Quanex Building Products (NX) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $18.88 -0.41 (-2.13%) Closing price 03/3/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$18.89 +0.01 (+0.05%) As of 03/3/2025 04:38 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends Quanex Building Products Short Interest DataQuanex Building Products (NX) has a short interest of 2.34 million shares, representing 5.07% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -4.88% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 4.7, indicating that it would take 4.7 days of the average trading volume of 425,098 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest2,340,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest2,460,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-4.88%Dollar Volume Sold Short$54.07 millionShort Interest Ratio4.7 Days to CoverLast Record DateFebruary 15, 2025Outstanding Shares47,209,000 sharesShort Percent of Float5.07%Today's Trading Volume667,036 sharesAverage Trading Volume425,098 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average157% Short Selling Quanex Building Products? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Quanex Building Products and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartNX Short Interest Over TimeNX Days to Cover Over TimeNX Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Quanex Building Products Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 2/15/20252,340,000 shares $54.07 million -4.9%5.1%4.7 $23.11 1/31/20252,460,000 shares $51.64 million -1.2%N/A5.3 $20.99 1/15/20252,490,000 shares $59.21 million -2.0%N/A5.7 $23.78 12/31/20242,540,000 shares $61.57 million +40.3%N/A5.5 $24.24 12/15/20241,810,000 shares $51.10 million +22.3%N/A3.8 $28.23 11/30/20241,480,000 shares $44.04 million -2.6%N/A3.5 $29.76 11/15/20241,520,000 shares $45.50 million +1.3%N/A3.2 $29.94 10/31/20241,500,000 shares $43.61 million +3.5%N/A2.5 $29.07 10/15/20241,450,000 shares $42.15 million -7.6%N/A2 $29.07 9/30/20241,570,000 shares $43.55 million -26.6%N/A2.3 $27.74 Get the Latest News and Ratings for NX and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Quanex Building Products and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 9/15/20242,140,000 shares $58.89 million +20.2%N/A3.2 $27.52 8/31/20241,780,000 shares $49.18 million -41.1%N/A3 $27.63 8/15/20243,020,000 shares $82.75 million +48.0%9.2%5.9 $27.40 7/31/20242,040,000 shares $68.14 million +14.6%6.2%5.3 $33.40 7/15/20241,780,000 shares $49.89 million +34.9%5.4%7.1 $28.03 6/30/20241,320,000 shares $36.50 million +0.8%4.0%6.1 $27.65 6/15/20241,310,000 shares $37.62 million +21.3%4.0%6.1 $28.72 5/31/20241,080,000 shares $35.62 million +8.5%3.3%5.2 $32.98 5/15/2024995,200 shares $34.50 million +14.5%3.1%5.4 $34.67 4/30/2024869,500 shares $28.88 million +12.4%2.7%4.9 $33.22 4/15/2024773,900 shares $27.43 million +27.3%2.4%4.7 $35.45 3/31/2024607,800 shares $23.36 million -22.2%1.9%4.1 $38.43 3/15/2024781,100 shares $28.08 million +12.1%2.4%5.6 $35.95 2/29/2024696,900 shares $24.09 million -0.5%2.1%4.5 $34.57 2/15/2024700,300 shares $23.79 million +6.5%2.1%4.6 $33.97 1/31/2024657,700 shares $20.56 million -2.2%2.0%4.3 $31.26 1/15/2024672,400 shares $20.64 million +16.0%2.1%4.3 $30.69 12/31/2023579,800 shares $17.72 million -17.9%1.8%3.8 $30.57 12/15/2023706,300 shares $21.82 million +34.2%2.2%4.6 $30.90 11/30/2023526,300 shares $16.19 million -5.4%1.6%4.2 $30.76 11/15/2023556,400 shares $16.83 million +13.4%1.7%4.4 $30.24 10/31/2023490,700 shares $13.18 million -10.3%1.5%4 $26.86 10/15/2023546,900 shares $15.02 million -15.7%1.7%4.5 $27.47 9/30/2023648,500 shares $18.27 million -9.8%2.0%5.5 $28.17 9/15/2023718,600 shares $20.18 million +12.0%2.2%6 $28.08 8/31/2023641,800 shares $17.32 million -4.5%2.0%4.9 $26.98 8/15/2023671,700 shares $18.24 million +0.1%2.1%4.9 $27.15 7/31/2023670,800 shares $18.88 million -12.8%2.1%4.7 $28.14 7/15/2023768,800 shares $20.65 million -4.2%2.4%5 $26.86 6/30/2023802,500 shares $21.55 million -21.3%2.5%5 $26.85URGENT: This Altcoin Opportunity Won’t Wait – Act Now (Ad)Crypto has officially entered the "banana zone" – that wild phase where prices can 1000x in days. 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This is where fortunes are made – often LITERALLY overnight.>> Register for the Workshop Now 6/15/20231,020,000 shares $27.05 million -17.7%3.2%5.6 $26.52 5/31/20231,240,000 shares $26.05 million -4.6%3.8%6.3 $21.01 5/15/20231,300,000 shares $26.51 million -0.8%4.0%6.9 $20.39 4/30/20231,310,000 shares $25.02 million -9.7%4.0%6.9 $19.10 4/15/20231,450,000 shares $29.73 million +12.4%4.5%7.7 $20.50 3/31/20231,290,000 shares $27.77 million -3.0%4.0%7 $21.53 3/15/20231,330,000 shares $26.29 million +0.8%4.1%8.4 $19.77 2/28/20231,320,000 shares $34.25 million +2.3%4.1%9.2 $25.95 2/15/20231,290,000 shares $34.31 million +4.0%4.0%9.5 $26.60 1/31/20231,240,000 shares $32.10 million No Change3.8%9.2 $25.89 1/15/20231,240,000 shares $30.95 million +19.2%3.8%9.1 $24.96 12/30/20221,040,000 shares $24.63 million -9.6%3.2%7.5 $23.68 12/15/20221,150,000 shares $27.62 million No Change3.6%7.8 $24.02 11/30/20221,150,000 shares $27.34 million -7.3%3.5%8.2 $23.77 11/15/20221,240,000 shares $29.44 million -3.1%3.8%8.4 $23.74 10/31/20221,280,000 shares $28.36 million -7.3%3.9%8.8 $22.16 10/15/20221,380,000 shares $27.03 million +0.7%4.3%9.5 $19.59 9/30/20221,370,000 shares $24.88 million +9.6%4.2%9.3 $18.16 9/15/20221,250,000 shares $24.69 million +1.6%3.9%8.3 $19.75 8/31/20221,230,000 shares $27.43 million +1.7%3.8%8.1 $22.30 8/15/20221,210,000 shares $31.06 million -5.5%3.7%7.6 $25.67 7/31/20221,280,000 shares $31.50 million +2.4%3.9%7.8 $24.61 7/15/20221,250,000 shares $28.59 million +3.3%3.8%7.4 $22.87 6/30/20221,210,000 shares $27.53 million +8.0%3.7%6.8 $22.75 6/15/20221,120,000 shares $25.17 million -13.9%3.4%6.2 $22.47 5/31/20221,300,000 shares $26.44 million +1.6%4.0%8.1 $20.34 5/15/20221,280,000 shares $24.79 million +6.7%3.9%8.4 $19.37 4/30/20221,200,000 shares $23.06 million -7.0%3.7%8 $19.22 4/15/20221,290,000 shares $26.41 million -3.0%3.9%8.8 $20.47 3/31/20221,330,000 shares $27.92 million +5.6%4.1%10 $20.99 3/15/20221,260,000 shares $28.89 million -1.6%3.9%8.9 $22.93 2/28/20221,280,000 shares $29.26 million +9.4%3.9%7.9 $22.86 2/15/20221,170,000 shares $26.22 million -4.1%3.6%7.2 $22.41 1/31/20221,220,000 shares $26.58 million +1.7%3.7%6.5 $21.79 1/15/20221,200,000 shares $28.81 million -9.1%3.7%6.4 $24.01 12/31/20211,320,000 shares $32.71 million +2.3%4.0%6.8 $24.78 12/15/20211,290,000 shares $29.04 million +4.0%3.9%6.6 $22.51 11/30/20211,240,000 shares $26.50 million -5.3%3.8%7.1 $21.37 11/15/20211,310,000 shares $29.63 million -12.1%4.0%7.3 $22.62 10/29/20211,490,000 shares $30.87 million +13.7%4.5%8.7 $20.72 10/15/20211,310,000 shares $27.67 million +4.8%4.0%7.8 $21.12 9/30/20211,250,000 shares $26.76 million -1.6%3.8%7.4 $21.41 9/15/20211,270,000 shares $28.45 million -18.6%3.8%7.1 $22.40 8/31/20211,560,000 shares $36.75 million +9.1%4.7%9.2 $23.56 8/13/20211,430,000 shares $35.35 million +5.2%4.3%8.7 $24.72 7/30/20211,360,000 shares $33.78 million +14.3%4.1%8.5 $24.84 7/15/20211,190,000 shares $28.51 million +2.6%3.6%7 $23.96 6/30/20211,160,000 shares $28.81 million +4.5%3.5%6.8 $24.84 6/15/20211,110,000 shares $29.27 million -21.3%3.4%6.3 $26.37 5/28/20211,410,000 shares $37.55 million +7.6%4.3%7 $26.63URGENT: This Altcoin Opportunity Won’t Wait – Act Now (Ad)Crypto has officially entered the "banana zone" – that wild phase where prices can 1000x in days. 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This is where fortunes are made – often LITERALLY overnight.>> Register for the Workshop Now 5/14/20211,310,000 shares $34.74 million -0.8%4.0%5.7 $26.52 4/30/20211,320,000 shares $36.51 million +2.3%4.0%5.7 $27.66 4/15/20211,290,000 shares $35.27 million -5.2%3.9%5.6 $27.34 3/31/20211,360,000 shares $35.84 million +41.8%4.1%5.8 $26.35 3/15/2021959,400 shares $25.94 million -14.3%2.9%4.2 $27.04 2/26/20211,120,000 shares $27.27 million -0.9%3.4%5.7 $24.35 2/12/20211,130,000 shares $27.52 million +7.6%3.5%6.8 $24.35 1/29/20211,050,000 shares $23.42 million +6.7%3.2%6.5 $22.30 1/15/2021984,200 shares $26.01 million +3.3%3.1%6.1 $26.43 12/31/2020952,700 shares $21.35 million +5.9%3.0%6.4 $22.41 12/15/2020899,600 shares $19.61 million -2.1%2.8%6.1 $21.80 11/30/2020918,400 shares $19.30 million -3.1%2.9%5.9 $21.01 11/15/2020947,300 shares $18.93 million -4.5%2.9%5.4 $19.98 10/30/2020991,800 shares $18.08 million -2.8%3.1%5.4 $18.23 10/15/20201,020,000 shares $20.11 million No Change3.2%5.6 $19.72 9/30/20201,020,000 shares $18.81 million +8.2%N/A5.6 $18.44 9/15/2020942,600 shares $16.50 million -4.9%2.9%5.1 $17.50 8/31/2020990,800 shares $16.66 million +6.2%3.1%5.5 $16.81 8/14/2020933,300 shares $15.83 million -9.4%2.9%5.4 $16.96 7/31/20201,030,000 shares $14.47 million -5.5%3.2%5.8 $14.05 7/15/20201,090,000 shares $14.80 million +1.9%3.4%6 $13.58 6/30/20201,070,000 shares $14.63 million +7.1%3.3%5.5 $13.67 6/15/2020999,000 shares $12.88 million -3.0%3.1%4.6 $12.89 5/29/20201,030,000 shares $13.20 million -2.8%3.2%4.1 $12.82 5/15/20201,060,000 shares $10.98 million -6.2%3.3%4 $10.36 4/30/20201,130,000 shares $14.09 million -5.0%3.5%4.3 $12.47 4/15/20201,190,000 shares $12.29 million +28.5%3.7%4.4 $10.33 3/31/2020926,300 shares $9.78 million -5.9%2.9%3 $10.56 3/13/2020984,700 shares $11.83 million -12.1%3.0%3.1 $12.01 NX Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Quanex Building Products' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Quanex Building Products shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of February 15th, investors have sold 2,340,000 shares of NX short. 5.07% of Quanex Building Products' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Quanex Building Products' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Quanex Building Products? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. NX shares currently have a short interest ratio of 5.0. Learn More on Quanex Building Products's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Quanex Building Products? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Quanex Building Products: Citadel Advisors LLC, and Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Quanex Building Products? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 5.07% of Quanex Building Products' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Quanex Building Products' short interest increasing or decreasing? Quanex Building Products saw a decrease in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,340,000 shares, a decrease of 4.9% from the previous total of 2,460,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. How does Quanex Building Products' short interest compare to its competitors? 5.07% of Quanex Building Products' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Quanex Building Products: Griffon Co. (5.55%), Patrick Industries, Inc. (8.96%), Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (0.92%), Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (2.52%), American Woodmark Co. (3.58%), Lennox International Inc. (4.93%), Builders FirstSource, Inc. (3.10%), Masco Co. (2.39%), Owens Corning (1.15%), A. O. Smith Co. (4.37%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($25.81 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.38 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($7.74 billion), AppLovin Co. ($6.32 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($5.97 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.89 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($3.94 billion), Schlumberger Limited ($3.19 billion), and Reddit, Inc. ($3.01 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Quanex Building Products stock? Short selling NX is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Quanex Building Products as its price is falling. NX shares are trading down $0.41 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Quanex Building Products? A short squeeze for Quanex Building Products occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of NX, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Quanex Building Products' short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including NX, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 15 2025. 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