Sidoti Analysts Reduce Earnings Estimates for NX

Quanex Building Products Corporation (NYSE:NX) – Investment analysts at Sidoti lowered their Q3 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Quanex Building Products in a research note issued on Monday, May 18th. Sidoti analyst J. Romero now anticipates that the construction company will post earnings of $0.60 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.70. The consensus estimate for Quanex Building Products’ current full-year earnings is $1.96 per share. Sidoti also issued estimates for Quanex Building Products’ Q4 2026 earnings at $0.82 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.83 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $1.03 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.25 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Quanex Building Products from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, March 14th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Quanex Building Products from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Monday, April 20th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Quanex Building Products in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Reduce” and a consensus target price of $28.00.

Quanex Building Products Stock Performance

NYSE NX opened at $16.85 on Tuesday. Quanex Building Products has a 52-week low of $11.04 and a 52-week high of $22.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a quick ratio of 1.21 and a current ratio of 2.31. The company has a market capitalization of $773.69 million, a P/E ratio of -3.20, a P/E/G ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a fifty day moving average of $18.64 and a 200-day moving average of $17.39.

Quanex Building Products (NYSE:NX) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 5th. The construction company reported ($0.01) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.05) by $0.04. Quanex Building Products had a negative net margin of 13.00% and a positive return on equity of 12.24%. The company had revenue of $409.09 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $405.75 million.

Institutional Trading of Quanex Building Products

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. LSV Asset Management lifted its stake in Quanex Building Products by 658.9% in the third quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 204,900 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $2,914,000 after purchasing an additional 177,900 shares during the last quarter. First Eagle Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in Quanex Building Products by 30.2% in the third quarter. First Eagle Investment Management LLC now owns 407,687 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $5,797,000 after purchasing an additional 94,619 shares during the last quarter. Villanova Investment Management Co LLC lifted its stake in Quanex Building Products by 105.8% in the third quarter. Villanova Investment Management Co LLC now owns 144,059 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $2,049,000 after purchasing an additional 74,074 shares during the last quarter. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH bought a new stake in Quanex Building Products in the third quarter worth $2,440,000. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC bought a new stake in Quanex Building Products in the third quarter worth $942,000. 97.48% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Quanex Building Products Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th were paid a $0.08 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 17th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.9%. Quanex Building Products’s payout ratio is currently -6.08%.

Quanex Building Products Company Profile

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.