profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Quanex Building Products
$20.99-0.85% today
+60.1% in 1 year
1-year low $11.251-year high $22.93
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
It has no yearly profit to compare the price with.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Quanex Building Products sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.22 billion in 2022 to $1.84 billion in 2025, with -$251 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Quanex Building Products handed back 46% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $32M$15M
Free cash flow 2025$102M
Bought back its own shares$32M
Paid as dividends$15M
Cash vs. debt$76M vs. $854M
Quanex Building Products vs. similar companies
How it compares with the largest companies in its industry.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quanex Building Products | No profit yet | ||
 Carlisle Companies | 20.7× · Fair price | ||
 Lennox International | 14.9× · Cheap | ||
 Armstrong World Industries | 23.9× · Fair price | ||
 Builders FirstSource | 15.4× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Quanex Building Products's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,222 | 1,131 | 1,278 | 1,838 | |
| 268 | 278 | 306 | 499 | |
| 111 | 111 | 55 | 119 | |
| 152 | 148 | 123 | -83 | |
| 88 | 83 | 33 | -251 | |
| 2.66 | 2.50 | 0.90 | -5.43 | |
| 22.0% | 24.5% | 23.9% | 27.2% | |
| 9.1% | 9.8% | 4.3% | 6.4% | |
| 7.2% | 7.3% | 2.6% | -13.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 725 | 831 | 2,320 | 1,968 |
| Cash | 55 | 58 | 98 | 76 |
| Total debt | 88 | 116 | 893 | 854 |
| Total liabilities | 260 | 286 | 1,309 | 1,242 |
| 465 | 546 | 1,011 | 726 | |
| 33 | 33 | 37 | 46 | |
| 16.1% | 12.6% | 2.6% | -9.3% | |
| 19.0% | 15.1% | 3.3% | -34.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98 | 147 | 89 | 165 | |
| 33 | 37 | 37 | 63 | |
| 65 | 110 | 52 | 102 | |
| Dividends paid | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | 32 | |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Valuation
- –
- –
- –
- 1.0×
- 0.5×
- 9.4×
- –
- 10.6%
- -26.1%
- 2.1%
Profitability
- 27.2%
- 6.4%
- -13.6%
- -4.9%
- -11.6%
- 5.0%
- -34.4%
- -12.5%
- -11.9%
- –
Growth
- +14.6%
- –
- +97.7%
- +0.0%
- +8.6%
Financial health
- –
- 1.22
- 44.6%
- -4.0×
- 2.28
- 1.23
- 0.93
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 3%of 979
Bottom 34%of 984
Top 20%of 983
Top 12%of 986
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 2026 | -0.01 | -0.05 | +80.0% |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 0.83 | 0.52 | +61.2% |
| Sep 4, 2025 | 0.69 | 0.85 | −18.8% |
| Jun 5, 2025 | 0.60 | 0.48 | +25.0% |
| Mar 10, 2025 | 0.19 | -0.06 | +416.7% |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.61 | 0.56 | +8.9% |
| Sep 5, 2024 | 0.73 | 0.71 | +2.8% |
| Jun 6, 2024 | 0.66 | 0.53 | +24.5% |
2.1%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$21a year at today's yield, before tax
+0.0%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$0.16 in 2015 → $0.32 in 2025
How safe it looks
-5.9% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 14.6%
News
Why Quanex Stock Skyrocketed by 22% on FridayYahoo Finance · Sep 4, 2026The newest story we have is from Sep 4, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
31No pass
Benjamin Graham
53No pass
Philip Fisher
24No pass
Peter Lynch
42No pass
Joel Greenblatt
0No pass
Charlie Munger
14No pass
Terry Smith
23No pass
Questions about Quanex Building Products
Is Quanex Building Products a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers that is not profitable yet. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Quanex Building Products AI analysis
What does Quanex Building Products do?
Quanex Building Products Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides components for the fenestration industry in the United States, Europe, Canada, Asia, and internationally. It is in Construction.
Does Quanex Building Products pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.1% a year. In 2025 it paid out $14.9 million in dividends.
Is Quanex Building Products stock halal?
No. Quanex Building Products does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 88% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Quanex Building Products stock done over the past year?
Up 60.1% over the past twelve months, to $20.99. It traded between $11.25 and $22.93 and is 8.5% below its high.
Who are Quanex Building Products's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Carlisle Companies, Lennox International, Armstrong World Industries and Builders FirstSource. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Quanex Building Products's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.