Quanex Building Products (NX) Competitors

Quanex Building Products (NYSE:NX) and Griffon (NYSE:GFF) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NX or GFF?

Quanex Building Products received 74 more outperform votes than Griffon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.58% of users gave Griffon an outperform vote while only 65.56% of users gave Quanex Building Products an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Quanex Building Products	Outperform Votes 337 65.56%	Underperform Votes 177 34.44%
Griffon	Outperform Votes 263 66.58%	Underperform Votes 132 33.42%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, NX or GFF?

Griffon has higher revenue and earnings than Quanex Building Products. Griffon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quanex Building Products, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Quanex Building Products	$1.28B	0.75	$33.06M	$1.12	18.16
Griffon	$2.61B	1.32	$209.90M	$4.90	14.82

Do analysts recommend NX or GFF?

Quanex Building Products currently has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 86.83%. Griffon has a consensus target price of $98.75, suggesting a potential upside of 35.97%. Given Quanex Building Products' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Quanex Building Products is more favorable than Griffon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Quanex Building Products	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Griffon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Does the media favor NX or GFF?

In the previous week, Griffon had 7 more articles in the media than Quanex Building Products. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Griffon and 1 mentions for Quanex Building Products. Quanex Building Products' average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Griffon's score of 1.01 indicating that Quanex Building Products is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Quanex Building Products	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Griffon	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in NX or GFF?

97.5% of Quanex Building Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.2% of Griffon shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Quanex Building Products shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.2% of Griffon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is NX or GFF more profitable?

Griffon has a net margin of 9.13% compared to Quanex Building Products' net margin of 2.59%. Griffon's return on equity of 120.61% beat Quanex Building Products' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quanex Building Products	2.59%	11.79%	6.64%
Griffon	9.13%	120.61%	11.15%

Which has more volatility and risk, NX or GFF?

Quanex Building Products has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Griffon has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NX or GFF a better dividend stock?

Quanex Building Products pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Griffon pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Quanex Building Products pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Griffon pays out 14.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Griffon beats Quanex Building Products on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.