Growth Metrics

Quanex Building Products (NX) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026)

Quanex Building Products (NX) reported FCF Margin of 7.7% for Q1 2026, down 167.0% year-over-year from 11.49% in Q1 2025, and down 156.63% on a QoQ basis from 13.6% in Q4 2025.

Quanex Building Products (NX) has 17 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 7.7% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin fell 167.0% year-over-year to 7.7% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 5.14% (up 282.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 5.56%, up 152.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin declined to 7.7% in Q1 2026 per NX's latest filing, from 13.6% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Margin topped out at 18.93% in Q3 2023 and bottomed at 10.87% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 9.33% (2025), against an average of 5.18%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when FCF Margin plunged 1166 bps; it then jumped 1526 bps in 2025.
  • Tracing NX's FCF Margin over 5 years: stood at 11.21% in 2022, then slipped by 11 bps to 10.0% in 2023, then sank by 117 bps to 1.66% in 2024, then soared by 919 bps to 13.6% in 2025, then plunged by 157 bps to 7.7% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest NX FCF Margin figures stand at 7.7% (Q1 2026), 13.6% (Q4 2025), and 9.33% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Trane Technologies 99.95 Bn 98.89 Bn 1.73 Bn 11.00%
2 Johnson Controls International 84.54 Bn 84.01 Bn 2.07 Bn 9.16%
3 Carrier Global 52.72 Bn 51.70 Bn 4.82 Bn -0.52%
4 Lennox International 16.87 Bn 16.82 Bn 351.30 Mn -3.47%
5 Masco 13.72 Bn 13.60 Bn 686.00 Mn -5.89%
6 Carlisle Companies 13.62 Bn 12.85 Bn 363.20 Mn -6.94%
7 Aaon 10.97 Bn 10.97 Bn 109.77 Mn -10.18%
8 SPX Technologies 10.37 Bn 10.22 Bn 230.60 Mn 1.99%
9 Advanced Drainage Systems 10.34 Bn 10.19 Bn 237.66 Mn -1.94%
10 Quanex Building Products 805.03 Mn 742.71 Mn 98.53 Mn -7.70%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 -7.70%
Oct 31, 2025 13.60%
Jul 31, 2025 9.33%
Apr 30, 2025 3.00%
Jan 31, 2025 -6.03%
Oct 31, 2024 -1.66%
Jul 31, 2024 14.32%
Apr 30, 2024 9.57%
Jan 31, 2024 -2.39%
Oct 31, 2023 10.00%
Jul 31, 2023 18.93%
Apr 30, 2023 10.18%
Jan 31, 2023 -1.70%
Oct 31, 2022 11.21%
Jul 31, 2022 14.21%
Apr 30, 2022 4.14%
Jan 31, 2022 -10.87%
Oct 31, 2021 7.93%
Jul 31, 2021 4.38%
Apr 30, 2021 10.28%
Jan 31, 2021 -3.75%
Oct 31, 2020 18.86%
Jul 31, 2020 19.20%
Apr 30, 2020 -0.47%
Jan 31, 2020 -6.60%
Oct 31, 2019 24.31%
Jul 31, 2019 10.87%
Apr 30, 2019 6.25%
Jan 31, 2019 -13.47%
Oct 31, 2018 20.80%
Jul 31, 2018 8.74%
Apr 30, 2018 2.81%
Jan 31, 2018 0.20%
Oct 31, 2017 11.10%
Jul 31, 2017 8.80%
Apr 30, 2017 2.03%
Jan 31, 2017 -2.59%
Oct 31, 2016 10.83%
Jul 31, 2016 6.43%
Apr 30, 2016 6.56%
Jan 31, 2016 -3.91%
Oct 31, 2015 16.10%
Jul 31, 2015 8.71%
Apr 30, 2015 2.11%
Jan 31, 2015 -10.22%
Oct 31, 2014 3.83%
Jul 31, 2014 6.09%
Apr 30, 2014 -8.42%
Jan 31, 2014 -14.43%
Oct 31, 2013 20.10%
Jul 31, 2013 17.45%
Apr 30, 2013 -3.14%
Jan 31, 2013 -39.43%
Oct 31, 2012 3.97%
Jul 31, 2012 3.10%
Apr 30, 2012 -13.96%
Jan 31, 2012 -3.68%
Oct 31, 2011 14.90%
Jul 31, 2011 3.63%
Apr 30, 2011 -6.30%
Jan 31, 2011 -2.15%
Oct 31, 2010 9.91%
Jul 31, 2010 8.68%
Apr 30, 2010 13.94%
Jan 31, 2010 3.32%