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
Fiscal year by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Net margin | Operating margin | Gross margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | −13.6% | −10.6% | 27.2% |
| FY2024 | 2.6% | 4.3% | 23.9% |
| FY2023 | 7.3% | 9.8% | 24.5% |
| FY2022 | 7.2% | 9.1% | 22.0% |
| FY2021 | 5.3% | 7.6% | 22.4% |
| FY2020 | 4.5% | 6.5% | 22.6% |
| FY2019 | −5.2% | −3.0% | 22.3% |
| FY2018 | 3.0% | 4.0% | 21.7% |
| FY2017 | 2.2% | 4.0% | 22.4% |
| FY2016 | −0.2% | 3.9% | 23.4% |
| FY2015 | 2.5% | 3.8% | 22.7% |
| FY2014 | 4.9% | 2.4% | 22.0% |
| FY2013 | −2.1% | −3.4% | 24.4% |
| FY2012 | −2.0% | −3.0% | 15.1% |
| FY2011 | 1.1% | 1.9% | 16.1% |
Quarter by quarter
| Quarter | Ended | Net margin, 12 months | Change on a year | Operating margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 FY26 | 2.4% | +17.9 pts | 6.0% | |
| 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 FY25 | 1.1% | −6.3 pts | 3.7% | |
| Q1 FY25 | 0.8% | −7.0 pts | 2.8% | |
| Q4 FY24 | 2.6% | −4.7 pts | 4.3% | |
| Q3 FY24 | 6.9% | −0.1 pts | 8.5% | |
| Q2 FY24 | 7.3% | +1.0 pts | 9.6% | |
| Q1 FY24 | 7.8% | +1.3 pts | 10.3% | |
| Q4 FY23 | 7.3% | +0.1 pts | 9.8% |
Against its peers
Companies in Manufacturing - Metal Fabrication nearest Quanex Building Products CORP's size, closest first, today.
| Company | Profit margin |
|---|---|
| NXQuanex Building Products CORP | 2.4% |
| NWPXNWPX Infrastructure | 8.5% |
| XPELXPEL | 10.8% |
| PKOHPark Ohio | 1.6% |
| JBIJanus International | 3.7% |
| HLMNHillman Solutions | 2.6% |
| KALUKaiser Aluminum | 4.8% |
| CIXCompx International | 13.6% |
| PRLBProto Labs | 5.4% |
| TGTredegar | n/m |
| OFLXOmega Flex | 12.3% |
| Peer median | 5.4% |
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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