How to buy Quanex Building Products stock (NX)

Quanex Building Products is a building products & equipment business based in the US. Quanex Building Products shares (NX) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $25.10 – a decrease of 11.09% over the previous week. Quanex Building Products employs 3,792 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $1.1 billion.

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Quanex Building Products stock price (NYSE: NX)

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Quanex Building Products shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$25.10
52-week range	$23.53 - $38.97
50-day moving average more info button	$29.57
200-day moving average more info button	$30.86
Wall St. target price	$36.67
PE ratio more info button	27.2
Dividend yield more info button	$0 (1.15%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$0.90

Is it a good time to buy Quanex Building Products stock?

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Quanex Building Products price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $23.13 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	-18.07%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-25.10%
3 months (2024-09-20)	-17.98%
6 months (2024-06-21)	-19.41%

1 year (2023-12-21)	-25.05%
2 years (2022-12-21)	-2.09%
3 years (2021-12-21)	2.55%
5 years (2019-12-20)	38.42%

Is Quanex Building Products stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Quanex Building Products stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Quanex Building Products's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Quanex Building Products's P/E ratio

Quanex Building Products's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 27x. In other words, Quanex Building Products shares trade at around 27x recent earnings.

That's comparable to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29).

Quanex Building Products's PEG ratio

Quanex Building Products's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.8211. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Quanex Building Products's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Quanex Building Products's EBITDA

Quanex Building Products's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $130.5 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Quanex Building Products's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Quanex Building Products financials

Revenue TTM	$1.1 billion
Operating margin TTM	8.36%
Gross profit TTM	$277.5 million
Return on assets TTM	6.27%
Return on equity TTM	13.28%
Profit margin	6.88%
Book value	$18.07
Market Capitalization more info button	$1.2 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Quanex Building Products share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 14.68% of net profits

Recently Quanex Building Products has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Quanex Building Products shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Quanex Building Products's case, that would currently equate to about $0 per share.

While Quanex Building Products's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Quanex Building Products is investing more in its future growth.

Quanex Building Products's most recent dividend payout was on 30 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 15 December 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Quanex Building Products's shares ever split?

Quanex Building Products's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 2 April 2006 . So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Quanex Building Products shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Quanex Building Products shares which in turn could have impacted Quanex Building Products's share price.

Quanex Building Products share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Quanex Building Products's shares have ranged in value from as little as $23.525 up to $38.9724. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Quanex Building Products's is 1.264. This would suggest that Quanex Building Products's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Quanex Building Products overview

Quanex Building Products Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides components for the fenestration industry in the United States, rest of Europe, Canada, Asia, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North American Fenestration, European Fenestration, and North American Cabinet Components. It offers flexible insulating glass spacers, extruded vinyl profiles, window and door screens, and precision-formed metal and wood products, as well as cabinet doors and other components for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the kitchen and bathroom cabinet industry. In addition, the company provides various non-fenestration components and products, including solar panel sealants, trim moldings, vinyl decking, fencing, water retention barriers, and conservatory roof components. It sells its products to OEMs in the building products industry through sales representatives, direct sales force, distributors, and independent sales agents. Quanex Building Products Corporation was founded in 1927 and is based in Houston, Texas. .

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Quanex Building Products is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.837% of Quanex Building Products shares are held by insiders and 98.613% by institutions. How many people work for Quanex Building Products?
Latest data suggests 3,792 work at Quanex Building Products. When does the fiscal year end for Quanex Building Products?
Quanex Building Products's fiscal year ends in October. Where is Quanex Building Products based?
Quanex Building Products's address is: 945 Bunker Hill Road, Houston, TX, United States, 77024 What is Quanex Building Products's ISIN number?
Quanex Building Products's international securities identification number is: US7476191041 What is Quanex Building Products's CUSIP number?
Quanex Building Products's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 747619104