Quanex Building Products (NX) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Quanex Building Products (NX) recorded quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 11.99% in Q2 2026, down 12.51% quarter-over-quarter from 10.66% in Q1 2026, and down 1497.0% year-on-year from 0.86% in Q2 2025.

Quanex Building Products (NX) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Quanex Building Products has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 11.99% for Q2 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 1497.0% year-over-year to 11.99%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 stood at 11.99% (down 1497.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 10.41%, down 1462.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 11.99% for Q2 2026 at Quanex Building Products, down from 10.66% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 18.82% in Q3 2022 and troughed at 12.48% in Q3 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 13.95% (2023), against an average of 7.43%.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed jumped 446 bps in 2022, then slumped 2506 bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 18.73% in 2022, then fell by 16 bps to 15.71% in 2023, then plunged by 74 bps to 4.14% in 2024, then sank by 377 bps to 11.48% in 2025, then slipped by 4 bps to 11.99% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Return on Capital Employed figures were 11.99% in Q2 2026, 10.66% in Q1 2026, and 11.48% in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Trane Technologies 107.22 Bn 106.17 Bn 1.73 Bn 26.55%
2 Johnson Controls International 89.13 Bn 88.60 Bn 2.07 Bn 11.49%
3 Carrier Global 60.07 Bn 59.04 Bn 4.82 Bn 6.30%
4 Lennox International 18.56 Bn 18.51 Bn 351.30 Mn 35.83%
5 Masco 15.26 Bn 15.14 Bn 686.00 Mn 35.86%
6 Carlisle Companies 14.75 Bn 13.98 Bn 363.20 Mn 18.08%
7 SPX Technologies 12.03 Bn 11.87 Bn 230.60 Mn 11.39%
8 Advanced Drainage Systems 11.45 Bn 11.30 Bn 237.66 Mn 16.23%
9 Aaon 11.16 Bn 11.16 Bn 109.77 Mn 11.43%
10 Quanex Building Products 766.61 Mn 702.94 Mn 117.79 Mn -11.99%

Historic Data

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DateValue
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%