A highly volatile stock can deliver big gains - or just as easily wipe out a portfolio if things go south.
While some investors embrace risk, mistakes can be costly for those who aren’t prepared.
Quanex delivered flat year-over-year sales in Q3, but its results exceeded Wall Street expectations for both revenue and non-GAAP earnings, prompting a significant positive reaction from the market. Management attributed the performance to disciplined operational initiatives, including the resegmentation of its business lines and the accelerated realization of cost synergies from the Tyman acquisition. CEO George Wilson noted, “We established new commercial and operational excellence teams to drive improved performance,” and highlighted ongoing efforts to optimize working capital and enhance free cash flow. Despite persistent demand headwinds, Quanex’s focus on efficiency and process improvements helped support profitability and bolster investor confidence.
As the craze of earnings season draws to a close, here’s a look back at some of the most exciting (and some less so) results from Q3. Today, we are looking at home construction materials stocks, starting with Hayward (NYSE:HAYW).
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.
Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q3 behind us, let’s have a look at American Woodmark (NASDAQ:AMWD) and its peers.
Shares of building products company Quanex (NYSE:NX)
fell 4.7% in the afternoon session after a Benchmark analyst lowered the company's price target from $30.00 to $28.00. Analyst Reuben Garner announced the revision, which represented a 6.67% decrease in the target price, although the firm kept its 'Buy' rating on the stock.
Shares of building products company Quanex (NYSE:NX)
jumped 8.4% in the afternoon session after it reported strong third-quarter results that significantly beat analyst expectations for both earnings and revenue.
As the US market prepares to open on Friday, let's get an early glimpse into the pre-market session and identify the stocks leading the pack in terms of gains and losses.
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.
Investors looking for hidden gems should keep an eye on small-cap stocks because they’re frequently overlooked by Wall Street.
Many opportunities exist in this part of the market, but it is also a high-risk, high-reward environment due to the lack of reliable analyst price targets.
Rock-bottom prices don't always mean rock-bottom businesses.
The stocks we're examining today have all touched their 52-week lows, creating a classic investor's dilemma: bargain opportunity or value trap?
Over the last six months, Quanex’s shares have sunk to $13.64, producing a disappointing 18.6% loss - a stark contrast to the S&P 500’s 21.3% gain. This was partly driven by its softer quarterly results and might have investors contemplating their next move.
Even if they go mostly unnoticed, industrial businesses are the backbone of our country. Their momentum is also rising as lower interest rates have incentivized higher capital spending.
As a result, the industry has posted a 36% gain over the past six months, beating the S&P 500 by 13.2 percentage points.
A highly volatile stock can deliver big gains - or just as easily wipe out a portfolio if things go south.
While some investors embrace risk, mistakes can be costly for those who aren’t prepared.
A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after the U.S. threatened to impose "massive increases" to tariffs on China in response to new export controls from Beijing.
A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-point, while signaling one rate cut in 2026 which was lower than expected.
Unprofitable companies can burn through cash quickly, leaving investors exposed if they fail to turn things around.
Without a clear path to profitability, these businesses risk running out of capital or relying on dilutive fundraising.
Looking back on home construction materials stocks’ Q2 earnings, we examine this quarter’s best and worst performers, including Quanex (NYSE:NX) and its peers.
