Quanex Building Products Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results

Net Sales Growth of ~44% Year-Over-Year 
$75 Million of Debt Repaid in Fiscal 2025
Cash Provided by Operating Activities Increased ~86% Year-Over-Year
Healthy Balance Sheet and Strong Liquidity
Integration of Transformative Acquisition Substantially Complete and Thesis Remains Intact

HOUSTON, Dec. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quanex Building Products Corporation (NYSE:NX) (“Quanex” or the “Company”) today announced its results for the three months and twelve months ended October 31, 2025.

The Company reported the following selected financial results:

(See Non-GAAP Terminology Definitions and Disclaimers section, Non-GAAP Financial Measure Disclosure table, Selected Segment Data table and reconciliation tables for additional information)

George Wilson, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Our fiscal 2025 can be summarized by the successful integration of Tyman and the re-segmentation of our operating and reporting structure to align with our long-term strategic objectives, all while navigating a challenging macroeconomic environment. We believe the new segmentation represents a critical step in advancing our long-term Profitable Growth strategy and provides a solid framework to drive future revenue and margin expansion, which is consistent with the original thesis for the Tyman acquisition. Inflationary pressures, political instability, high interest rates, tariff uncertainty, housing affordability issues, and geopolitical tensions collectively weakened consumer confidence around the world, causing our end markets to decline meaningfully as compared to 2024. Despite these headwinds, we performed well and achieved another record year of safety performance, with both recordable incident and severity rates reaching historic lows.

“We continue to be encouraged by the overall resilience of the business in the current environment, demonstrated by our strong cash flow, which enabled us to repay a total of $75 million in bank debt in 2025. Our balance sheet remains healthy, and our liquidity improved further during the fourth quarter of 2025. While the integration of the Tyman business is substantially complete, we still believe there is a path to realizing approximately $45 million in cost synergies over time, above our initial projection of $30 million, which has been fully realized. In addition, we have made significant progress towards resolving the isolated operational issue at one of our window and door hardware plants in Mexico and we anticipate that the plant will be fully stabilized in the first half of fiscal 2026. Looking ahead, we continue to be optimistic about our prospects for profitable growth and value creation.”

Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2025 Results Summary

Quanex reported net sales of $489.8 million during the three months ended October 31, 2025, which represents a decrease of 0.5% compared to $492.2 million for the same period of 2024, mainly due to lower volume. The Company reported net sales of $1.84 billion during the twelve months ended October 31, 2025, which represents an increase of 43.8% compared to $1.28 billion for the same period of 2024. The increase for the full year was driven by the contribution from the Tyman acquisition that closed on August 1, 2024. In its Hardware Solutions segment, Quanex reported an increase of 1.4% in net sales for the fourth quarter of 2025, mostly due to foreign exchange and tariff pass-throughs, and an increase of 96.7% in net sales for the full year. In its Extruded Solutions segment, Quanex reported a decrease of 6.4% in net sales for the fourth quarter of 2025, driven by lower volumes, and an increase of 15.5% in net sales for the full year. For its Custom Solutions segment, the Company reported an increase of 2.1% in net sales for the fourth quarter of 2025, largely due to improved pricing, and an increase of 25.5% in net sales for the full year. (See Sales Analysis table for additional information)

On a consolidated basis, the decrease in adjusted earnings for the fourth quarter of 2025 was mainly due to lower volumes related to ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty coupled with low consumer confidence and operational challenges related to Quanex’s window and door hardware plant in Monterrey, Mexico.   The increase in adjusted earnings for the full year 2025, was primary attributable to the contribution from the Tyman acquisition combined with the realization of related cost synergies.

Balance Sheet & Liquidity Update

As of October 31, 2025, the Company had total debt of $703.9 million and Quanex’s leverage ratio of Net Debt to LTM Adjusted EBITDA was unchanged at 2.6x, compared to the prior quarter. As of October 31, 2025, Quanex reported a LTM Net Loss of $250.8 million, mainly due to the non-cash goodwill impairment reported in the third quarter, and LTM Adjusted EBITDA of $242.9 million (See Non-GAAP Terminology Definitions and Disclaimers section, Net Debt Reconciliation table and Last Twelve Months Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation table for additional information)

The Company’s liquidity increased to $372.4 million as of October 31, 2025, consisting of $76.0 million in cash on hand plus availability under its Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility due 2029, less letters of credit outstanding.

Share Repurchases

Quanex’s Board authorized a $75 million share repurchase program in December of 2021. Repurchases under this program will be made in open market transactions or privately negotiated transactions, subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements, and other relevant factors. The Company repurchased 199,712 shares of common stock for approximately $3.1 million at an average price of $15.58 per share during the three months ended October 31, 2025. Quanex repurchased 1,709,119 shares of common stock for approximately $32.4 million at an average price of $18.93 per share during the twelve months ended October 31, 2025. As of October 31, 2025, approximately $30.5 million remained under the existing share repurchase authorization.

Outlook

Mr. Wilson stated, “Our long-term view continues to be favorable as the underlying fundamentals for the residential housing market remain positive. We enter fiscal 2026 with a cautious outlook due to the ongoing macroeconomic challenges, but we are optimistic that demand for our products will improve as consumer confidence is restored over time. Our current view is that fiscal 2026 could be flat compared to fiscal 2025 from a revenue and EBITDA perspective, with puts and takes, but the first half of 2026 may be more challenged than the first half of 2025, which would imply a somewhat improved second half year-over-year.   Having said that, and consistent with the last few years, based on current macro indicators, recent conversations with our customers, limited transparency, and varying opinions on the macroeconomic outlook for 2026, we are again taking a measured approach to guidance. We believe it would be premature to give official guidance at this time and intend to re-visit guidance for 2026 when we report earnings for the first quarter. As macroeconomic uncertainty subsides and consumer confidence improves, we believe our team is well positioned to capitalize on pent-up demand. In the meantime, we will stay focused on the things that we can control, with an emphasis on generating cash to continue paying down debt and opportunistically repurchasing our stock.”

Conference Call and Webcast Information

The Company has also scheduled a conference call for Friday, December 12, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. ET (10:00 a.m. CT) to discuss the release. A link to the live audio webcast will be available on Quanex’s website at http://www.quanex.com in the Investors section under Presentations & Events.

Participants can pre-register for the conference call using the following link: https://register-conf.media-server.com/register/BI74e5fd99c2e14c3896a48692a347cd12

Registered participants will receive an email containing conference call details for dial-in options. To avoid delays, it is recommended that participants dial into the conference call ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. A replay will be available for a limited time on the Company’s website at http://www.quanex.com in the Investors section under Presentations & Events.

About Quanex

Quanex is a global manufacturer with core capabilities and broad applications across various end markets. The Company currently collaborates and partners with leading OEMs to provide innovative solutions in the window, door, solar, refrigeration, custom mixing, building access and cabinetry markets.  Looking ahead, Quanex plans to leverage its material science expertise and process engineering to expand into adjacent markets.

Non-GAAP Terminology Definitions and Disclaimers

Adjusted Net Income (defined as net income further adjusted to exclude amortization of step-up for purchase price adjustments on inventory, asset impairment charges, transaction, advisory fees and reorganization costs, restructuring charges related to severance and disposal of software, amortization expense related to intangible assets, pension settlement refund and other net adjustments related to foreign currency transaction gain/loss and effective tax rates reflecting impacts of adjustments on a with and without basis) and Adjusted EPS are non-GAAP financial measures that Quanex believes provide a consistent basis for comparison between periods and more accurately reflects operational performance, as they are not influenced by certain income or expense items not affecting ongoing operations. EBITDA (defined as net income or loss before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and other, net), Adjusted EBITDA and LTM Adjusted EBITDA (defined as EBITDA further adjusted to exclude purchase price accounting inventory step-ups, transaction costs, certain severance charges, gain/loss on the sale of certain fixed assets, restructuring charges and asset impairment charges) are non-GAAP financial measures that the Company uses to measure operational performance and assist with financial decision-making.  Net Debt is defined as total debt (outstanding balance on the revolving credit facility plus financial lease obligations) less cash and cash equivalents. The leverage ratio of Net Debt to LTM Adjusted EBITDA is a financial measure that the Company believes is useful to investors and financial analysts in evaluating Quanex’s leverage. In addition, with certain limited adjustments, this leverage ratio is the basis for a key covenant in the Company’s credit agreement.

Free Cash Flow is a non-GAAP measure calculated using cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures. Quanex uses the Free Cash Flow metric to measure operational and cash management performance and assist with financial decision-making.   Free Cash Flow is measured before application of certain contractual commitments (including capital lease obligations), and accordingly is not a true measure of the Company’s residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures. Quanex believes Free Cash Flow is useful to investors in understanding and evaluating the Company’s financial and cash management performance.

Quanex believes that the presented non-GAAP measures provide a consistent basis for comparison between periods and will assist investors in understanding the Company’s financial performance when comparing results to other investment opportunities.  The presented non-GAAP measures may not be the same as those used by other companies. Quanex does not intend for this information to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for other measures prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.   Statements that use the words “estimated,” “expect,” “could,” “should,” “believe,” “will,” “might,” or similar words reflecting future expectations or beliefs are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: the Company’s ability to resolve an isolated operational issue at its window and door hardware plant located in Monterrey, Mexico, timing estimates or any other expectations related to the acquisition of Tyman, Quanex’s future operating results, future financial condition, future uses of cash and other expenditures, expenses and tax rates, expectations relating to the Company’s industry, and Quanex’s future growth, including any guidance discussed in this press release. The statements and guidance set forth in this release are based on current expectations. Actual results or events may differ materially from this release. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. For a complete discussion of factors that may affect the Company’s future performance, please refer to Quanex’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024, and the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q under the sections entitled “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors”. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date hereof, and Quanex undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, to reflect new information, developments or events.

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