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Employees: 7,071
Size Quanex Building Products (NX) is a United States Industrials company (Building Products) with a market value of $949M, the 2282nd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $20.70 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 2.2%, against -16.6% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 1.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +0.7%); the operating margin is 6.0% (peer median 3.4%).
Valuation It trades at 10.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 26.2× (2nd cheapest of 15).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 6% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +17%, so the hurdle is -11 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.9 points below its cost of capital (7.7% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 6.3% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 10 Dec 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.86B | $1.84B | $1.28B | $1.13B | $1.22B |
| Revenue growth | — | +44% | +13% | -7% | — |
| Gross profit | $397M | $396M | $245M | $235M | $228M |
| EBITDA | $210M | $222M | $115M | $154M | $151M |
| Net income | $45.4M | -$251M | $33.1M | $82.5M | $88.3M |
| Free cash flow | $90.8M | $102M | $51.7M | $110M | $64.8M |
| Capital expenditure | $54.7M | $62.6M | $37.1M | $37.4M | $33.1M |
| Total debt | $842M | $854M | $893M | $116M | $87.7M |
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| Measure | NX | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +11.7% | -3.0% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +2.2% | -16.6% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -11.3% | -35.5% | 4th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +1.3% | +0.7% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 6.0% | 3.4% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 10.7× | 26.2× | 2nd cheapest of 15 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 6.0% | 7.2% | 8th least demanding of 16 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +16.6% | +2.7% | 2nd highest of 16 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -10.7 pp | +2.7 pp | 4th least demanding of 16 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.9 pp | -3.1 pp | 10th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.2× | 9.2× | 3rd cheapest of 8 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.7× | -0.1× | most indebted of 8 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quanex Building Products NX | United States | $949M | +2% | +1% | 6% | 10.7× | 6.0% | +16.6% |
| Zhenjiang Dongfang Electric Heating Technology 300217.SZ | China | $944M | -17% | -23% | 0% | 26.6× | 22.5% | +6.5% |
| Jiangsu Seagull Cooling Tower 603269.SS | China | $943M | +40% | +8% | 11% | 38.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Guangzhou Guangri Stock 600894.SS | China | $956M | -20% | +2% | 0% | 9.6× | 7.2% | +1.4% |
| Apogee Enterprises APOG | United States | $956M | +25% | +3% | 9% | 13.6× | -0.3% | +2.7% |
| Zehnder ZEHN.SW | Switzerland | $983M | +10% | +2% | 8% | 17.5× | 2.5% | +1.5% |
| Suzhou Huaya Intelligence Technology 003043.SZ | China | $990M | -20% | +2% | 11% | 78.3× | 27.6% | +22.3% |
| Arrow Home 001322.SZ | China | $887M | -14% | -12% | -2% | 280.0× | 15.8% | -0.1% |
| Samhyun 437730.KS | South Korea | $860M | -31% | -18% | -17% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Center International 603098.SS | China | $847M | -26% | -30% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Solareast 603366.SS | China | $1.07B | +8% | 0% | -2% | n/a | 39.8% | +2.9% |
| Arctech Solar 688408.SS | China | $820M | -38% | -19% | -1% | 34.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Southeast Space Frame 002135.SZ | China | $764M | -46% | -4% | 2% | 25.7× | -12.0% | +0.3% |
| James Halstead JHD.L | United Kingdom | $762M | +4% | -1% | 18% | 15.1× | -4.7% | -0.5% |
| Nanjing Kangni Mechanical & Electrical 603111.SS | China | $749M | -16% | -1% | 8% | n/a | -7.1% | +4.8% |
| Takara standard 7981.T | Japan | $1.20B | +2% | +2% | 7% | n/a | -5.5% | +5.7% |
| Yimikang Tech 300249.SZ | China | $739M | -38% | +29% | 2% | 77.5× | n/a | n/a |
| NPK International NPKI | United States | $725M | -42% | +19% | 18% | 16.4× | 15.5% | -10.9% |
| Preformed Line Products PLPC | United States | $1.28B | -24% | +16% | 10% | 18.8× | 10.2% | +7.5% |
| ERA 002641.SZ | China | $690M | -11% | -2% | 0% | 42.0× | -1.8% | -2.5% |
| IFE Elevators 002774.SZ | China | $677M | +10% | +3% | 2% | n/a | 30.1% | +9.3% |