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How Quanex Building Products Corporation stacks up
NX · against 928 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
38/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #551 of 929 · scores higher than 40% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score108 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including NX · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 38?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, which is weaker than most Industrials peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 61% of peers. Operating margin: 6.0% vs peer median 7.7%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 2.3% vs peer median 3.1%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 6.5% vs peer median 7.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = NX, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | NX | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 892 reported | 6.5% | 6.3% | 51% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 926 reported | 6.0% | 7.5% | 38% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 883 reported | 2.3% | 2.8% | 44% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 876 reported | 6.2% | 7.1% | 45% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 930 reported | 26.6% | 24.8% | 54% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around NXScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score