18.8% | $495.3M |
| Jun 5, 2025 | $0.60 | $0.48 | +25.0% | $452.5M |
| Mar 10, 2025 | $0.19 | -$0.06 | +416.7% | $400.0M |
| Dec 12, 2024 | $0.61 | $0.56 | +8.9% | $492.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 19.1× | 12.9× | 76th | Top 22% |
| P/E (forward) | 10.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.4× | — | — | Top 13% |
| EV / Sales | 0.89× | — | — | Top 20% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 10.41% | — | — | Top 13% |
| Earnings yield | 5.23% | — | — | Top 22% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 8.4× – 32.0× since Jul 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 58
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +5.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -5.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +1.2%
- RSI (14)
- 42.7
- Relative volume
- 0.83×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 63.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 92th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.51
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.40
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -17.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -71.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2024 | Nov 20, 2025 | -71.0% | 415 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 10, 2021 | Sep 30, 2022 | -36.3% | 352 days | 231 days (Sep 1, 2023) |
| Jan 14, 2021 | Jan 29, 2021 | -16.8% | 10 days | 26 days (Mar 9, 2021) |
| Dec 14, 2023 | Jan 9, 2024 | -13.1% | 16 days | 36 days (Mar 1, 2024) |
| Sep 1, 2023 | Oct 25, 2023 | -11.0% | 37 days | 14 days (Nov 14, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $872.6M
- P/E (TTM)
- 19.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.99
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.86B
- Dividend yield
- 1.68%
- 52-week range
- $11.04 – $23.33
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.07B | $1.22B | $1.13B | $1.28B | $1.84B |
| Gross profit | $240.6M | $268.5M | $277.5M | $305.6M | $499.2M |
| Operating income | $81.9M | $111.3M | $110.7M | $54.8M | -$194.0M |
| Net income | $57.0M | $88.3M | $82.5M | $33.1M | -$250.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.70 | $2.66 | $2.50 | $0.90 | -$5.43 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $492.2M | $400.0M | $452.5M | $495.3M | $489.8M | $409.1M | $462.4M | $501.8M |
| Net income | -$13.9M | -$14.9M | $20.5M | -$276.0M | $19.6M | -$4.1M | $3.4M | $26.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.30 | -$0.32 | $0.44 | -$5.95 | $0.43 | -$0.09 | $0.07 | $0.58 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $78.6M | $98.0M | $147.1M | $88.8M | $164.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$24.0M | -$33.1M | -$37.4M | -$37.1M | -$62.6M |
| Free cash flow | $54.6M | $64.8M | $109.7M | $51.7M | $102.3M |
| Dividends paid | -$10.8M | -$10.6M | -$10.6M | -$12.0M | -$14.9M |
| Net share buybacks | $5.1M | -$5.9M | -$4.4M | $573,000 | -$32.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $62.1M
- Total assets
- $1.97B
- Total liabilities
- $1.22B
- Total debt
- $842.5M
- Net debt
- $780.4M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $745.4M
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | $0.08 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $0.08 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Mar 17, 2026 | $0.08 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | $0.08 | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Sep 16, 2025 | $0.08 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | $0.08 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $0.08 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Dec 16, 2024 | $0.08 | Dec 31, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,903,784
- Days to cover
- 5.87
- Change vs previous report
- +25.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 3, 2006
- 3-for-2
- Jan 3, 2005
- 3-for-2
- Sep 22, 1981
- 3-for-2
- Jan 7, 1981
- 3-for-2
- Jan 29, 1979
- 3-for-2