Belden vs Quanex Building Products
BDC and NX side by side, both in rolling, drawing, and extruding of nonferrous. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BDC and NX compare
Belden is the larger company, worth 4.2 times as much as Quanex Building Products ($4.1B against $962M).
On earnings, Quanex Building Products is cheaper: it trades at 21.2× trailing earnings, against 23.4× for Belden.
Belden grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (17.7% versus 1.3% for Quanex Building Products).
Belden keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 5.6% compared with 2.4% at Quanex Building Products.
Both pay dividends: Belden yields 0.19% and Quanex Building Products 1.5%.
Quanex Building Products scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 7 for Belden), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BDC | NX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $4.1B | $962M |
| Share price | $104.17 | $20.99 |
| Change, 1 year | −12.4% | 59.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 55.3% | −9.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.10 | 1.11 |
| Employees | 7,000 | 7,071 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 7 | 12 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 1 | 1 |
| Health score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 23.4× | 21.2× (better) |
| P/S | 1.3× | 0.5× (better) |
| P/B | 2.9× | 1.3× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.6× | 7.5× (better) |
| P/FCF | 17.8× | 10.6× (better) |
| PEG | 21.37 | – |
| FCF yield | 5.6% | 9.4% (better) |
| Fair value | $77.58 | $21.94 |
| Margin of safety | −34.3% | 4.3% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 17.7% (better) | 1.3% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 9.2% | 16.6% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −22.8% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −21.0% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 36.8% (better) | 26.6% |
| Operating margin | 9.0% (better) | 6.0% |
| Net margin | 5.6% (better) | 2.4% |
| FCF margin | 7.3% (better) | 4.9% |
| Return on equity | 13.4% (better) | 6.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 8.1% (better) | 6.5% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 2.19 | 0.89 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.77 | 2.87 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 2.2× |
| Current ratio | 1.82 | 2.23 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.73 | 1.93 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 3 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.19% | 1.5% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 4.4% | 32.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Buyback yield | −0.33% | 0.50% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | −0.14% | 2.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 107% | 102% |
| Held by insiders | 1.6% | 10.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$2.9M (better) | −$3.4M |
| Short interest, % of float | 9.5% | 7.1% |
Go deeper
- BDC stock overview
- BDC income statement
- BDC valuation and score
- NX stock overview
- NX income statement
- NX valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.