Quanex Building Products Corpor (NX) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $0.79
- Estimate
- $0.66
- Surprise
- +20.1%
- Revenue (period 2026-07-31)
- $501.8M
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.3 → 5.3/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Quanex Building Products Corpor (NX) beat the $0.66 estimate with diluted EPS of $0.79 — a large 20.1% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Sell (5.3/10) to Hold at 5.3/10 after the report.
Coverage in the report window
- Conference Call: Quanex Building Prods Sees Q4 Sales $499.596M-$504.494M vs $497.355M Est — benzinga, 2026-09-04
- 12 Industrials Stocks Moving In Friday's Intraday Session — benzinga, 2026-09-04
- Gold Falls Over 1%; American Outdoor Brands Shares Jump After Q1 Results — benzinga, 2026-09-04
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates NX Sell at 5.4/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +20.1% surprise compares with a +46.8% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-12-10.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- Thin upside margin: 6.4%
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.3)
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $20.78
- Price target
- $22.10
- Stop
- $19.33
- Upside to target
- +6.4%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.4:1
The stock trades at 21.6× trailing but 10.7× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-17 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
NX at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Building Products & Equipment
- Market cap
- $968.3M
- P/E (fwd)
- 10.7
- P/E (ttm)
- 21.6
- 52-week range
- $11.04–$23.33
- Off 52-week high
- 10.9%
- RSI (14)
- 55
- Volume vs avg
- 0.98×
- Score today
- 5.4/10