Quanex Building Products (NX) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)
Quanex Building Products (NX) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 11.99% for Q2 2026, down 1497.0% year-over-year from 0.86% in Q2 2025, and down 12.51% quarter-over-quarter from 10.66% in Q1 2026.
Quanex Building Products (NX) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Quanex Building Products (NX) has reported Return on Capital Employed for 16 consecutive years, with 11.99% the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.
- In Q2 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 1497.0% year-over-year to 11.99%; the TTM figure through Apr 2026 stood at 11.99% (down 1497.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 10.41%, down 1462.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed slipped to 11.99% in Q2 2026 per NX's latest filing, from 10.66% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 18.82% in Q3 2022 and bottomed at 12.48% in Q3 2025.
- Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 7.43% across 5 years, with a median of 13.95% in 2023.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Capital Employed jumped 446 bps — and 2025, when it tumbled 2506 bps.
- Quanex Building Products' Return on Capital Employed stood at 18.73% in 2022, then retreated by 16 bps to 15.71% in 2023, then tumbled by 74 bps to 4.14% in 2024, then plunged by 377 bps to 11.48% in 2025, then dropped by 4 bps to 11.99% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows NX's Return on Capital Employed at 11.99% in Q2 2026, 10.66% in Q1 2026, and 11.48% in Q4 2025.
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| 10 | Quanex Building Products | 925.85 Mn | 862.18 Mn | 117.79 Mn | -11.99% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | -11.99% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | -10.66% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | -11.48% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -12.48% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 2.98% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 1.96% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 4.14% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 12.59% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 14.93% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 16.07% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 15.71% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 14.26% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 13.65% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 15.49% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 18.73% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 18.82% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 16.70% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 14.36% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 14.61% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 14.37% |