Quanex Building Products (NYSE:NX – Get Free Report) and Rockwool A/S (OTCMKTS:RKWBF – Get Free Report) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
Profitability
This table compares Quanex Building Products and Rockwool A/S’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Quanex Building Products | -13.85% | 11.11% | 4.07% |
| Rockwool A/S | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Quanex Building Products and Rockwool A/S, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Quanex Building Products | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Rockwool A/S | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Dividends
Quanex Building Products pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Rockwool A/S pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Quanex Building Products pays out -5.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rockwool A/S pays out 17.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
97.5% of Quanex Building Products shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.4% of Rockwool A/S shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Quanex Building Products shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Quanex Building Products and Rockwool A/S”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Quanex Building Products | $1.84 billion | 0.51 | -$250.81 million | ($5.63) | -3.61 |
| Rockwool A/S | N/A | N/A | N/A | $5.65 | 5.21 |
Rockwool A/S has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quanex Building Products. Quanex Building Products is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rockwool A/S, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Quanex Building Products beats Rockwool A/S on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Quanex Building Products
Quanex Building Products Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides components for the fenestration industry in the United States, rest of Europe, Canada, Asia, the United Kingdom, 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. In addition, the company provides various non-fenestration components and products, including solar panel sealants, trim moldings, vinyl decking, fencing, water retention barriers, and conservatory roof components. It sells its products to OEMs in the building products industry through sales representatives, direct sales force, distributors, and independent sales agents. Quanex Building Products Corporation was founded in 1927 and is based in Houston, Texas.
About Rockwool A/S
Rockwool A/S produces and sells stone wool insulation products in Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Insulation and Systems segments. It offers fire-safe stone wool insulation under the ROCKWOOL brand name; acoustic solutions for ceilings and walls under the Rockfon brand name; board materials that are applied in ventilated constructions for facade cladding, soffits, roof detailing, and fascia under the Rockpanel brand name; and rootzone management solutions for controlled environment agriculture under the Grodan brand name. The company also provides stone wool-based products used in the areas of rainwater management and prefab building systems, railway vibration control, automotive, and industrial OEM applications under the ROCKWOOL, Rockdelta, and Lapinus brand names. Rockwool A/S was founded in 1909 and is based in Hedehusene, Denmark.
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