Both in Materials Manufacturing
Quanex Building Products vs National Presto Industries
Over the past year NX returned +50.0% and NPK returned +38.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.25.
NX +50.0% NPK +38.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
| Metric | NX | NPK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $21.04 | $151.69 |
| Market cap | $964.2M | $1.08B |
| Today | −3.26% | +0.54% |
| 1 month | +11.3% | −0.1% |
| 6 months | +7.4% | +7.9% |
| Year to date | +36.8% | +42.1% |
| 1 year | +48.1% | +41.8% |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +1.3% | +21.7% |
| Gross margin | 28.2% | 19.5% |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 10.8% |
| P/E (TTM) | 21.3× | 25.3× |
| Price / sales | 0.5× | 2.0× |
| Net cash | -$601.3M | $16.3M |
| Dividend yield | 1.52% | 0.66% |
| Volatility (60d) | 57.7% | 26.0% |
| Short % of float | 6.4% | 3.4% |
| Next earnings | — | — |
Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).