Quanex Building Products (NX) Return on Sales [ROS] (2010 - 2026)
Quanex Building Products (NX) posted Return on Sales [ROS] of 9.26% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 63.95 percentage points from -54.68% a year earlier and up 5.22 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Quanex Building Products (NX) Return on Sales [ROS] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jul 31, 2026, Return on Sales [ROS] at Quanex Building Products was 5.96%, up 18.68 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Oct 31, 2025), it came in at -10.55%, down 14.84 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Return on Sales [ROS] shows a five-year change of -17.04 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Quanex Building Products' Return on Sales [ROS] was 4.29% in FY2024 (-5.50 pp), 9.79% in FY2023 (+0.68 pp), 9.11% in FY2022 (+1.47 pp) and 7.64% in FY2021 (+1.15 pp).
- The fiscal Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] since fiscal Q4 2023.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Sales [ROS] increased in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.25 percentage points.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Sales [ROS] in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2026, with a gain of 63.95 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2025, with a drop of 63.05 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales [ROS] for the three prior fiscal quarters was 4.05% (Q2 2026), 0.70% (Q1 2026) and 8.77% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trane Technologies | 102.06 Bn | 96.80 Bn | 2.26 Bn | 19.27% |
| 2 | Johnson Controls International | 94.64 Bn | 92.40 Bn | 2.47 Bn | 14.92% |
| 3 | Comfort Systems Usa | 60.88 Bn | 56.13 Bn | 844.23 Mn | 17.09% |
| 4 | Carrier Global | 45.43 Bn | 40.06 Bn | 1.94 Bn | 12.99% |
| 5 | Otis Worldwide | 24.39 Bn | 20.99 Bn | 1.14 Bn | 14.90% |
| 6 | James Hardie Industries | 14.50 Bn | 13.23 Bn | 548.70 Mn | 14.76% |
| 7 | Masco | 13.48 Bn | 11.58 Bn | 868.00 Mn | 23.59% |
| 8 | Allegion | 13.12 Bn | 11.83 Bn | 517.50 Mn | 22.12% |
| 9 | Carlisle Companies | 13.11 Bn | 9.46 Bn | 568.40 Mn | 22.45% |
| 10 | Quanex Building Products | 871.10 Mn | 607.01 Mn | 141.47 Mn | 9.26% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 9.26% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 4.05% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 0.70% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 8.77% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -54.68% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 9.04% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | -1.74% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 0.58% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 8.36% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 7.75% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 3.31% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 13.37% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 12.50% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 10.72% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 1.68% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 9.29% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 10.50% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 10.70% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 5.29% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 9.29% |
Quanex Building Products Return on Sales [ROS] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=NX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "NX", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=NX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();