Quanex Building Products (NX) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026)
Quanex Building Products (NX) reported EBT Margin of 6.88% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 64.43 percentage points from -57.55% a year earlier and up 5.43 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Quanex Building Products (NX) EBT Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jul 31, 2026, Quanex Building Products' EBT Margin came in at 3.28%, up 19.27 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Oct 31, 2025), it came in at -13.59%, down 16.88 percentage points from FY2024.
- EBT Margin has declined for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of -19.50 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By fiscal year, EBT Margin came in at 3.29% in FY2024 (-5.29 pp), 8.58% in FY2023 (-0.40 pp), 8.99% in FY2022 (+1.52 pp) and 7.47% in FY2021 (+1.56 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly EBT Margin since fiscal Q3 2024.
- Year over year, EBT Margin gained in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.39 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year EBT Margin in five years was fiscal Q3 2026 (a gain of 64.43 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q3 2025 (a drop of 65.60 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 1.44% (Q2 2026), -2.33% (Q1 2026) and 6.02% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trane Technologies | 92.12 Bn | 86.76 Bn | 2.38 Bn | 19.01% |
| 2 | Johnson Controls International | 85.49 Bn | 85.52 Bn | 2.71 Bn | - |
| 3 | Carrier Global | 43.38 Bn | 38.12 Bn | 1.90 Bn | -37.73% |
| 4 | Comfort Systems Usa | 38.65 Bn | 32.60 Bn | 934.48 Mn | 16.86% |
| 5 | Otis Worldwide | 29.75 Bn | 26.31 Bn | 1.16 Bn | 14.10% |
| 6 | James Hardie Industries | 16.90 Bn | 16.08 Bn | 562.40 Mn | 15.92% |
| 7 | Masco | 16.35 Bn | 14.41 Bn | 720.00 Mn | 16.38% |
| 8 | Allegion | 15.98 Bn | 14.60 Bn | 548.20 Mn | 22.84% |
| 9 | Carlisle Companies | 15.35 Bn | 12.26 Bn | 494.90 Mn | 18.44% |
| 10 | Quanex Building Products | 970.54 Mn | 706.44 Mn | 141.47 Mn | 6.86% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 6.86% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 1.54% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | -0.95% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 7.09% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -57.38% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 5.93% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | -4.98% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -3.56% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 11.43% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 7.40% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 3.30% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 10.77% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 11.95% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 9.89% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 0.90% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 9.10% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 10.40% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 10.65% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 5.11% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 9.14% |
Quanex Building Products EBT Margin API
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