Quanex Building Products Corp (NX)’s stock is trading at $17.88 at the moment marking a rise of 1.03% from the last session close. As of this writing, shares are priced at -27.87% less than their 52-week high of $24.79, and 61.97% over their 52-week low of $11.04.
Further, it is important to consider NX stock ratios, particularly its price-to-sales ratio over the past twelve months, which stands at 0.44.Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the last twelve months stands at 7.99. NX’s price to book ratio for the most recent quarter was 1.12, resulting in an 10.46 price to cash per share for the period.
How does Quanex Building Products Corp (NX) stock rate among analysts? Buy, sell, or hold?
The key to trading is to concentrate on the future rather than on the past. During uncertain times, it can be hard to make decisions. The analysts who understand how a market works are usually the most accurate at forecasting its future. The ratings are commonly aggregated into a single number between 1 and 5. Buy or strong buy is scored 5, outperform is scored 4, hold is scored 3, underperform is scored 2 and strong sell is 1.
Quanex Building Products Corp (NX): Earnings History
If we examine Quanex Building Products Corp’s recent earnings history, in the last quarter ended on 10/31/2025, it posted adjusted earnings per share of $0.83, slashing the consensus of $0.51. In other words, it topped the consensus by $0.31, resulting in a 61.17% surprise. In the 3 months period before the previous quarter which was closed on 10/31/2025, the stock recorded adjusted earnings per share of $0.83 in contrast with the Outlook of $0.51. That was a difference of $0.31 and a surprise of 61.17%.
Quanex Building Products Corp (NYSE: NX) Ownership Details
I will give a breakdown of the key shareholders in Quanex Building Products Corp (NX). Recent figures show that the company’s insiders hold 1.28% of shares. A total of 280 institutional investors hold shares in the company, making 100.68% of its stock and 101.99% of its float.
Sep 30, 2025, it was reported that the Company’s largest institutional holder is Blackrock Inc. holding total of 7.31 shares that make 16.01% of the company’s total number of shares and are currently priced at 130.64 million.
The securities firm Vanguard Group Inc holds 5.06 shares of NX, making it the second largest institutional shareholder. Taking this into account, the holding percentage comes to 11.08%, and the holding percentage of shares is valued at 90.46 million.
