Building products company Quanex (NYSE:NX) reported revenue ahead of Wall Streets expectations in Q3 CY2025, but sales were flat year on year at $489.8 million. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.83 per share was 61.2% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
Shares of building products company Quanex (NYSE:NX)
jumped 3.3% in the morning session after investor anticipation built ahead of the company's fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings results. The building products company was scheduled to release its financial report after the market closed. Analysts had projected that Quanex's revenue would decline by 4.6% year-on-year to approximately $469.3 million. Meanwhile, expectations for adjusted earnings were set around $0.51 to $0.52 per share. The upward movement in the stock price suggested that investors were positioning themselves with a hopeful outlook before the official numbers became public.
Shares of building products company Quanex (NYSE:NX)
jumped 3.8% in the afternoon session after positive technical signals and investor optimism about future earnings growth outweighed mixed historical data.
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Shares of building products company Quanex (NYSE:NX)
fell 10.3% in the afternoon session after it continued a slide from the previous session as the company reported second-quarter results that included a significant miss on profit and a full-year revenue forecast that fell short of Wall Street's expectations. The drop extends a 13.4% decline from Friday, when the building products company announced its quarterly results. Although revenue surpassed expectations, its non-GAAP profit of $0.69 per share came in 18.1% below analysts' consensus estimates.
Building products company Quanex (NYSE:NX) reported Q2 CY2025 results exceeding the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 76.7% year on year to $495.3 million. On the other hand, the company’s full-year revenue guidance of $1.82 billion at the midpoint came in 1.6% below analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.69 per share was 18.1% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
Shares of building products company Quanex (NYSE:NX)
fell 13.4% in the morning session after the company reported second-quarter results that included a significant miss on profit and a full-year revenue forecast that fell short of Wall Street's expectations.
