Growth Metrics

Quanex Building Products (NX) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)

Quanex Building Products (NX) reported FCF Payout Ratio of 0.12 for Q1 2026, up 26.89% year-over-year from 0.09 in Q1 2025, and down 310.4% on a QoQ basis from 0.05 in Q4 2025.

Quanex Building Products (NX) has 17 years of FCF Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.12 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 26.89% year-over-year to 0.12 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 0.16 (down 60.67% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.15, down 37.09% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio fell to 0.12 in Q1 2026 per NX's latest filing, from 0.05 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, FCF Payout Ratio topped out at 0.28 in Q2 2025 and bottomed at 0.6 in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.06 (2022), against an average of 0.05.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when FCF Payout Ratio plunged 642.25%; it then surged 165.05% in 2025.
  • Tracing NX's FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.08 in 2022, then increased by 16.88% to 0.09 in 2023, then slumped by 642.25% to 0.49 in 2024, then soared by 111.13% to 0.05 in 2025, then sank by 310.4% to 0.12 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest NX FCF Payout Ratio figures stand at 0.12 (Q1 2026), 0.05 (Q4 2025), and 0.08 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Trane Technologies 99.95 Bn 98.89 Bn 1.73 Bn 0.42
2 Johnson Controls International 84.54 Bn 84.01 Bn 2.07 Bn 0.46
3 Carrier Global 52.72 Bn 51.70 Bn 4.82 Bn -0.04
4 Lennox International 16.87 Bn 16.82 Bn 351.30 Mn 0.00
5 Masco 13.72 Bn 13.60 Bn 686.00 Mn -0.58
6 Carlisle Companies 13.62 Bn 12.85 Bn 363.20 Mn -0.63
7 Aaon 10.97 Bn 10.97 Bn 109.77 Mn -0.19
8 SPX Technologies 10.37 Bn 10.22 Bn 230.60 Mn -
9 Advanced Drainage Systems 10.34 Bn 10.19 Bn 237.66 Mn -1.07
10 Quanex Building Products 805.03 Mn 742.71 Mn 98.53 Mn -0.12

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 -0.12
Oct 31, 2025 0.05
Jul 31, 2025 0.08
Apr 30, 2025 0.28
Jan 31, 2025 -0.16
Oct 31, 2024 -0.49
Jul 31, 2024 0.07
Apr 30, 2024 0.10
Jan 31, 2024 -0.46
Oct 31, 2023 0.09
Jul 31, 2023 0.05
Apr 30, 2023 0.10
Jan 31, 2023 -0.60
Oct 31, 2022 0.08
Jul 31, 2022 0.06
Apr 30, 2022 0.20
Jan 31, 2022 -0.09
Oct 31, 2021 0.12
Jul 31, 2021 0.22
Apr 30, 2021 0.10
Jan 31, 2021 -0.31
Oct 31, 2020 0.05
Jul 31, 2020 0.06
Apr 30, 2020 -3.01
Jan 31, 2020 -0.21
Oct 31, 2019 0.05
Jul 31, 2019 0.10
Apr 30, 2019 0.20
Jan 31, 2019 -0.10
Oct 31, 2018 0.06
Jul 31, 2018 0.07
Apr 30, 2018 0.23
Jan 31, 2018 3.67
Oct 31, 2017 0.05
Jul 31, 2017 0.07
Apr 30, 2017 0.32
Jan 31, 2017 -0.27
Oct 31, 2016 0.05
Jul 31, 2016 0.09
Apr 30, 2016 0.09
Jan 31, 2016 -0.17
Oct 31, 2015 0.04
Jul 31, 2015 0.09
Apr 30, 2015 0.45
Jan 31, 2015 -0.11
Oct 31, 2014 0.24
Jul 31, 2014 0.15
Apr 30, 2014 -0.13
Jan 31, 2014 -0.08
Oct 31, 2013 0.04
Jul 31, 2013 0.05
Apr 30, 2013 -0.38
Jan 31, 2013 -0.04
Oct 31, 2012 0.16
Jul 31, 2012 0.20
Apr 30, 2012 -0.05
Jan 31, 2012 -0.25
Oct 31, 2011 0.04
Jul 31, 2011 0.16
Apr 30, 2011 -0.12
Jan 31, 2011 -0.44
Oct 31, 2010 0.07
Jul 31, 2010 0.08
Apr 30, 2010 0.04
Jan 31, 2010 0.22