What is Quanex Building Products's free cash flow margin?

Quanex Building Products (NX) reported free cash flow margin of 5.1% in Q4 2025.

What is the long-term trend for Quanex Building Products's free cash flow margin?

Over 4 years (2020 to 2025), Quanex Building Products's free cash flow margin has grown at a -10.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 8.8% to 5.6%.

What does free cash flow margin mean?

Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditures) as a percentage of revenue, trailing twelve months. Measures how efficiently revenue converts into discretionary cash.

Quanex Building Products NX Free cash flow margin

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$462.4M+2.2%

Gross profit$117.8M-10.3%

Operating income$18.7M-54.3%

Net income$3.4M-83.7%

EPS (diluted)$0.07-84.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$66.0M+1.8%

Total debt$915.9M-9.7%

Total equity$727.4M-27.4%

Total assets$2.0B-13.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$20.2M-61.5%

CapEx$11.0M-26.1%

Free cash flow-$31.5M-30.5%

Valuation

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Market cap$816.14M-2.6%

Enterprise value$1.67B-6.8%

P/S0.4×-0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin26.5%+1.2pp

Operating margin-12.7%-21.2pp

Net margin-14.9%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-32%—

Debt / equity1.3×+0.2×

Current ratio2.3×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Quanex Building Products’s reported figures.

free cash flow/total revenue=5.1%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Quanex Building Products’s 10-Q, filed March 6, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Quanex Building Products's free cash flow margin?: Quanex Building Products (NX) reported free cash flow margin of 5.1% in Q4 2025.
What is the long-term trend for Quanex Building Products's free cash flow margin?: Over 4 years (2020 to 2025), Quanex Building Products's free cash flow margin has grown at a -10.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 8.8% to 5.6%.
What does free cash flow margin mean?: Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditures) as a percentage of revenue, trailing twelve months. Measures how efficiently revenue converts into discretionary cash.