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The price of Quanex Building Products Corp (NYSE: NX) closed at $14.48 in the last session, down -2.82% from day before closing price of $14.9. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.82 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.49 million shares were traded. NX stock price reached its highest trading level at $14.975 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $14.36.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at NX’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 9.78 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 24.17. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.18 and its Current Ratio is at 2.20. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.22 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.16.
On April 02, 2020, The Benchmark Company started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $13.
Sidoti Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on March 10, 2020, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $19.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 11 ’25 when Hughes Bradley E. bought 6,500 shares for $15.27 per share. The transaction valued at 99,275 led to the insider holds 6,500 shares of the business.
Wilson George Laverne bought 4,328 shares of NX for $99,674 on Dec 19 ’24. The President & CEO now owns 287,644 shares after completing the transaction at $23.03 per share. On Dec 19 ’24, another insider, Zuehlke Scott M., who serves as the Senior VP, CFO & Treasurer of the company, bought 435 shares for $23.10 each. As a result, the insider paid 10,048 and bolstered with 74,297 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, NX now has a Market Capitalization of 664296640 and an Enterprise Value of 1469661312. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.36 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.93. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.799 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.008.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for NX is 1.00, which has changed by -0.50172055 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.20772064 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, NX has reached a high of $32.23, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $13.11. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -10.17%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -21.98%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, NX traded on average about 590.48K shares per day over the past 3-months and 539570 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 45.88M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 45.41M. Insiders hold about 1.02% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 101.82% stake in the company. Shares short for NX as of 1760486400 were 2067198 with a Short Ratio of 3.50, compared to 1757894400 on 2009442. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2067198 and a Short% of Float of 6.3.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for NX is 0.32, which was 0.32 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.02147651. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.37. The current Payout Ratio is 35.47% for NX, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-09-16 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-09-16. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2006-04-03 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
A comprehensive evaluation of Quanex Building Products Corp (NX) is underway, with the input of 4.0 analysts contributing to its current rating.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.12, with high estimates of $0.24 and low estimates of $0.05.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $2.08 and $1.98 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $2.02. EPS for the following year is $2.2, with 4.0 analysts recommending between $2.35 and $2.14.
Revenue Estimates
According to 4 analysts,. The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $472.62M. It ranges from a high estimate of $473.58M to a low estimate of $472M. As of. The current estimate, Quanex Building Products Corp’s year-ago sales were $492.16MFor the next quarter, 4 analysts are estimating revenue of $392.43M. There is a high estimate of $399M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $385M.
A total of 4 analysts have provided revenue estimates for NX’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $1.82B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1.82B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $1.82B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $1.28BBased on 4 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $1.83B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $1.85B and the low estimate is $1.8B.
