Quanex Building Products Corp’s recent filing unveils that its President & CEO Wilson George Laverne acquired Company’s shares for reported $99674.0 on Dec 19 ’24. In the deal valued at $23.03 per share,4,328 shares were bought. As a result of this transaction, Wilson George Laverne now holds 287,644 shares worth roughly $4.93 million.
Then, Zuehlke Scott M. bought 435 shares, generating $10,048 in total proceeds. Upon buying the shares at $23.10, the Senior VP, CFO & Treasurer now owns 74,297 shares.
Before that, Wilson George Laverne sold 6,300 shares. Quanex Building Products Corp shares valued at $185,141 were divested by the President & CEO at a price of $29.39 per share. As a result of the transaction, Wilson George Laverne now holds 233,167 shares, worth roughly $4.0 million.
CJS Securities upgraded its Quanex Building Products Corp [NX] rating to a Market outperform from a a Market perform in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including The Benchmark Company’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in early April with a ‘”a Buy”‘ rating. Sidoti also remained covering NX and has increased its forecast on March 10, 2020 with a “Buy” recommendation from previously “Neutral” rating. CJS Securities revised its rating on December 10, 2019. It rated NX as “a Market perform” which previously was an “a Market outperform”.
Price Performance Review of NX
On Tuesday, Quanex Building Products Corp [NYSE:NX] saw its stock jump 5.15% to $17.14. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -5.67%. Quanex Building Products Corp shares have fallen nearly -29.29% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -46.69% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $34.97 was reached on 01/21/25, a 52-week low of $15.30 was recorded on 04/21/25. SMA at 50 days reached $17.54, while 200 days put it at $23.72.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For NX Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 16.59, which if violated will result in even more drops to 16.05. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 17.46. A further resistance level may holdings at 17.78. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 47.04, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -0.99, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 63.67%. Stochastics %K at 15.45% indicates the stock is a buying.
How much short interest is there in Quanex Building Products Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Quanex Building Products Corp stocks on 2025-05-15, growing by 58194.0 shares to a total of 2.48 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-04-15 was 2.42 million shares. There was a rise of 2.35%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on March 15, 2019 when Seaport Global Securities began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Buy”‘ rating along with a $19 price target.
