Quanex Building Products CORP financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q1 2026.

Symbol
NX on NYSE
Location
Houston, TX
Fiscal year end
31 October
Latest financial report
06 Mar 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • NX - Quanex Building Products CORP financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q1 2026.
  • Headline metric: Return On Invested Capital -9.7%.

What Changed

  • Return On Invested Capital YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-442%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 27 Feb 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-02-27) highlights Return On Invested Capital -9.7%, Return On Equity -28.2%, and Return On Assets -11.4%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

28.8/100

Weak Confidence high

Return On Invested Capital

-9.7%

Metric score 0.0/100

Return On Equity

-28%

Metric score 0.0/100

Return On Assets

-11%

Metric score 0.0/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
2.31x
Quick Ratio
1.02x
Debt to Equity
0.93x

Strengths

Current Ratio and Quick Ratio

Watchpoints

Return On Invested Capital, Return On Equity, and Return On Assets

Key metrics snapshot

Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Invested Capital -9.7% -442%
Return On Equity -28% -1905%
Return On Assets -11% -1554%
Operating Margin -45% -1722%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 2.31x -3.4%
Quick Ratio 1.02x +9.2%
Debt-to-equity 0.93x +25%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 2.3%
NetIncomeLoss YoY -2113%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 45,933,814 -2.7%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 45,931,814 -2.7%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $512,000 0%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 45,456,000 -3.3%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 45,456,000 -3.3%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $409,089,000 +2.3%
Cost of Revenue $310,562,000 +0.92%
General and Administrative Expense $44,500,000 +59%
Operating Income (Loss) $184,122,000 -561%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $13,436,000 +476%
Earnings Per Share, Basic -5.2 -1400%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted -5.2 -1433%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $62,311,000 +25%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $189,243,000 +15%
Inventory, Net $270,597,000 -3.6%
Other Assets, Current $4,345,000
Assets, Current $568,673,000 +3.8%
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net $2,959,000 -20%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $401,701,000 +2.7%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $179,221,000 +43%
Goodwill $275,468,000 -52%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $5,818,000 +78%
Assets $1,978,163,000 -11%
Accounts Payable, Current $116,095,000 +7.1%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $77,325,000 -4.9%
Liabilities, Current $245,836,000 +7.5%
Long-term Debt and Lease Obligation $678,636,000 -6.4%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $139,804,000 -14%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $168,668,000 +46%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $14,865,000 -7.1%
Liabilities $1,247,809,000 -0.04%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $24,329,000 +61%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $156,963,000 -62%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $730,354,000 -25%
Liabilities and Equity $1,978,163,000 -11%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense $1,166,000 +29%
Other Noncash Income (Expense) $1,300,000 +79%
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities $20,208,000 -62%
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities $15,920,000
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities $11,239,000 +1.9%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 125,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 51,174,857 -0.08%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents, Period Increase (Decrease), Including Exchange Rate Effect $13,475,000 +72%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $64,643,000 +17%
Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, at Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate, Percent 0.21 0%
Depreciation $64,600,000 +58%
Payments to Acquire Property, Plant, and Equipment $11,294,000 -2.8%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $201,942,000 -998%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $831,995,000 +10%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $16,749,000 +26%
Deferred Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $1,808,000 -37%
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 0
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 1,000,000 0%
Additional Paid in Capital $695,426,000 -0.28%
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding 0
Amortization of Intangible Assets $38,500,000 +33%
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization $102,953,000 +39%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense $4,210,000 -29%
Interest Expense $53,993,000 +60%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY