Quanex Building Products Corp (NYSE: NX) kicked off on Friday, up 6.58% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $11.25. Over the past 52 weeks, NX has traded in a range of $11.04-$32.23.
While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -7.99%. With a float of $45.40 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $45.88 million.
Quanex Building Products Corp (NX) Insider Updates
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 1.05%, while institutional ownership is 99.57%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 11 ’25, was worth 99,275. In this transaction Director of this company bought 6,500 shares at a rate of $15.27, taking the stock ownership to the 6,500 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 19 ’24, when Company’s President & CEO bought 4,328 for $23.03, making the entire transaction worth $99,674. This insider now owns 287,644 shares in total.
Quanex Building Products Corp (NX) Performance Highlights and Predictions
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 10/31/2024, the organization reported 0.61 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at 0.56) by 0.05. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.12 per share during the current 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 1.18. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.30. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 20.02.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -6.21, a number that is poised to hit 0.53 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.21 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Quanex Building Products Corp (NX)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 0.69 million. That was better than the volume of 0.5 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 19.84%.
During the past 100 days, Quanex Building Products Corp’s (NX) raw stochastic average was set at 8.07%, which indicates a significant decrease from 33.22% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.56 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 0.67 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $13.93, while its 200-day Moving Average is $17.75. However, in the short run, Quanex Building Products Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $12.28. Second resistance stands at $12.58. The third major resistance level sits at $13.04. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $11.53, it is likely to go to the next support level at $11.07. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $10.78.
Quanex Building Products Corp (NYSE: NX) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 550.06 million has total of 45,877K 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 495,270 K and last quarter income was -276,010 K.
