Quanex Building Products
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2025)

2025
Price/Earnings ratio
9.40
Price/Sales ratio
0.66
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$2.34

Historical Multiples (2015 – 2024)

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
39.85-297.0340.2119.53-13.6015.4512.528.2910.6832.0134.82-13.60
Price/Sales ratio
0.990.590.860.570.710.690.660.590.770.820.900.71
Price/Book Value ratio
1.621.501.841.301.921.671.701.571.611.041.131.67
Price/Cash Flow ratio
9.566.389.564.916.595.909.087.475.9911.9112.966.59
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
17.2811.2217.076.588.897.9213.0711.298.0320.4522.358.89
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-0.982.65-0.030.510.04-0.080.270.15-1.78-0.506.750.04
Dividend Yield
0.85%0.99%0.73%1.36%1.67%1.77%1.51%1.44%1.20%1.13%1.30%1.77%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
22.68%23.43%22.43%21.71%22.31%22.64%22.44%21.98%24.54%23.91%21.33%22.64%
Operating Profit Margin
3.82%3.91%3.96%4.08%5.44%6.48%7.63%9.11%9.79%4.29%4.29%6.48%
Pretax Profit Margin
3.58%-0.60%2.94%2.86%-4.02%5.90%7.47%8.98%8.58%3.29%3.29%-4.02%
Net Profit Margin
2.49%-0.20%2.15%2.95%-5.22%4.52%5.31%7.23%7.29%2.58%2.58%-5.22%
Effective Tax Rate
32.56%66.94%26.73%-3.43%-29.97%23.46%28.85%19.52%14.98%21.44%38.65%-29.97%
Return on Assets
2.81%-0.23%2.41%3.54%-7.24%5.56%7.94%12.19%9.92%1.42%1.42%-7.24%
Return On Equity
4.07%-0.50%4.59%6.67%-14.15%10.82%13.57%19.00%15.12%3.27%4.85%-14.15%
Return on Capital Employed
5.10%5.45%5.14%5.68%9.08%9.84%14.63%19.02%15.89%2.67%2.67%9.84%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
1.951.781.801.851.731.59N/AN/AN/AN/A2.241.73
Quick Ratio
1.231.040.971.171.121.120.991.141.301.231.231.12
Cash ratio
0.260.220.160.280.280.390.250.390.430.350.350.28
Days of Sales Outstanding
36.2332.8833.4434.4633.8737.8436.8728.6934.0956.4656.4633.87
Days of Inventory outstanding
46.0943.3147.5336.3435.3033.8940.6146.3041.91103.44100.0535.30
Operating Cycle
82.3276.2080.9770.8169.1771.7477.4874.9976.00159.91156.5169.17
Days of Payables Outstanding
34.9424.5423.9727.4533.4342.8438.0829.8331.8246.7045.1733.43
Cash Conversion Cycle
47.3851.6557.0043.3535.7328.8939.4045.1544.18113.21111.3435.73
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.100.340.300.280.240.240.140.120.080.370.370.24
Debt Equity Ratio
0.140.730.580.530.470.470.250.180.120.860.860.47
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.120.410.340.340.320.310.180.140.100.450.450.32
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.120.420.370.340.320.320.200.150.110.460.460.32
Interest Coverage Ratio
24.891.354.053.415.0310.65N/AN/AN/AN/A2.6610.65
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
1.160.320.320.490.610.590.731.112.130.100.100.59
Company Equity Multiplier
1.442.121.901.881.951.941.701.551.522.292.291.95
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.100.090.090.110.100.110.070.080.130.060.060.11
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.550.560.550.740.740.740.690.660.740.580.580.74
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
1.160.320.320.490.610.590.731.112.130.100.100.59
Short Term Coverage Ratio
28.438.213.6985.46129.1812.368.6911.1662.174.644.6412.36
Dividend Payout Ratio
34.26%-294.24%29.52%26.66%-22.77%27.36%18.91%11.99%12.89%36.21%36.21%-22.77%