Growth Metrics

Quanex Building Products (NX) Cash from Investing Activities (2010 - 2026)

Quanex Building Products (NX) reported Cash from Investing Activities of -$11.2 million for Q1 2026, up 1.89% year-over-year from -$11.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 47.41% on a QoQ basis from -$21.4 million in Q4 2025.

Quanex Building Products (NX) has 17 years of Cash from Investing Activities data on file, last reported at -$11.2 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Cash from Investing Activities rose 1.89% year-over-year to -$11.2 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was -$61.8 million (up 85.37% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$62.0 million, up 85.26% from the prior year.
  • Cash from Investing Activities grew to -$11.2 million in Q1 2026 per NX's latest filing, from -$21.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Cash from Investing Activities topped out at -$5.6 million in Q3 2022 and bottomed at -$397.3 million in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Cash from Investing Activities is -$11.2 million (2026), against an average of -$38.5 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Cash from Investing Activities slumped 2571.65%; it then surged 94.62% in 2025.
  • Tracing NX's Cash from Investing Activities over 5 years: stood at -$13.6 million in 2022, then decreased by 9.27% to -$14.9 million in 2023, then tumbled by 2571.65% to -$397.3 million in 2024, then surged by 94.62% to -$21.4 million in 2025, then surged by 47.41% to -$11.2 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest NX Cash from Investing Activities figures stand at -$11.2 million (Q1 2026), -$21.4 million (Q4 2025), and -$14.5 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Cash from Investing Activities (Qtr)
1 Trane Technologies 99.95 Bn 98.89 Bn 1.73 Bn -755.70 Mn
2 Johnson Controls International 84.54 Bn 84.01 Bn 2.07 Bn 90.00 Mn
3 Carrier Global 52.72 Bn 51.70 Bn 4.82 Bn -65.00 Mn
4 Lennox International 16.87 Bn 16.82 Bn 351.30 Mn -56.60 Mn
5 Masco 13.72 Bn 13.60 Bn 686.00 Mn -36.00 Mn
6 Carlisle Companies 13.62 Bn 12.85 Bn 363.20 Mn -28.00 Mn
7 Aaon 10.97 Bn 10.97 Bn 109.77 Mn -53.79 Mn
8 SPX Technologies 10.37 Bn 10.22 Bn 230.60 Mn -455.00 Mn
9 Advanced Drainage Systems 10.34 Bn 10.19 Bn 237.66 Mn -1.03 Bn
10 Quanex Building Products 805.03 Mn 742.71 Mn 98.53 Mn -11.24 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 -11.24 Mn
Jan 31, 2026 -11.24 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 -21.37 Mn
Oct 31, 2025 -21.37 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 -14.47 Mn
Jul 31, 2025 -14.47 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 -14.71 Mn
Apr 30, 2025 -14.71 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 -11.46 Mn
Jan 31, 2025 -11.46 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 -397.27 Mn
Oct 31, 2024 -397.27 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 -6.23 Mn
Jul 31, 2024 -6.23 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 -7.54 Mn
Apr 30, 2024 -7.54 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 -9.55 Mn
Jan 31, 2024 -9.55 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 -14.87 Mn
Oct 31, 2023 -14.87 Mn
Jul 31, 2023 -7.29 Mn
Jul 31, 2023 -7.29 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 -6.79 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 -6.79 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 -99.48 Mn
Jan 31, 2023 -99.48 Mn
Oct 31, 2022 -13.61 Mn
Oct 31, 2022 -13.61 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 -5.61 Mn
Jul 31, 2022 -5.61 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 -6.39 Mn
Apr 30, 2022 -6.39 Mn
Jan 31, 2022 -7.36 Mn
Jan 31, 2022 -7.36 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 -5.84 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 -5.84 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 -4.73 Mn
Jul 31, 2021 -4.73 Mn
Apr 30, 2021 -2.95 Mn
Apr 30, 2021 -2.95 Mn
Jan 31, 2021 -5.18 Mn
Jan 31, 2021 -5.18 Mn
Oct 31, 2020 -4.68 Mn
Oct 31, 2020 -4.68 Mn
Jul 31, 2020 -4.26 Mn
Jul 31, 2020 -4.26 Mn
Apr 30, 2020 -6.97 Mn
Apr 30, 2020 -6.97 Mn
Jan 31, 2020 -9.31 Mn
Jan 31, 2020 -9.31 Mn
Oct 31, 2019 -6.89 Mn
Oct 31, 2019 -6.89 Mn
Jul 31, 2019 -3.95 Mn
Jul 31, 2019 -3.95 Mn
Apr 30, 2019 -6.53 Mn
Apr 30, 2019 -6.53 Mn
Jan 31, 2019 -6.20 Mn
Jan 31, 2019 -6.20 Mn
Oct 31, 2018 -5.21 Mn
Oct 31, 2018 -5.21 Mn
Jul 31, 2018 -5.81 Mn
Jul 31, 2018 -5.81 Mn
Apr 30, 2018 -7.29 Mn
Apr 30, 2018 -7.29 Mn
Jan 31, 2018 -7.75 Mn
Jan 31, 2018 -7.75 Mn
Oct 31, 2017 1.74 Mn
Oct 31, 2017 1.74 Mn
Jul 31, 2017 -8.91 Mn
Jul 31, 2017 -8.91 Mn
Apr 30, 2017 -9.21 Mn
Apr 30, 2017 -9.21 Mn
Jan 31, 2017 -16.25 Mn
Jan 31, 2017 -16.25 Mn
Oct 31, 2016 -11.25 Mn
Oct 31, 2016 -11.25 Mn
Jul 31, 2016 -8.47 Mn
Jul 31, 2016 -8.47 Mn
Apr 30, 2016 -8.35 Mn
Apr 30, 2016 -8.35 Mn
Jan 31, 2016 -254.04 Mn
Jan 31, 2016 -254.04 Mn
Oct 31, 2015 -8.01 Mn
Oct 31, 2015 -8.01 Mn
Jul 31, 2015 -139.47 Mn
Jul 31, 2015 -139.47 Mn
Apr 30, 2015 -5.86 Mn
Apr 30, 2015 -5.86 Mn
Jan 31, 2015 -6.81 Mn
Jan 31, 2015 -6.81 Mn
Oct 31, 2014 -1.33 Mn
Oct 31, 2014 -1.33 Mn
Jul 31, 2014 -12.50 Mn
Jul 31, 2014 -12.50 Mn
Apr 30, 2014 99.15 Mn
Apr 30, 2014 99.15 Mn
Jan 31, 2014 -11.21 Mn
Jan 31, 2014 -11.21 Mn
Oct 31, 2013 -3.41 Mn
Oct 31, 2013 -3.41 Mn
Jul 31, 2013 -9.22 Mn
Jul 31, 2013 -9.22 Mn
Apr 30, 2013 -13.12 Mn
Apr 30, 2013 -13.12 Mn
Jan 31, 2013 -33.93 Mn
Jan 31, 2013 -33.93 Mn
Oct 31, 2012 -10.51 Mn
Oct 31, 2012 -10.51 Mn
Jul 31, 2012 -9.91 Mn
Jul 31, 2012 -9.91 Mn
Apr 30, 2012 -13.27 Mn
Apr 30, 2012 -13.27 Mn
Jan 31, 2012 -8.02 Mn
Jan 31, 2012 -8.02 Mn
Oct 31, 2011 -8.31 Mn
Oct 31, 2011 -8.31 Mn
Jul 31, 2011 -6.07 Mn
Jul 31, 2011 -6.07 Mn
Apr 30, 2011 -117.62 Mn
Apr 30, 2011 -117.62 Mn
Jan 31, 2011 -3.37 Mn
Jan 31, 2011 -3.37 Mn
Oct 31, 2010 -2.85 Mn
Oct 31, 2010 -2.85 Mn
Jul 31, 2010 -4.05 Mn
Jul 31, 2010 -4.05 Mn
Apr 30, 2010 -5.16 Mn
Apr 30, 2010 -5.16 Mn
Jan 31, 2010 -3.73 Mn
Jan 31, 2010 -3.73 Mn