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NX (Quanex Building Products) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 7.47 (As of May. 31, 2025)


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What is Quanex Building Products Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-05-31), Quanex Building Products's current share price is $16.73. Quanex Building Products's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was $2.24. Quanex Building Products's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 7.47.

The historical rank and industry rank for Quanex Building Products's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

NX' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 7.22   Med: 16.16   Max: 28.38
Current: 7.47

During the past years, Quanex Building Products's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 28.38. The lowest was 7.22. And the median was 16.16.

NX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked better than
77.28% of 603 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 17.37 vs NX: 7.47

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Quanex Building Products's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was $-0.513. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $2.24 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2025.

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Quanex Building Products Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Quanex Building Products's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* 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.

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Quanex Building Products Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Quanex Building Products Annual Data
Trend Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.53 16.66 13.92 13.69 13.06

Quanex Building Products Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.50 15.35 14.80 13.06 9.38

Competitive Comparison of Quanex Building Products's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Building Products & Equipment subindustry, Quanex Building Products's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Quanex Building Products's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Quanex Building Products's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Quanex Building Products Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Quanex Building Products's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=16.73/2.24
=7.47

* 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's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Quanex Building Products's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Jan. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2025)
=-0.513/134.0288*134.0288
=-0.513

Current CPI (Jan. 2025) = 134.0288.

Quanex Building Products Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201504 0.088 99.824 0.118
201507 0.460 100.691 0.612
201510 0.922 100.346 1.231
201601 -0.233 99.957 -0.312
201604 0.437 100.947 0.580
201607 0.470 101.524 0.620
201610 0.795 101.988 1.045
201701 -0.149 102.456 -0.195
201704 0.122 103.167 0.158
201707 0.578 103.278 0.750
201710 0.738 104.070 0.950
201801 0.011 104.578 0.014
201804 0.171 105.708 0.217
201807 0.597 106.324 0.753
201810 1.462 106.695 1.837
201901 -0.801 106.200 -1.011
201904 0.414 107.818 0.515
201907 0.782 108.250 0.968
201910 1.777 108.577 2.194
202001 -0.392 108.841 -0.483
202004 -0.027 108.173 -0.033
202007 1.244 109.318 1.525
202010 1.471 109.861 1.795
202101 -0.260 110.364 -0.316
202104 0.827 112.673 0.984
202107 0.365 115.183 0.425
202110 0.693 116.696 0.796
202201 -0.872 118.619 -0.985
202204 0.401 121.978 0.441
202207 1.388 125.002 1.488
202210 1.043 125.734 1.112
202301 -0.134 126.223 -0.142
202304 0.843 127.992 0.883
202307 1.723 128.974 1.791
202310 0.895 129.810 0.924
202401 -0.173 130.124 -0.178
202404 0.770 132.289 0.780
202407 1.212 132.708 1.224
202410 -0.173 133.182 -0.174
202501 -0.513 134.029 -0.513

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Quanex Building Products  (NYSE:NX) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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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 four operating segments are North American Fenestration being the key revenue driver, European Fenestration, North American Cabinet Components, and Tyman. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United States.
Executives
George Laverne Wilson officer: Chief Operating Officer 1800 WEST LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1500, HOUSTON TX 77027
Scott M. Zuehlke officer: VP, IR & Treasurer 1800 W LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1500, HOUSTON TX 77027
Paul Cornett officer: SVP General Counsel, Secretary 1800 W LOOP SOUTH, SUITE 1500, HOUSTON TX 77027
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
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
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
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
Kevin P Delaney officer: SVP-Gen. Counsel & Secretary 1900 WEST LOOP SOUTH SUITE 1500, HOUSTON TX 77027
Mark A Livingston officer: VP CAO Controller 2105 CITY WEST BLVD., SUITE 500, HOUSTON TX 77042