Quanex Building Products Corp (NYSE: NX) kicked off on Tuesday, up 6.46% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $18.9. Over the past 52 weeks, NX has traded in a range of $15.30-$34.97.
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While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 19.29%. With a float of $45.51 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $45.97 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 7068 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 24.66%, operating margin of 3.71%, and the pretax margin is 1.32%.
Quanex Building Products Corp (NX) Insider Activity
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Building Products & Equipment Industry. The insider ownership of Quanex Building Products Corp is 1.00%, while institutional ownership is 104.46%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 19 ’24, was worth 99,674. In this transaction President & CEO of this company bought 4,328 shares at a rate of $23.03, taking the stock ownership to the 287,644 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 19 ’24, when Company’s Senior VP, CFO & Treasurer bought 435 for $23.10, making the entire transaction worth $10,048. This insider now owns 74,297 shares in total.
Quanex Building Products Corp (NX) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 19.29% per share during the next fiscal year.
Quanex Building Products Corp (NYSE: NX) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Quanex Building Products Corp’s (NX) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 1.26. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.57. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 43.20.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.59, a number that is poised to hit 0.84 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.85 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Quanex Building Products Corp (NX)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 0.47 million, its volume of 0.48 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 70.34%.
During the past 100 days, Quanex Building Products Corp’s (NX) raw stochastic average was set at 57.24%, which indicates a significant decrease from 83.09% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 39.25% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 59.58% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $17.90, while its 200-day Moving Average is $22.92. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $20.89 in the near term. At $21.65, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $22.72. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $19.05, it is likely to go to the next support level at $17.98. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $17.22.
Quanex Building Products Corp (NYSE: NX) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 924.98 million has total of 45,973K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 1,278 M in contrast with the sum of 33,060 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 452,480 K and last quarter income was 20,520 K.
