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Quanex Building Products (Quanex Building Products) Financial Strength : 8 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Quanex Building Products Financial Strength?

Quanex Building Products has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.

Good Sign:

Quanex Building Products Corp shows strong financial strength.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Quanex Building Products's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 7.41. Quanex Building Products's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.12. As of today, Quanex Building Products's Altman Z-Score is 5.40.


Competitive Comparison of Quanex Building Products's Financial Strength

For the Building Products & Equipment subindustry, Quanex Building Products's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Quanex Building Products's Financial Strength Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Quanex Building Products's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Quanex Building Products's Financial Strength falls into.



Quanex Building Products Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Quanex Building Products's Interest Expense for the months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-1 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Jan. 2024 was $8 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $102 Mil.

Quanex Building Products's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Jan. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=-1*7.917/-1.068
=7.41

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Quanex Building Products's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Jan. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(9.87 + 101.678) / 956.62
=0.12

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Quanex Building Products has a Z-score of 5.40, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 5.4 is strong.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Quanex Building Products  (NYSE:NX) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Quanex Building Products has the Financial Strength Rank of 8. It shows strong financial strength and is unlikely to fall into distressed situations.


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Quanex Building Products (Quanex Building Products) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
945 Bunker Hill Road, Suite 900, Houston, TX, USA, 77024
Quanex Building Products Corp is a manufacturer of components sold to original equipment manufacturers in the building products industry. It manufactures engineered products like window and door components that include flexible insulating glass spacers, extruded vinyl profiles, window and door screens, solar panel sealants and precision-formed metal and wood products among others. Its three operating segments are North American Fenestration being the key revenue driver, European Fenestration, and North American Cabinet Components. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United States.
Executives
Curtis M Stevens director LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, 414 UNION STREET, SUITE 1910, NASHVILLE TN 37219
Susan F Davis director
William C Griffiths director C/O SPX CORPORATION, 13515 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Paul Cornett officer: SVP General Counsel, Secretary 1800 W LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1500, HOUSTON TX 77027
Karen Ettredge officer: VP, Controller 1800 W LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1500, HOUSTON TX 77027
Bradley E. Hughes director 2420 BRADWAY BOULEVARD, BLOOMFIELD VILLAGE MI 48301
Jason Lippert director C/O LIPPERT COMPONENTS INC, 2375 TAMIAMI TRAIL NORTH STE 11, NAPLES FL 34103
George Laverne Wilson officer: Chief Operating Officer 1800 WEST LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1500, HOUSTON TX 77027
Kimberley Garcia officer: VP, CHRO 1800 W LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1500, HOUSTON TX 77027
Meredith W. Mendes director 2901 BUTTERFIELD ROAD, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Scott M. Zuehlke officer: VP, IR & Treasurer 1800 W LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1500, HOUSTON TX 77027
Joseph D Rupp director QUANEX BUILDING PRODUCTS CORPORATION, 1800 W LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1500, HOUSTON TX 77027
Waltz William E Jr. director 16100 SOUTH LATHROP AVENUE, HARVEY IL 60426
Mark A Livingston officer: VP CAO Controller 2105 CITY WEST BLVD., SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77042
Kevin P Delaney officer: SVP-Gen. Counsel & Secretary 1900 WEST LOOP SOUTH SUITE 1500, HOUSTON TX 77027