Quanex Building Products (NX) Competitors

Quanex Building Products (NYSE:NX) and Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ:ROCK) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, NX or ROCK?

Quanex Building Products has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gibraltar Industries has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate NX or ROCK?

Quanex Building Products presently has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential upside of 93.82%. Given Quanex Building Products' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Quanex Building Products is more favorable than Gibraltar Industries.

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
Gibraltar Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer NX or ROCK?

In the previous week, Gibraltar Industries had 18 more articles in the media than Quanex Building Products. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Gibraltar Industries and 1 mentions for Quanex Building Products. Quanex Building Products' average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Gibraltar Industries' score of -0.03 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
Gibraltar Industries	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NX or ROCK?

Gibraltar Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Quanex Building Products. Gibraltar Industries 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	0.71	$33.06M	$0.59	33.23
Gibraltar Industries	$1.31B	1.31	$137.34M	$4.17	13.94

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in NX or ROCK?

97.5% of Quanex Building Products shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Gibraltar Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Quanex Building Products shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Gibraltar Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is NX or ROCK more profitable?

Gibraltar Industries has a net margin of 10.08% compared to Quanex Building Products' net margin of 1.05%. Gibraltar Industries' return on equity of 12.91% beat Quanex Building Products' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Quanex Building Products	1.05%	10.02%	4.64%
Gibraltar Industries	10.08%	12.91%	9.18%

Summary

Gibraltar Industries beats Quanex Building Products on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.