secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Quanex Building Products CORP (NX)
CIK:        0001423221
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-26-001364
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Quanex Q1 net loss narrows to $4.1M; FY2026 EBITDA guidance $240-245M
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- Net sales $409.1M (+2.3% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS ($0.01) vs $0.19 prior year.
- Adjusted EBITDA $27.4M (6.7% margin) vs $38.5M (9.6%) on lower volumes and higher costs.
- FY2026 guidance: Net sales $1.84-1.87B; Adjusted EBITDA $240-245M; expects improved H2.
- Leverage ratio 2.8x; liquidity $331.6M; $62.3M cash; $717.5M total debt.
- CEO cites macroeconomic headwinds but remains optimistic on pent-up demand.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423221/000117184326001364/0001171843-26-001364-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1423221/000117184326001364/f8k_030526.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-26-001364

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