---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-23-007578"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NX"
cik: "0001423221"
company_name: "Quanex Building Products CORP"
filed_at: "2023-12-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T12:41:23.948284+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quanex reports fiscal Q4 adjusted EPS $0.95 vs $0.75 YoY; revenue down 3.9% to $295.5M

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $295.5M (-3.9% YoY); full-year net sales $1.13B (-7.4% YoY).
- Q4 adjusted EBITDA $50.8M (17.2% margin vs 12.6% a year ago); margin expanded in all segments.
- Repaid $40M in bank debt during Q4; leverage ratio dropped to 0.1x net debt / EBITDA.
- Full-year free cash flow $109.7M (record); cash provided by operations $147.1M.
- Management declines to provide FY2024 guidance, citing macroeconomic uncertainty; to revisit after Q1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-23-007578
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NX
- cik: 0001423221
- company_name: Quanex Building Products CORP
- filed_at: 2023-12-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423221/000117184323007578/0001171843-23-007578-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423221/000117184323007578/f8k_121423.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Quanex Building Products CORP reported the three months and twelve months ended October 31, 2023 results: revenue $295.5 million, net income $27.4 million, EPS $0.83.
  - Period: the three months and twelve months ended October 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $295.5 million
  - Net income: $27.4 million
  - EPS: $0.83
  - Result: reported results
  source text: and Disclaimers section and Free Cash Flow reconciliation table for additional information) Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2023 Results Summary Quanex reported net sales of $295.5 million during the three months ended October 31, 2023, which represents a decrease of 3.9% compared to $307.5 million for the same period of 2022. The Company reported net sales of
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423221/000117184323007578/0001171843-23-007578-index.htm

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