Quanex Building Products CORP price to free cash flow NX

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 10.1×
10-year median: 10.8×
Against its 10-year history: 43rd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 3.2× to 48.3×
Peer median: 21.0×

Quanex Building Products CORP's price to free cash flow is 10.1× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 10.8×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 3.2× in Mar 2020 to 48.3× in Aug 2025.

The median for 10 manufacturing metal fabrication stocks of a similar size is 21.0×.

Price to free cash flow over time

median 10.8×

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	10.1×	6.9×	11.8×
2025	6.8×	6.8×	48.3×
2024	22.4×	8.3×	22.9×
2023	9.2×	7.1×	13.7×
2022	12.1×	11.2×	42.6×
2021	15.1×	6.8×	15.1×
2020	9.7×	3.2×	9.9×
2019	8.0×	6.3×	11.2×
2018	5.8×	5.6×	18.2×
2017	18.5×	12.8×	19.3×
2016	14.1×	9.8×	17.9×
2015	19.1×	18.2×	113×
2014	48.2×	22.9×	137×
2013	133×	132×	133×
2012	81.4×	21.4×	86.9×
2011	20.1×	19.9×	20.1×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
NXQuanex Building Products CORP	10.1×
NWPXNWPX Infrastructure	11.8×
XPELXPEL	n/m
PKOHPark Ohio	30.3×
JBIJanus International	7.4×
HLMNHillman Solutions	22.9×
KALUKaiser Aluminum	14.1×
CIXCompx International	21.0×
PRLBProto Labs	36.1×
TGTredegar	11.3×
OFLXOmega Flex	23.0×
Peer median	21.0×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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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.