NX - Quanex Building Products Corporation
Quanex Building Products Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides components for the fenestration industry in the United States, Europe, Canada, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North American Fenestration, European Fenestration, and North American Cabinet Components. It offers flexible insulating glass spacers, extruded vinyl profiles, window and door screens, and precision-formed metal and wood products, as well as cabinet doors and other components for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the kitchen and bathroom cabinet industry.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $16.86, ATM IV 77.3%, max pain $10.00, net GEX -$4.5K.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Construction
- Market Cap
- $881.6M
- Beta
- 0.96
- 52-Week Range
- 11.04-22.98
- Dividend Yield
- $0.32
- CEO
- George L. Wilson
- Employees
- 7,068
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- Exchange
- NYSE
What NX Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 40.8% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; negative net gamma exposure (-$4.5K) means dealers hedge with trend, amplifying realized volatility and accelerating directional moves; the 25-delta skew (-0.022) prices puts richer than calls, the typical equity downside-protection skew.
What This Page Covers
The NX overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked NX overview questions
- What is NX?
- NX is the ticker symbol for Quanex Building Products Corporation, a listed security. Quanex Building Products Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides components for the fenestration industry in the United States, Europe, Canada, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North American Fenestration, European Fenestration, and North American Cabinet Components. Listed on NYSE. NX is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the NX options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the NX options snapshot shows spot at $16.86, ATM IV 77.3%, IV rank 40.8%, max pain $10.00, net GEX -$4.5K, expected move 22.16%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are NX's key statistics?
- Quanex Building Products Corporation (NX) carries a market capitalization of $881.6M, beta of 0.96 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 11.04-22.98. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does NX belong to?
- Quanex Building Products Corporation operates in the Industrials sector, in the Construction industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare NX's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the NX data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).