Quanex Building Products CORP EV/EBIT NX

Enterprise value divided by operating profit over the last twelve months, one-off items taken out, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 13.7×
10-year median: 12.9×
Against its 10-year history: 53rd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 5.5× to 34.1×
Peer median: 14.5×

Quanex Building Products CORP's EV/EBIT is 13.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 12.9×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 5.5× in Feb 2020 to 34.1× in Mar 2025.

The median for 10 manufacturing metal fabrication stocks of a similar size is 14.5×.

EV/EBIT over time

median 12.9×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	13.7×	11.1×	17.4×
2025	11.1×	11.1×	34.1×
2024	33.2×	8.3×	33.8×
2023	9.2×	5.9×	11.1×
2022	6.8×	5.5×	9.9×
2021	10.2×	8.7×	16.2×
2020	14.2×	5.5×	17.2×
2019	5.7×	5.7×	20.8×
2018	17.1×	16.3×	26.3×
2017	26.7×	18.1×	27.2×
2016	19.0×	17.9×	34.0×
2015	29.4×	28.1×	57.2×
2014	36.5×	34.4×	265×
2013	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2012	207×	26.4×	219×
2011	24.5×	24.2×	24.5×

Against its peers

Companies in Manufacturing - Metal Fabrication nearest Quanex Building Products CORP's size, closest first, today.

Company	EV/EBIT
NXQuanex Building Products CORP	13.7×
NWPXNWPX Infrastructure	14.1×
XPELXPEL	17.6×
PKOHPark Ohio	7.2×
JBIJanus International	11.2×
HLMNHillman Solutions	18.6×
KALUKaiser Aluminum	8.0×
CIXCompx International	14.9×
PRLBProto Labs	47.6×
TGTredegar	6.7×
OFLXOmega Flex	15.2×
Peer median	14.5×

Where Quanex Building Products CORP ranks

What the EV/EBIT tells you

What the whole business costs against its operating profit. Enterprise value is the market value plus borrowings and minority interests, less cash. EBIT is operating profit before interest and tax, with one-offs taken out. Unlike PE it is not moved by how a company is financed.

Leases are left out of debt for every company. Banks earn on their balance sheet, so EV/EBIT does not describe them.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.