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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| Quanex Building Products Corp.NX · manufacturing | |
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| Grade |  A/Bon the A/B boundary of 255 graded peers; percentile 22.4, sampling error 3.0 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 58 of 255 |
| Profitability | Bpercentile 27.8 |
| Solvency | Dpercentile 69.6 |
| Growth and financing | A/Bpercentile 20.0 |
| Reliability | 0.91 AUCfailure model, filers with $591M to $2.67B assets; 95% interval 0.88 to 0.94; 160 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 1.01% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | $591M to $2.67B assetstotal assets $2.0B[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | none activenot computable: distress |
| Inputs computable | 10 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Dec 12, 2025301 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $18.562026-10-08; market equity $850.5M; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
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Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan. |
Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Dec 12, 2025; the document on sec.gov.
Quanex was incorporated in Delaware on December 12, 2007, as Quanex Building Products Corporation. We currently manufacture and distribute components for original equipment manufacturers (OEM) in the building products industry, including window, door, solar, refrigeration, custom mixing, building access, and cabinetry markets. Examples of components include energy-efficient flexible insulating glass spacers, extruded vinyl profiles, window and door screens, precision-formed metal and wood products, window and door seals, and window and door hardware.
The Fourteen Inputs [top]
Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.
| Input | Percentile, 0 to 100 | Value | Source | Peer median | Percentile | Peers | Period end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability, sleeve percentile 27.8 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | 25.4% | [1-3] | 21.9% | 32.1 | 275 | 2025-10-31 | |
| Return on invested capital | not computable | 9.7% | |||||
| pretax income must exceed the validity floor and imply a 0%-100% tax rate | |||||||
| Accruals ratio | (19.4%) | [1,4-6] | (3.6%) | 9.1 | 308 | 2025-10-31 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | 1.8 pts | [2-3,7-14] | 2.1 pts | 42.1 | 229 | 2025-10-31 | |
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 69.6 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | not computable | 0.04% | |||||
| latest liabilities, cash plus short-term investments, book equity, and shares are required | |||||||
| Altman Z double-prime | 1.20 | [1,15-20] | 3.66 | 68.7 | 244 | 2025-10-31 | |
| Net debt to EBITDA | not computable | 1.78x | |||||
| EBITDA must exceed $100,000 | |||||||
| Interest coverage | (3.48x) | [18,21] | 5.09x | 84.1 | 64 | 2025-10-31 | |
| Current ratio | 2.04x | [15-16] | 2.25x | 55.9 | 325 | 2025-10-31 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 20.0 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | 14.6% | [2,7,9,11] | 2.1% | 13.1 | 269 | 2025-10-31 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | 16.4% | [5,22-28] | 13.9% | 49.3 | 139 | 2025-10-31 | |
| Reinvestment rate | not computable | 26.4% | |||||
| pretax income must exceed the validity floor and imply a 0%-100% tax rate | |||||||
| Asset growth, three years | 39.5% | [1,6,29-30] | 4.4% | 5.4 | 279 | 2025-10-31 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | (3.4%) | [31-32] | 0.01% | 12.4 | 243 | 2025-12-03 | |
Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.
Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.
Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.
Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.
Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.
Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.
Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite -0.240; sampling error 3.0 percentile points on 255 peers.
Among 255 Peers [top]
Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.
| Rank | Company | Percentile | Letter | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Miller Industries Inc. (MLR) Miller Industries Inc. (MLR) A/Bon the A/B boundary; percentile 20.5 NYSE · Truck & Bus Bodies market equity $599.4M; last close $52.70 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 20.5 | A/B | |
| 54 | Taylor Devices, Inc. (TAYD) Taylor Devices, Inc. (TAYD) A/Bon the A/B boundary; percentile 20.9 Nasdaq · General Industrial Machinery & Equipment, NEC market equity $189.1M; last close $58.68 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 20.9 | A/B | |
| 55 | Idex Corp. (IEX) Idex Corp. (IEX) A/Bon the A/B boundary; percentile 21.3 NYSE · Pumps & Pumping Equipment market equity $17.1B; last close $231.50 No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs | 21.3 | A/B | |
| 56 | Curtiss Wright Corp. (CW) Curtiss Wright Corp. (CW) A/Bon the A/B boundary; percentile 21.7 NYSE · Misc Industrial & Commercial Machinery & Equipment market equity $18.7B; last close $507.90 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 21.7 | A/B | |
| 57 | Donaldson Co. Inc. (DCI) Donaldson Co. Inc. (DCI) A/Bon the A/B boundary; percentile 22.0 NYSE · Industrial & Commercial Fans & Blowers & Air Purifing Equip market equity $10.1B; last close $87.19 No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs | 22.0 | A/B | |
| 58 | Quanex Building Products Corp. (NX) Quanex Building Products Corp. (NX) A/Bon the A/B boundary; percentile 22.4 NYSE · Rolling Drawing & Extruding of Nonferrous Metals market equity $849.6M; last close $18.56 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 22.4 | A/B | |
| 59 | Middleby Corp. (MIDD) Middleby Corp. (MIDD) A/Bon the A/B boundary; percentile 22.8 Nasdaq · Refrigeration & Service Industry Machinery market equity $4.8B; last close $105.39 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 22.8 | A/B | |
| 60 | Valmont Industries Inc. (VMI) Valmont Industries Inc. (VMI) Bsecond fifth; percentile 23.2 NYSE · Fabricated Structural Metal Products market equity $9.0B; last close $469.15 No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs | 23.2 | B | |
| 61 | AAR Corp. (AIR) AAR Corp. (AIR) Bsecond fifth; percentile 23.6 NYSE · Aircraft & Parts market equity $4.1B; last close $101.56 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 23.6 | B | |
| 62 | Aptargroup, Inc. (ATR) Aptargroup, Inc. (ATR) Bsecond fifth; percentile 24.0 NYSE · Plastics Products, NEC market equity $7.7B; last close $121.81 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 24.0 | B | |
| 63 | AeroVironment Inc. (AVAV) AeroVironment Inc. (AVAV) Bsecond fifth; percentile 24.4 Nasdaq · Aircraft market equity $7.0B; last close $137.64 No active warnings; 8 of 14 inputs | 24.4 | B |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | A | 18.4 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | A/B | 22.4 | 255 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | A/B | 20.0 | 984 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | A | 15.7 | 255 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 255 graded peers, about 51 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.
What the Price Implies [top]
Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.
| Measure | Value | Peer median | Percentile | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month | 36.6% | 13.7% | 69 | hotter than 69 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (19.1%) | (24.3%) | 63 | closer to its high than 63 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | (13.6%) | 4.1% | 6 | pricier than 94 of 100 peers |
| Free cash flow yield | 12.0% | 3.4% | 92 | pricier than 8 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | 0.88 | 0.34 | 86 | pricier than 14 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 2.16 | 0.54 | 86 | pricier than 14 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | 25.1% | (9.5%) | 85 | more equity-funded than 85 of 100 peers |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | 0.18 | (0.00) | 69 | ahead of 69 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $849.6M; EBIT -$194.0M; free cash flow $102.3M; book equity $745.4M; sales $1.8B; debt $636.8M; cash $62.1M[33].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: 5 of 9, period end 2025-10-31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Return on assets above zero | (10.8%) | ✗ fail[4,6] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | $164.9M | ✓ pass[5] |
| Return on assets improved | (14.8 pts) | ✗ fail[4,6,29,34] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | $415.7M | ✓ pass[4-5] |
| Long-term leverage fell | (15.8 pts) | ✓ pass[1,6,29,35-36] |
| Current ratio improved | (20.2 pts) | ✗ fail[15-16,37-38] |
| No new shares issued | (3.4%) | ✓ pass[31-32] |
| Gross margin improved | 3.2 pts | ✓ pass[2-3,7-8] |
| Asset turnover improved | (74.5 pts) | ✗ fail[2,6-7,29] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $62.1M[39] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | $145.5M[5,39-43] |
| Months of runway | not finite |
| trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite | |
| Late filings, two years | 0 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 35 |
| 10-Q received Sep 4, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $6.3M |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 301 |
Downloads [top]
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Sources [top]
Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.
| # | Concept | XBRL tag | Value | Period end | Received | Form | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $2.0B | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $1.8B | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | cost of revenue | us-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold | $1.3B | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | -$250.8M | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $164.9M | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $2.3B | 2024-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $1.3B | 2024-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | cost of revenue | us-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold | $972.2M | 2024-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $1.1B | 2023-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | cost of revenue | us-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold | $853.1M | 2023-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $1.2B | 2022-10-31 | 2024-12-16 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | cost of revenue | us-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold | $953.0M | 2022-10-31 | 2024-12-16 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | revenue | us-gaap:Revenues | $1.1B | 2021-10-31 | 2023-12-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | cost of revenue | us-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold | $831.5M | 2021-10-31 | 2023-12-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $573.8M | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $281.5M | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | retained earnings | us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit | $164.7M | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | operating income | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | -$194.0M | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $726.2M | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | liabilities | us-gaap:Liabilities | $1.2B | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | interest expense | us-gaap:InterestExpense | $55.8M | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $62.6M | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $88.8M | 2024-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $37.1M | 2024-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $147.1M | 2023-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $37.4M | 2023-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $98.0M | 2022-10-31 | 2024-12-16 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | $33.1M | 2022-10-31 | 2024-12-16 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $831.1M | 2023-10-31 | 2024-12-16 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $724.6M | 2022-10-31 | 2023-12-15 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 45,674,726 | 2025-12-03 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 47,261,370 | 2024-12-03 | 2024-12-16 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 45,826,208 | 2026-08-28 | 2026-09-04 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 34 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $33.1M | 2024-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 35 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations | $665.3M | 2025-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 36 | long term debt | us-gaap:LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations | $737.2M | 2024-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 37 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $611.3M | 2024-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 38 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $272.9M | 2024-10-31 | 2025-12-12 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 39 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $62.1M | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-04 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 40 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $57.3M | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-04 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 41 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$1.3M | 2026-04-30 | 2026-06-05 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 42 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | -$20.2M | 2026-01-31 | 2026-03-06 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 43 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $76.6M | 2025-07-31 | 2026-09-04 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 22.4 is 2.4 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 3.0 points.
Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.
Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.
Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.
Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.
Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.
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