Quanex Building Products (NX)
Return on total capital
| 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 | ||
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| Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) (ttm) | US$ in thousands | -186,781 | -232,137 | 70,759 | 50,638 | 65,346 | 95,905 | 100,854 | 109,520 | 105,182 | 100,499 | 97,067 | 102,763 | 112,322 | 110,818 | 98,135 | 84,777 | 82,624 | 83,415 | 78,008 | 65,556 |
| Long-term debt | US$ in thousands | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total stockholders’ equity | US$ in thousands | 726,179 | 717,391 | 1,001,660 | 972,116 | 1,010,750 | 594,136 | 566,122 | 555,029 | 545,554 | 525,955 | 492,727 | 475,688 | 464,835 | 450,137 | 436,174 | 424,499 | 419,782 | 405,389 | 395,097 | 377,708 |
| Return on total capital | -25.72% | -32.36% | 7.06% | 5.21% | 6.47% | 16.14% | 17.81% | 19.73% | 19.28% | 19.11% | 19.70% | 21.60% | 24.16% | 24.62% | 22.50% | 19.97% | 19.68% | 20.58% | 19.74% | 17.36% |
October 31, 2025 calculation
Return on total capital = EBIT (ttm) ÷ (Long-term debt + Total stockholders’ equity)
= $-186,781K ÷ ($—K + $726,179K)
= -25.72%
Peer comparison
Oct 31, 2025
Company name
Symbol
Return on total capital
Quanex Building Products
NX
-25.72%
Griffon Corporation
GFF
304.15%
Johnson Controls International PLC
JCI
15.23%