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Quanex Building Products CORP
NYSE· Rolling Drawing & Extruding of Nonferrous Metals· Inc. DE· CIK 0001423221 Materials & Mining
$19.62 −0.38 (−1.90%)
Oct 26 4:00 PM ET · prev $20.00
Market cap
$946.3M
Small cap
Consensus
Buy
90% Buy or better · 10 analysts
Median target
$25.50
+30% · range $23.00–30.00
1 year
+29.8%
from $15.11 · Oct 27
30 days
+1.2%
from $19.38
52-week range
$11.25–22.93
−14% from high · low Nov 20
Avg volume 20D
381.0K
shares / day
Short interest
2.89M
≈6.3% of shares · −25.9%
Days to cover
6.8
at average volume
Insider net
$0
no open-market trades · 12 mo
New fund stakes
0
Q2 2026 13F · 0 exits
Filing reports
5
analyzed by SecBot
SecBot read BULLISH 2 reports · 90 days
Balance 0 bearish · 1 bullish · 1 neutral oldest → newest, height = score
Avg score ·High conf. 2/2
Strongest BULLISH Quanex reported Q3 2026 adjusted EPS of $0.79, a 20.2% beat vs. the $0.66 consensus, on net sales of $501.8M…
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Price

Daily candles with volume. Pins mark insider trades, rating changes, 13F stakes, reports, catalysts and short-interest jumps.

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

  • InsidersNO TRADES

    No open-market buys or sells in 12 months. Recent filings are awards, exercises and tax withholding.

  • InstitutionsMIXED

    Q2 2026: 11 added (0 new), 8 trimmed or exited.

  • AnalystsBULLISH

    9 of 10 rate it Buy or better. Every target is above the price.

  • EstimatesRISING

    Current-quarter EPS estimate $0.750 → $0.785 over 90 days. 2 up, 0 down in 30 days.

  • Short sellersCOVERING

    Short interest −25.9% to 2.89M shares. 6.8 days to cover, ≈6.3% of shares.

  • TrendDOWNTREND

    1% below its 50-day average.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026
0
new positions
0
exits
FundMoveSharesValue
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INCDOUBLED1,681,135$31.3M
ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LPADD439,357$8.2M
SEI INVESTMENTS COTRIM269,825$5.0M
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIPTRIM268,671$5.0M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCTRIM238,832$4.4M
PUBLIC SECTOR PENSION INVESTMENT BOARDTRIM156,252$2.9M
VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INCADD88,000$1.6M
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MNADD53,195$990.5K

Quarterly 13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends.

The Street

10 analysts
Buy 90% rate it Buy or better
Strong Buy4Buy5Hold1Sell0Strong Sell0
12-month targets · 4 analysts

Price is below the lowest target. Median implies +30%.Targets as of Oct 26, 2026.

Recent actions
DateFirmActionRating
Sep 10, 2026StoneX
REITERATE
REITERATEBuy

Insider ledger

Form 4
$0
open-market buys or sells · 12 mo
DateInsiderTypeValue
Aug 27, 2026
Lawler Mary Katherine
Director
AWARD$23.8K
Aug 27, 2026
LIPPERT JASON
Director
AWARD$23.8K
Aug 27, 2026
Waltz William E Jr.
Director
AWARD$25.0K
Aug 27, 2026
Hughes Bradley E.
Director
AWARD$32.5K
Aug 27, 2026
Shah Manish H
Director
AWARD$23.8K
May 28, 2026
Shah Manish H
Director
AWARD$23.8K
May 28, 2026
Hughes Bradley E.
Director
AWARD$32.5K
May 28, 2026
Waltz William E Jr.
Director
AWARD$25.0K

Earnings setup

Estimates
$0.79
EPS estimate, this quarter
+5%
estimate change, 90 days
2↑ 0↓
revisions, 30 days
Current-quarter EPS estimate
PeriodEPS est.Range30D rev.Revenue
Current Q$0.79$0.77–$0.81+4.7%$500.7M
Next Q-$0.03-$0.19–$0.07-250.0%$408.2M
Current FY🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Next FY🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only

Short side

FINRA· Sep 30, 2026
2,891,319
shares short
-25.9%
vs prior settlement
6.8
days to cover
≈6.3%
of shares outstanding
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Oct 7, 2026 SEC
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC filed an amended Schedule 13G for Quanex Building Products, reporting a…
SC 13G/A — Impact 3/10
Sep 30, 2026 Short interest report
Short Interest: NX down 26% to 2.9M shares
Settlement 2026-09-30 | Days to cover: 6.85 | ≈6.31% of shares outstanding (est.)
Sep 3, 2026 SEC
Quanex reported Q3 2026 adjusted EPS of $0.79, a 20.2% beat vs. the $0.66 consensus, on net sales of $501.8M (1.3% YoY…
PRESS-RELEASE — Impact 6/10
Aug 27, 2026 Insider
Lawler Mary Katherine was granted 1,206.81 shares
Director @ $19.68 ($23.8K)
Aug 27, 2026 Insider
LIPPERT JASON was granted 1,206.81 shares
Director @ $19.68 ($23.8K)
Aug 27, 2026 Insider
Waltz William E Jr. was granted 1,270.33 shares
Director @ $19.68 ($25.0K)
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC — DOUBLED
1,681,135 shares ($31.3M)
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP — ADD
439,357 shares ($8.2M)
Catalysts
Scheduled dates and disclosed events: earnings, FDA and trial readouts, halts, press releases. Colored dot = impact.
Recent
Sep 30, 2026
Short interest
Short Interest: NX down 26% to 2.9M shares
Settlement 2026-09-30 | Days to cover: 6.85 | ≈6.31% of shares outstanding (est.)
Sep 15, 2026
Short interest
Short Interest: NX up 25% to 3.9M shares
Settlement 2026-09-15 | Days to cover: 5.87 | ≈8.52% of shares outstanding (est.)
Sep 3, 2026
Earnings
Quanex Building Products Announces Third Quarter 2026 Results
Net Sales Growth Volumes Continue to Track Normal Seasonality Patterns Margin Expansion Realized in Hardware Solutions Segment and on Consolidated…
Sep 3, 2026
Earnings date
NX Q3 2026 Earnings Scheduled — 2026-09-03
Jun 15, 2026
Short interest
Short Interest: NX up 26% to 3.4M shares
Settlement 2026-06-15 | Days to cover: 7.16 | ≈7.41% of shares outstanding (est.)

SecBot reports

5 filings · 1 press release · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 mixed · 1 neutral
All NX filing & press-release reports (6)