NX PEER ANALYSIS

Quanex Building Products — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

NXQuanex Building Products

🇺🇸 USA · NYSE · Industrials · Building Products & Equipment

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Building Products & Equipment

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

NXIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	NX	EGPRO	RWC	MEGMT	KBORU	KLSER	Ind. Median
P/E	—	15.27	15.44	11.13●	24.18	—	25.96
P/B	1.08●	2.04	1.50	4.32	3.15	2.16	2.63
EV/EBITDA	—	6.31●	8.74	17.07	31.19	104.59	15.46
P/S	0.42●	1.52	1.28	0.76	2.59	0.87	1.52

Financial Health
Metric	NX	EGPRO	RWC	MEGMT	KBORU	KLSER	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	2.28	1.41	2.59●	1.07	1.30	0.82	1.54
Debt/Equity	122.3%	8.0%●	39.6%	149.4%	84.6%	115.3%	57.7%
NetDebt/EBITDA	-9.63●	-0.17	1.76	3.44	5.40	34.37	1.72

Profitability
Metric	NX	EGPRO	RWC	MEGMT	KBORU	KLSER	Ind. Median
Net Margin	-13.9%	10.0%	8.3%	6.8%	10.7%●	-19.0%	4.9%
ROE	-29.7%	15.8%	10.1%	42.4%●	15.4%	-43.4%	8.1%
ROA	-12.0%	8.6%	6.2%	13.4%●	6.6%	-15.8%	3.6%
EBITDA Margin	-4.6%	23.5%●	18.3%	5.6%	10.1%	1.2%	12.2%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	NX	EGPRO	RWC	MEGMT	KBORU	KLSER	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	14.2%	7.0%	1.1%	8.4%	25.9%●	25.4%	5.1%
NI Growth	—	32.3%	-7.3%	207.8%●	-25.2%	—	-5.3%
Div. Yield	1.8%	2.8%●	1.2%	0.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.8%
Payout	-5.7%	43.5%	50.8%	0.0%	24.2%	0.0%	13.5%

Valuation
Metric	NX	JBI	SWIM	APOG	LMB	ROCK	Ind. Median
P/E	—	16.99	84.75	12.49●	29.02	143.65	25.96
P/B	1.08●	1.31	1.83	1.67	4.91	1.46	2.63
EV/EBITDA	—	3.46●	8.27	7.16	16.16	19.83	15.46
P/S	0.42●	0.82	1.31	0.61	1.48	1.07	1.52

Financial Health
Metric	NX	JBI	SWIM	APOG	LMB	ROCK	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	2.28	2.65●	1.88	1.76	1.71	1.41	1.54
Debt/Equity	122.3%	1.1%●	8.5%	56.2%	38.9%	156.0%	57.7%
NetDebt/EBITDA	-9.63●	-0.58	0.07	1.68	0.96	10.16	1.72

Profitability
Metric	NX	JBI	SWIM	APOG	LMB	ROCK	Ind. Median
Net Margin	-13.9%	4.8%	1.5%	4.9%	5.1%●	0.7%	4.9%
ROE	-29.7%	7.9%	2.2%	13.8%	18.6%●	0.9%	8.1%
ROA	-12.0%	3.3%	1.0%	6.1%	9.3%●	0.4%	3.6%
EBITDA Margin	-4.6%	20.3%●	16.0%	11.1%	9.7%	11.1%	12.2%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	NX	JBI	SWIM	APOG	LMB	ROCK	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	14.2%	-2.5%	8.3%	1.8%	22.5%●	-2.0%	5.1%
NI Growth	—	-14.5%	—	33.1%●	-0.8%	-93.3%	-5.3%
Div. Yield	1.8%	—	—	2.4%●	—	—	0.8%
Payout	-5.7%	—	—	32.7%	—	—	13.5%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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