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Quanex Building Products Corp key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Quanex Building Products Corp had return on equity of -28.9%, an operating margin of -10.6%, debt equal to 96.9% of equity and a current ratio of 2.04. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Oct 20092010Oct 20102011Oct 20112012Oct 20122013Oct 20132014Oct 20142015Oct 20152016Oct 20162017Oct 20172018Oct 20182019Oct 20192020Oct 20202021Oct 20212022Oct 20222023Oct 20232024Oct 20242025Oct 2025LTMJul 2026
Gross margin————————22.4%21.7%22.3%22.6%22.4%22.0%24.5%23.9%27.2%26.6%
Operating margin−30.6%4.7%1.9%−1.9%−3.4%2.4%3.8%3.9%3.9%4.0%−3.0%6.5%7.6%9.1%9.8%4.3%−10.6%6.0%
Net margin−23.4%2.9%1.1%−3.5%−2.1%4.9%2.5%−0.2%2.2%3.0%−5.2%4.5%5.3%7.2%7.3%2.6%−13.6%2.4%
Free-cash-flow margin7.7%9.3%3.3%−3.4%1.0%−2.2%5.7%5.4%5.2%8.8%8.0%8.8%5.1%5.3%9.7%4.0%5.6%4.9%
Return on equity−32.4%5.3%2.1%−3.8%−2.8%7.0%3.9%−0.5%4.8%6.6%−12.9%11.2%14.7%20.0%16.3%4.2%−28.9%6.2%
Return on assets−25.2%4.1%1.5%−2.8%−2.0%5.4%3.0%−0.3%2.4%3.5%−6.7%5.8%8.1%12.3%10.6%2.1%−11.7%2.3%
Asset turnover1.081.411.440.810.961.091.191.381.121.171.291.271.521.691.450.810.860.95
Current ratio—2.952.341.961.943.511.791.791.801.871.731.591.582.012.032.242.042.23
Debt to equity0.0%0.4%0.4%0.3%0.2%0.2%14.2%73.1%58.7%53.7%48.0%33.3%12.8%6.9%12.8%76.9%96.9%89.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)n/m84.8x36.7xn/mn/m25.4x24.9x1.0x3.5x3.2xn/m10.5x32.4x43.5x13.6x2.7xn/m2.2x
Effective tax rate—————39.6%32.6%—26.7%−3.1%—23.5%28.9%19.5%15.0%21.4%——
SG&A as % of revenue10.2%9.0%9.9%21.1%17.8%13.8%13.4%12.4%11.3%11.7%11.3%10.5%10.8%9.6%11.0%14.9%15.1%15.3%
Capital spending as % of revenue2.7%1.8%3.0%9.0%6.8%5.7%4.6%4.0%4.0%3.0%2.8%3.0%2.2%2.7%3.3%2.9%3.4%2.9%
Free cash flow ÷ net income—322.2%304.8%——−44.5%230.6%—242.0%294.2%—195.0%95.8%73.4%132.9%156.5%—200.2%
Dividends ÷ net income—22.8%65.9%——20.5%34.3%—29.5%26.4%—27.4%18.9%12.0%12.9%36.2%—32.1%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow10.1%12.8%58.1%—106.1%—156.9%10.9%12.2%50.0%28.2%23.7%40.2%26.5%14.8%23.1%46.2%21.4%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 7 checks passed · July 31, 2026
What it owns · $2.0bn
Short-term assets $602mLonger-term assets $1.4bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $2.0bn
Short-term liabilities $270mLonger-term liabilities $953mShareholders' equity $745m
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $602m of assets due within a year against $270m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $602m short-term assets against $953m of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $62m of cash against $637m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 85% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 18% to 85% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $146m of operating cash flow against $637m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $111m against $50m of interest.

From Quanex Building Products Corp's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

47 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Quanex Building Products's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 20 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 14.9% of total assets over 8 years.

  • Pricing power 9 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 23.3%, moving by 1.7 percentage points (standard deviation) across 8 years.

  • Durability 0 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 5.3%; its worst year was -12.7%.

  • Cash conversion 13 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 6.6% of revenue.

  • Discipline 10 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 36.8% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.3% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (52 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Quanex Building Products Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 26, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Quanex Building Products Corp.