Quanex Building Products (NX)
Cash ratio
| Oct 31, 2025 | Jul 31, 2025 | Apr 30, 2025 | Jan 31, 2025 | Oct 31, 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | Jan 31, 2024 | Oct 31, 2023 | Jul 31, 2023 | Apr 30, 2023 | Jan 31, 2023 | Oct 31, 2022 | Jul 31, 2022 | Apr 30, 2022 | Jan 31, 2022 | Oct 31, 2021 | Jul 31, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | Jan 31, 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | US$ in thousands | 76,018 | 66,272 | 62,626 | 49,982 | 97,744 | 93,966 | 56,149 | 44,422 | 58,474 | 73,252 | 43,496 | 43,055 | 55,093 | 50,030 | 38,900 | 31,719 | 40,061 | 43,663 | 49,258 | 43,426 |
| Short-term investments | US$ in thousands | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total current liabilities | US$ in thousands | 281,545 | 264,693 | 244,365 | 228,778 | 272,867 | 127,869 | 118,531 | 111,454 | 134,663 | 135,367 | 118,648 | 119,990 | 139,843 | 158,731 | 146,588 | 131,628 | 158,001 | 142,354 | 135,722 | 112,213 |
| Cash ratio | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.22 | 0.36 | 0.73 | 0.47 | 0.40 | 0.43 | 0.54 | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.39 | 0.32 | 0.27 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.31 | 0.36 | 0.39 |
October 31, 2025 calculation
Cash ratio = (Cash and cash equivalents + Short-term investments) ÷ Total current liabilities
= ($76,018K
+ $—K)
÷ $281,545K
= 0.27
Peer comparison
Oct 31, 2025
Company name
Symbol
Cash ratio
Quanex Building Products
NX
0.27
Griffon Corporation
GFF
0.30
Johnson Controls International PLC
JCI
0.03