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After finishing at $27.77 in the prior trading day, Quanex Building Products Corp (NYSE: NX) closed at $26.44, down -4.79%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$4.79 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.91 million shares were traded. NX stock price reached its highest trading level at $27.34 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $26.08.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of NX by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 12.13 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 24.15. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.23 and its Current Ratio is at 2.24. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.88 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.85.
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:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 02 ’24 when Wilson George Laverne sold 6,300 shares for $29.39 per share. The transaction valued at 185,141 led to the insider holds 233,167 shares of the business.
GEORGE WILSON bought 6,300 shares of NX for $187,488 on Dec 02 ’24. On Mar 21 ’24, another insider, Cornett Paul, who serves as the SVP General Counsel, Secretary of the company, sold 3,064 shares for $37.72 each. As a result, the insider received 115,566 and left with 43,902 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 1312447232 and an Enterprise Value of 1331278080. As of this moment, Quanex’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 23.54, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.29. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.68. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.98 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.24. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.231 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.199.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, NX has reached a high of $39.31, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $24.85. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -10.58%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -14.32%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 445.29K shares per day over the past 3-months and 594920 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 47.25M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 46.83M. Insiders hold about 0.89% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 97.00% stake in the company. Shares short for NX as of 1732838400 were 1482442 with a Short Ratio of 3.33, compared to 1730332800 on 1502095. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1482442 and a Short% of Float of 4.33.
Dividends & Splits
The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.45.
