Quanex Building Products Corp (NX) ticks all the boxes for top investors with its surprise performance of -10.47% last month.

On Tuesday, Quanex Building Products Corp (NYSE: NX) opened lower -1.86% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $31.73. Price fluctuations for NX have ranged from $24.80 to $39.31 over the past 52 weeks.

It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Industrials sector saw sales topped by 5.62%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -14.82% at the time writing. With a float of $32.67 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $33.01 million.

The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 3792 workers is very important to gauge.

Quanex Building Products Corp (NX) Insider and Institutional Ownership

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Building Products & Equipment industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Quanex Building Products Corp is 1.30%, while institutional ownership is 103.55%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 21 ’24, was worth 115,566. In this transaction SVP General Counsel, Secretary of this company sold 3,064 shares at a rate of $37.72, taking the stock ownership to the 43,902 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 20 ’24, when Company’s SVP General Counsel, Secretary sold 2,436 for $37.55, making the entire transaction worth $91,480. This insider now owns 44,530 shares in total.

Quanex Building Products Corp (NX) Latest Financial update

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -14.82% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 15.00% during the next five years compared to 26.93% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Quanex Building Products Corp (NYSE: NX) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Quanex Building Products Corp (NX). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.31. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.93. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 9.51.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.63, a number that is poised to hit 0.53 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.62 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Quanex Building Products Corp (NX)

The latest stats from [Quanex Building Products Corp, NX] show that its last 5-days average volume of 0.3 million was superior to 0.17 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 25.19%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.94.

During the past 100 days, Quanex Building Products Corp’s (NX) raw stochastic average was set at 11.59%, which indicates a significant increase from 1.44% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 25.62% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 28.77% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $34.81, while its 200-day Moving Average is $31.51. Now, the first resistance to watch is $31.95. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $32.75. The third major resistance level sits at $33.19. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $30.71, it is likely to go to the next support level at $30.27. The third support level lies at $29.47 if the price breaches the second support level.

Quanex Building Products Corp (NYSE: NX) Key Stats

There are currently 33,104K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 1.03 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 1,131 M according to its annual income of 82,500 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 239,160 K and its income totaled 6,250 K.