Quanex Building Products CORP · Rolling Drawing & Extruding of Nonferrous Metals

NX

Elevated riskNext report: Around Dec 10 (est.)

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The short version

A company still losing money with steady sales.

Going well

Sales up 44% last year
Pays a 1.7% dividend yield

Watch out for

Share count growing 11.6% a year (dilution)
Losing money

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 3% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (84 bought, 84 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$19.38-3.0% that day

Company value: $888M; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 20.2x; You pay about $20 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 0.48x; Company value is 0.48 times a year of sales
Dividend yield: 1.7%; Yearly dividend as a share of today's price
Cash vs value: 7%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 76%; Debt as a share of company value

From NX's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Jul '26

$501.8M+1.3% vs a year earlier

Oct '23Tap a barJul '26

Last 12 months: $1.9B, up 1.3% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales grew about 17% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

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Sales growth+1% a yearRecently: +1.3% a yearProfit margin2%Last 12 months: 2.4%P/E at the end20xToday: 20.2x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change+10% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$2.0B

Profit in 5 years$39M

Price these guesses point to$10.61-45% vs $19.38 todayAbout -11% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 2% margin and a 20x P/E, sales would have to grow about 14% a year for 5 years just to match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

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Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

1/6Weak

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.-29.5%
MissDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.93x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.-13.6%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.7 of 10 years
PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$102.3M
MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+39.0% in 3 years

Revenue: $1.8B; +43.8% vs prior year
5-year growth: +16.6%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $678.6M; 0.93x equity
Current ratio: 2.31x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: gross margin 40%+. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.