Quanex Building Products CORP
NX NYSE· Rolling Drawing & Extruding Of Nonferrous Metals
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$19.36
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Quanex Building Products CORP had $1.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 43.8% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +16.6% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was −10.6%, down 14.8 pts: of every 100 in sales, about −11 is left after running the business.
- Quanex Building Products CORP lost $251M in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was $102M in fiscal 2025, 5.6% of revenue.
- Quanex Building Products CORP returned $47.2M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 46% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 26.0%.
- Quanex Building Products CORP owes $678M more than it holds in cash.
Market cap
$884M
P/E
18.4x
Revenue
$1.8B
Net income
−$251M
Free cash flow
$102M
Operating margin
−10.6%
Quanex Building Products CORP in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+43.8%
Yes. Sales grew 43.8% last year.
Does it make a profit?
−13.6%
No. It lost money last year.
Does profit turn into cash?
5.6%
Partly. 5.6% of sales ends up as free cash.
How healthy are the accounts?
4 / 9
Mixed. It passes 4 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
18.4x
One share costs 18.4 times its yearly profit per share.
What Quanex Building Products CORP does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- October 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Dec 12, 2025
- Legal name
- Quanex Building Products CORP
- CIK
- 0001423221
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.1B | $1.3B | $1.8B |
| Revenue growth | 25.9% | 13.9% | −7.4% | 13.0% | 43.8% |
| Gross margin | 22.4% | 22.0% | 24.5% | 23.9% | 27.2% |
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 9.1% | 9.8% | 4.3% | −10.6% |
| Net income | $57.0M | $88.3M | $82.5M | $33.1M | −$251M |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 7.2% | 7.3% | 2.6% | −13.6% |
| Diluted EPS | $1.70 | $2.66 | $2.50 | $0.90 | −$5.43 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $78.6M | $98.0M | $147M | $88.8M | $165M |
| Capital expenditure | $24.0M | $33.1M | $37.4M | $37.1M | $62.6M |
| Free cash flow | $54.6M | $64.8M | $110M | $51.7M | $102M |
| FCF margin | 5.1% | 5.3% | 9.7% | 4.0% | 5.6% |
| Dividends paid | $10.8M | $10.6M | $10.6M | $12.0M | $14.9M |
| Share buybacks | $11.2M | $6.6M | $5.6M | $0.0M | $32.4M |
| Share count change | 2.1% | −0.9% | −0.5% | 11.0% | 26.0% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $40.1M | $55.1M | $58.5M | $97.7M | $76.0M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $52.9M | $49.8M | $124M | $824M | $754M |
| Shareholders' equity | $420M | $465M | $546M | $1.0B | $726M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.1x | −0.0x | 0.4x | 6.3x | — |
| Current ratio | 1.6x | 2.0x | 2.0x | 2.2x | 2.0x |
| Interest coverage | 32.4x | 43.5x | 13.6x | 2.7x | −3.5x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 13.5% | 20.3% | 16.9% | 2.6% | −11.4% |
| Return on equity | 14.7% | 20.0% | 16.3% | 4.2% | −28.9% |
| Return on tangible equity | 30.3% | 33.7% | 28.6% | — | — |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Altman Z'' | 4.3 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 1.2 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$3.2M
1 insider
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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KIRA
At $19.36 a share, the company is worth $884M: 18.4 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001423221). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.