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Quanex Building Products CORP (NX)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Quanex Building Products CORP. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Quanex Building Products CORP

Quanex Building Products Corporation manufactures and distributes components for original equipment manufacturers in the building products industry. Its products include insulating glass spacers, vinyl profiles, window and door screens, metal and wood products, seals, hardware, solar panel sealants, trim moldings, and commercial access solutions. The company serves customers primarily in North America and the U.K., with additional operations in Europe and Mexico.

Snapshot

Revenue
$1.84B
Revenue growth (YoY)
43.8%
Net income
$-250.8M
Diluted EPS
$-5.43
Gross margin
27.2%
Operating margin
-10.6%
Net margin
-13.6%
FCF margin
5.6%
ROE
-34.5%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$891.9M
Long-term debt / equity
0.92×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended October 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Quanex Building Products

  • Revenue grew 43.8% to $1.8B in FY2025, faster than the 13.0% the year before.
  • Operating margin is now a 10.6% loss in FY2025, from 7.6% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $462M, up 2.2% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $102M in FY2025, 5.6% of revenue.
  • Net income turned to a $251M loss in FY2025, from a $33M profit in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Quanex Building Products’s fundamentals sit among the 241 Materials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin27.2%
52nd percentile of 191
Operating margin-10.6%
16th percentile of 189
Net margin-13.6%
16th percentile of 221
FCF margin5.6%
57th percentile of 205
Revenue growth (YoY)+43.8%
92nd percentile of 236
ROE-34.5%
14th percentile of 216
Long-term debt / equity0.92×
68th percentile of 165
Short interest8.95d
92nd percentile of 238

Quanex Building Products’s revenue growth of +43.8% ranks in the 92nd percentile of the 236 Materials companies reporting it. Quanex Building Products’s return on equity of -34.5% ranks in the 14th percentile of the 216 Materials companies reporting it.

No reported insider transactions (codes P/S) in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 1 of the superinvestors we track (plus 3 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
1
+3 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
1
0 new, 1 added
Reduced / exited
3
3 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$25.2M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$11.5M618.7KReduced
First Eagle Investment ManagementQ2 2026$8.8M474.2KReduced
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$4.1M222.3KReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$707,52338.0KAdded

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
3.1M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-6.7%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
8.95
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
346.8K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-143.1M-6.7%8.95
2026-07-313.3M+4.0%10.56
2026-07-153.2M+17.1%9.30
2026-06-302.7M-19.7%5.52
2026-06-153.4M+25.8%7.16
2026-05-292.7M+13.3%6.81
2026-05-152.4M-0.7%8.47
2026-04-302.4M-4.2%7.37

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$1.84B$1.28B$1.13B$1.22B$1.07B
Gross profit$499.2M$305.6M$277.5M$268.5M$240.6M
Operating income$-194.0M$54.8M$110.7M$111.3M$81.9M
Net income$-250.8M$33.1M$82.5M$88.3M$57.0M
Diluted EPS$-5.43$0.90$2.50$2.66$1.70

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$164.9M$88.8M$147.1M$98.0M$78.6M
Capital expenditure$62.6M$37.1M$37.4M$33.1M$24.0M
Free cash flow$102.3M$51.7M$109.7M$64.8M$54.6M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$462.4M2.2%$3.4M$0.07
Q1 FY2026$409.1M2.3%$-4.1M$-0.09
Q4 FY2025$489.8M-0.5%$19.6M$0.43
Q3 FY2025$495.3M76.7%$-276.0M$-6.04
Q2 FY2025$452.5M70.0%$20.5M$0.44
Q1 FY2025$400.0M67.3%$-14.9M$-0.32
Q4 FY2024$492.2M66.6%$-13.9M$-0.29
Q3 FY2024$280.3M-6.4%$25.4M$0.77

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorMaterials
SIC industryRolling Drawing & Extruding of Nonferrous Metals
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended October 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended April 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2010
SEC CIK1423221

Selected SEC filings

10-K2025-12-12
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10-Q2026-06-05
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10-Q2026-03-06
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8-K2026-08-27
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8-K2026-06-04
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8-K2026-05-28
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8-K2026-03-05
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.