Both in Materials Manufacturing
Quanex Building Products vs NWPX Infrastructure
Over the past year NX returned +71.2% and NWPX returned +44.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.38.
NX +71.2% NWPX +44.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
| Metric | NX | NWPX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $22.58 | $91.93 |
| Market cap | $1.03B | $885.3M |
| Today | +7.32% | −4.42% |
| 1 month | +19.8% | −12.8% |
| 6 months | +12.2% | −17.3% |
| Year to date | +46.8% | +47.1% |
| 1 year | +60.9% | +43.9% |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +1.3% | +18.8% |
| Gross margin | 28.2% | 21.3% |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 10.2% |
| P/E (TTM) | 22.8× | 16.6× |
| Price / sales | 0.6× | 1.5× |
| Net cash | -$601.3M | -$21.7M |
| Dividend yield | 1.42% | — |
| Volatility (60d) | 59.0% | 26.0% |
| Short % of float | 6.4% | 7.8% |
| Next earnings | — | — |
Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).