Quanex Building Products (NYSE:NX) Shares Down 7.2% – Should You Sell?

Quanex Building Products Corporation (NYSE:NX)’s stock price dropped 7.2% during trading on Friday . The company traded as low as $16.85 and last traded at $17.44. Approximately 211,962 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 62% from the average daily volume of 559,209 shares. The stock had previously closed at $18.80.

More Quanex Building Products News

Here are the key news stories impacting Quanex Building Products this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 revenue beat/was roughly in line with expectations and sales rose ~2% YoY; company highlighted healthy liquidity and a “well positioned” balance sheet. Press Release
• Positive Sentiment: Company provided FY‑2026 revenue guidance of roughly $1.8–$1.9B, which is in line with consensus and reduces near‑term top‑line uncertainty. Guidance / Press Release
• Positive Sentiment: Reported improvement in gross margin and higher cash and cash equivalents (reported up ~25% YoY), giving the company more liquidity to navigate macro headwinds. QuiverQuant
• Neutral Sentiment: Some outlets and the company’s filings show differing EPS figures (company reported an EPS that topped some analyst estimates, while third‑party summaries show an EPS miss), so headline interpretation varies by source. Earnings Call Transcript
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst and institutional activity is mixed (some buy ratings and big portfolio moves among hedge funds), which could temper directional conviction until clarity on margin recovery. Zacks
• Negative Sentiment: Profitability deteriorated: operating profit and net income declined materially YoY, and net margin remains negative — key near‑term risks for EPS recovery. QuiverQuant
• Negative Sentiment: Operating cash flow remained negative (reported ~‑$20M), which, despite higher reported cash, keeps attention on working capital and free‑cash‑flow recovery. Investing.com

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on NX shares. Zacks Research upgraded Quanex Building Products from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, March 2nd. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Quanex Building Products from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, January 10th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Quanex Building Products in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Benchmark dropped their target price on shares of Quanex Building Products from $30.00 to $28.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, December 15th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Quanex Building Products has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $28.00.

Quanex Building Products Trading Down 7.5%

The firm has a market cap of $798.90 million, a P/E ratio of -3.31, a P/E/G ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 0.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.92, a quick ratio of 1.14 and a current ratio of 2.04. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $19.20 and a 200-day moving average of $16.55.

Quanex Building Products (NYSE:NX) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, March 5th. The construction company reported ($0.01) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.05) by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $409.09 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $405.75 million. Quanex Building Products had a positive return on equity of 11.93% and a negative net margin of 13.00%. Equities research analysts forecast that Quanex Building Products Corporation will post 2.18 earnings per share for the current year.

Quanex Building Products Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 17th will be issued a $0.08 dividend. This represents a $0.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 17th. Quanex Building Products’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -5.83%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Quanex Building Products news, insider Teleios Capital Partners Gmbh sold 119,485 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.94, for a total value of $1,904,590.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 4,421,879 shares in the company, valued at approximately $70,484,751.26. This represents a 2.63% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 1.92% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Quanex Building Products

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in NX. Medina Value Partners LLC bought a new position in Quanex Building Products in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $4,602,000. Western Standard LLC bought a new stake in Quanex Building Products during the 4th quarter valued at $4,219,000. IES Holdings Inc. bought a new stake in Quanex Building Products during the 4th quarter valued at $3,846,000. CenterBook Partners LP boosted its position in Quanex Building Products by 656.3% during the 4th quarter. CenterBook Partners LP now owns 274,231 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $4,218,000 after acquiring an additional 237,972 shares during the period. Finally, Jump Financial LLC acquired a new position in Quanex Building Products during the 3rd quarter worth $2,617,000. 97.48% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Quanex Building Products

Quanex Building Products Corporation engages in the design, manufacture and distribution of components for the window, door and building products industries in North America. The company operates through two primary segments: Window Products and Door & Building Products. Its Window Products segment supplies vinyl window profiles and related accessories, while its Door & Building Products segment offers engineered door skins, panels, siding products, specialty moldings and other exterior building components.

Within its Window Products segment, Quanex produces extrusion profiles used by window fabricators to assemble vinyl casement, double-hung, slider and picture windows.