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Quanex Building Products CORP profit margin NX

Gross, operating and net profit as a share of revenue over the last twelve months, from 2010.

Net margin, 12 months
2.4%
Operating margin, 12 months
6.0%
Net margin on a year earlier
+17.9 pts
Peer median
5.4%

Over the twelve months to Jul 31, 2026, Quanex Building Products CORP kept 2.4% of its revenue as net profit, with an operating margin of 6.0% and a gross margin of 26.6%.

Five years earlier its net margin was 5.6%.

The median for 10 manufacturing metal fabrication stocks of a similar size is 5.4%.

Profit margin over time

GrossOperatingNet

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearNet marginOperating marginGross margin
FY2025−13.6%−10.6%27.2%
FY20242.6%4.3%23.9%
FY20237.3%9.8%24.5%
FY20227.2%9.1%22.0%
FY20215.3%7.6%22.4%
FY20204.5%6.5%22.6%
FY2019−5.2%−3.0%22.3%
FY20183.0%4.0%21.7%
FY20172.2%4.0%22.4%
FY2016−0.2%3.9%23.4%
FY20152.5%3.8%22.7%
FY20144.9%2.4%22.0%
FY2013−2.1%−3.4%24.4%
FY2012−2.0%−3.0%15.1%
FY20111.1%1.9%16.1%

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedNet margin, 12 monthsChange on a yearOperating margin
Q3 FY262.4%+17.9 pts6.0%
Q2 FY26−13.9%−14.9 pts−11.1%
Q1 FY26−13.0%−13.8 pts−10.0%
Q4 FY25−13.6%−16.2 pts−10.6%
Q3 FY25−15.5%−22.3 pts−12.7%
Q2 FY251.1%−6.3 pts3.7%
Q1 FY250.8%−7.0 pts2.8%
Q4 FY242.6%−4.7 pts4.3%
Q3 FY246.9%−0.1 pts8.5%
Q2 FY247.3%+1.0 pts9.6%
Q1 FY247.8%+1.3 pts10.3%
Q4 FY237.3%+0.1 pts9.8%

Against its peers

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

CompanyProfit margin
NXQuanex Building Products CORP2.4%
NWPXNWPX Infrastructure8.5%
XPELXPEL10.8%
PKOHPark Ohio1.6%
JBIJanus International3.7%
HLMNHillman Solutions2.6%
KALUKaiser Aluminum4.8%
CIXCompx International13.6%
PRLBProto Labs5.4%
TGTredegarn/m
OFLXOmega Flex12.3%
Peer median5.4%

Where Quanex Building Products CORP ranks

What the profit margin tells you

Profit as a share of revenue at three levels: gross (after making the product), operating (after running the business) and net (after everything, including tax and interest).

Compare within an industry. 10% is superb for a retailer and poor for a software company.

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