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Mining & Metals · Rolling drawing & extruding of nonferrous metals · CIK 0001423221
SEC filings
Insider buyers, 180 days
0
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
0
13F, latest reported quarter

Quanex Building Products insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

No insider purchases or sales are on record for Quanex Building Products CORP in the period covered. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-28.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
SELL
2025-12-18 SECtraded 2025-12-17
119,485
$1.9M
+26.6%
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 sale), the last on Dec 16, 2025.
  • The trade is 2.7% of the 4,421,879 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
Insider activity: Insider Teleios Global Opportunities Master Fund, Ltd. sold about $1.9M of NX on Dec 17, 2025, the largest insider sale at the company on our record.
SELL
2025-12-18 SECtraded 2025-12-16
80,515
$1.3M
+26.6%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 1.8% of the 4,541,364 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
Insider activity: Insider Teleios Global Opportunities Master Fund, Ltd. sold about $1.3M of NX on Dec 16, 2025, the largest insider sale at the company on our record.
BUY
2025-09-12 SECtraded 2025-09-11
1,900
$29.2K
+31.4%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 100.0% of the 1,900 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: Director Hughes Bradley E. bought about $29.2K of NX on Sep 11, 2025.
BUY
2025-09-12 SECtraded 2025-09-11
3,500
$53.2K
+31.4%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 53.8% of the 6,500 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: Director Hughes Bradley E. bought about $53.2K of NX on Sep 11, 2025.
BUY
2025-09-12 SECtraded 2025-09-11
1,100
$16.9K
+31.4%
Context
  • First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
  • The trade is 36.7% of the 3,000 shares held after it.
  • No other insider bought within 30 days.
Insider activity: Director Hughes Bradley E. bought about $16.9K of NX on Sep 11, 2025.
44 transactions on record
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
no insider buys or sells on file
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
under five funds report holding it
Revenue
+43.8% year over year
more than 85% of Mining & Metals
Margin
-13.6% net margin
below 76% of Mining & Metals
Buybacks
$1.7M repurchased, FY to 2026-07-31
below 80% of Mining & Metals
Short interest
7.4% of the float short (float per yahoo 2026-10-27) · 6.8 days to cover · settled 2026-10-15
more than 79% of Mining & Metals
What changed in the last 30 days
Nothing new filed in the last 30 days

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
+28.8%12M
-26%-0%+26%+52%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10 2025-12-17 · Teleios Global Opportunities Master Fund, Ltd. sold $1.9M2025-12-16 · Teleios Global Opportunities Master Fund, Ltd. sold $1.3M
Insider sell
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Who owns NX: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
SEC 13F
No reported 13F holders

No fund above the reporting threshold listed this stock last quarter. That is a fact, not missing data.

Congress trades in NX

No Congress trades reported
No House member has disclosed a trade in this stock. See what Congress is buying.

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

NX planned insider sales (Form 144)

No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.
Executive pay vs shareholder return · George L. Wilson
CEO pay, headline and as actually paid, against the company's return and its chosen peers' (DEF 14A).
FY
CEO total
Actually paid
Other execs, avg
TSR
Peer TSR
2023
$4.8M
$8.9M
$909.4K
+54%
+48%
2022
$4.4M
$6.5M
$1.0M
+25%
+33%
2021
$4.1M
$5.9M
$1.7M
+15%
+44%
Tagged by the company under SEC Item 402(v). Returns are cumulative from the start of the disclosure period. Green where the company beat its own peer group.
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NX financials

Revenue growth
+43.8%
XBRL, annual
Net margin
-13.6%
Ratios from the company's XBRL filings, latest filings
Revenue, TTM
$1.9B
four quarters, 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-31
Net margin, TTM
+2.4%
net income over revenue, 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-31
Free cash flow, TTM
$90.8M
operating cash flow minus capex, 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-31
Debt to equity
0.85x
long-term debt only, 2026-07-31; equity 2026-07-31
Cash flow to debt
0.23x
TTM operating cash flow over long-term debt only, 2026-07-31
Return on equity
+6.2%
TTM net income over average of 2025-07-31 and 2026-07-31
Return on assets
+2.3%
TTM net income over average of 2025-07-31 and 2026-07-31
Return on invested capital
n/a
effective tax rate 105%, not meaningful
Return on capital employed
+6.5%
operating income (EBIT proxy) over average of 2025-07-31 and 2026-07-31 minus current liabilities
P/E, trailing
20.17x
close 2026-10-26 over four quarters of diluted EPS, 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-31
Enterprise value
$1.5B
market value at close 2026-10-26 on 2026-08-28 shares, plus long-term debt only, 2026-07-31, minus cash 2026-07-31
FCF yield
+10.2%
TTM free cash flow over market value at close 2026-10-26
PEG, trailing
n/a
prior-year trailing EPS was a loss, growth undefined
Price as of 2026-10-26. Hover or tap a tile for its yearly and quarterly history.
Method
TTM is four consecutive fiscal quarters; Q4 is the year minus nine months when not filed. Returns use the average of opening and closing balances. EBIT is approximated by operating income. PEG uses trailing EPS growth.
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings. Pick a past date to see them as known then.
2025-102024-102023-102022-10
Revenue$1.8B$1.3B$1.1B$1.2B
Operating income-$194.0M$54.8M$110.7M$111.3M
Net income-$250.8M$33.1M$82.5M$88.3M
EPS (diluted)-5.430.902.502.66
Operating cash flow$164.9M$88.8M$147.1M$98.0M
Cash$76.0M$97.7M$58.5M$55.1M
Long-term debt$665.3M$737.2M$66.4M$29.6M
Buybacks$32.4M$0$5.6M$6.6M
Dividends paid$14.9M$12.0M$10.6M$10.6M
SEC XBRL, fiscal years, as known on 2026-10-28

NX Stock Sonar score 4/7 axes

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NX ranks highest on growth (85th percentile) and profitability (69th), and lowest on financial health (43rd), among Mining & Metals peers.

Profitability
69
Inputs
  • Return on equity+6.2% · 66 pct, sector of 89
  • Return on assets+2.3% · 68 pct, sector of 114
  • Return on invested capitaleffective tax rate 105%, not meaningful
  • Return on capital employed+6.5% · 72 pct, sector of 69
Financial health
43
Inputs
  • Debt to equity0.85x · 22 pct, sector of 80
  • Cash flow to debt0.23x · 65 pct, sector of 75
Growth
85
Inputs
  • Revenue growth, YoY+43.8% · 85 pct, sector of 81
  • Backlog growth, YoYno backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog
Risk and compliance
59
Inputs
  • Short interest, % of float+7.4% · 22 pct, sector of 252
  • Recalls per $1B revenue, 3ynot measured for this sector, almost no peer has an event
  • EPA cases per $1B revenue, 5y0.00 per $1B · 100 pct, sector of 47
  • New text in Risk Factors, latest 10-K+13.4% · 55 pct, sector of 76
3 not measured: Insider conviction, Institutional and government, US patents
  • Insider conviction needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) in 180 days; no insider trades in 180 days
  • Institutional and government needs 1 of 4 inputs, 0 present: fewer than five funds report holding it; no Congress trades in 365 days; no federal contracts in 180 days; no lobbying filings in the last four quarters
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

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