Sidoti Equities Analysts Decrease Earnings Estimates for NX

Quanex Building Products Corporation (NYSE:NX) – Sidoti lowered their Q1 2027 earnings per share estimates for shares of Quanex Building Products in a research report issued on Monday, March 9th. Sidoti analyst J. Romero now forecasts that the construction company will earn ($0.02) per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.05. The consensus estimate for Quanex Building Products’ current full-year earnings is $2.18 per share. Sidoti also issued estimates for Quanex Building Products’ Q4 2027 earnings at $1.06 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Wall Street Zen upgraded Quanex Building Products from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, January 10th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Quanex Building Products in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Benchmark dropped their price target on shares of Quanex Building Products from $30.00 to $28.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, December 15th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of Quanex Building Products from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, March 2nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Quanex Building Products presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $28.00.

Quanex Building Products Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of NYSE NX opened at $17.72 on Thursday. Quanex Building Products has a 1-year low of $11.04 and a 1-year high of $22.98. The company has a market cap of $813.81 million, a PE ratio of -3.37, a P/E/G ratio of 0.65 and a beta of 0.91. The company has a current ratio of 2.31, a quick ratio of 1.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93. The company has a 50-day moving average of $19.32 and a two-hundred day moving average of $16.47.

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

Institutional Trading of Quanex Building Products

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Caitong International Asset Management Co. Ltd acquired a new position in Quanex Building Products during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Villanova Investment Management Co LLC increased its position in shares of Quanex Building Products by 7.8% during the 4th quarter. Villanova Investment Management Co LLC now owns 155,366 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $2,390,000 after purchasing an additional 11,307 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Quanex Building Products by 42.6% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 386,664 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $5,947,000 after purchasing an additional 115,494 shares in the last quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury boosted its holdings in shares of Quanex Building Products by 26.3% in the 4th quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury now owns 21,138 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $325,000 after buying an additional 4,407 shares during the last quarter. Finally, XTX Topco Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of Quanex Building Products by 160.2% in the 4th quarter. XTX Topco Ltd now owns 78,775 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $1,212,000 after buying an additional 48,501 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 97.48% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Teleios Capital Partners Gmbh sold 119,485 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.94, for a total transaction of $1,904,590.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 4,421,879 shares in the company, valued at $70,484,751.26. This represents a 2.63% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 1.92% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Quanex Building Products Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 17th will be given a dividend of $0.08 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 17th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.8%. Quanex Building Products’s payout ratio is -6.08%.

Quanex Building Products News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Quanex Building Products this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Large institutional buying: Angelo Gordon & Co. added roughly 2.05M shares in Q4 (a ~$32M position increase), a vote of confidence that can support the share price and signal potential activist/influence interest. Investor Opens $32 Million Position in Quanex Building Products Amid $4 Million Quarterly Loss
• Positive Sentiment: Technical/relative-strength pickup: a market write-up flagged NX for improved relative strength, which can attract momentum traders and short‑term flows. Stocks generating improved relative strength: Quanex Building Products
• Neutral Sentiment: Minor offset in Sidoti’s view — one quarter raised: Sidoti slightly increased its Q2 2027 EPS forecast to $0.51 from $0.49, a small positive within otherwise negative revisions that may limit downside from their cuts. MarketBeat NX profile
• Negative Sentiment: Sidoti lowered multiple near‑term and FY forecasts — Sidoti cut several quarterly and full‑year EPS forecasts (examples: Q3 2026 to $0.70 from $0.84; Q4 2026 to $0.89 from $0.92; FY2026 to $1.96 from $2.10; FY2027 to $2.42 from $2.60). They also reduced Q4 2027 and Q1 2027 estimates in separate notes (Q4 2027 to $1.06 from $1.60; Q1 2027 to $(0.02) from $0.05). These downward revisions increase short‑term earnings risk and are a clear negative catalyst for the share price. MarketBeat NX profile

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.