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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-25-007891"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NX"
cik: "0001423221"
company_name: "Quanex Building Products CORP"
filed_at: "2025-12-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:29:18.273652+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quanex reports Q4 GAAP EPS $0.43; adjusted EPS $0.83; FY net loss $250.8M on goodwill impairment

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $489.8M (-0.5% YoY); FY net sales $1.84B (+43.8% on Tyman acquisition).
- Q4 GAAP net income $19.6M vs loss $13.9M; FY GAAP net loss $250.8M on $284M goodwill impairment.
- Adjusted diluted EPS Q4 $0.83 vs $0.82; FY $2.30 vs $2.66; adjusted EBITDA $242.9M.
- Repaid $75M debt in FY2025; leverage ratio 2.6x; liquidity $372.4M; repurchased $32.4M stock.
- Outlook: FY2026 could be flat revenue/EBITDA; formal guidance deferred to Q1 call; Mexico plant stabilization H1 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-25-007891
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NX
- cik: 0001423221
- company_name: Quanex Building Products CORP
- filed_at: 2025-12-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423221/000117184325007891/0001171843-25-007891-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423221/000117184325007891/f8k_121125.htm

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