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NX vs PH

Side-by-side comparison of Quanex Building Products Corporation (NX) and Parker-Hannifin Corporation (PH): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both NX and PH operate in Metal Fabrications (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • PH is the larger of the two at $111.35B, about 151.5x NX ($734.9M).
  • Over the past year, NX is down 15.9% and PH is up 31.4% - PH leads by 47.3 points.
  • NX has been more active in the news (12 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for PH).
  • PH has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 0 for NX).
PerformanceNX-15.92%PH+31.37%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricNXPH
Company
Quanex Building Products Corporation
Parker-Hannifin Corporation
Price
$16.00+3.80%
$883.13+0.08%
Market cap
$734.9M
$111.35B
1M return
-20.26%
-0.45%
1Y return
-15.92%
+31.37%
Industry
Metal Fabrications
Metal Fabrications
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
News (4w)
12
3
Recent ratings
0
25
NX

Quanex Building Products Corporation

Quanex Building Products Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides components for the fenestration industry worldwide. It operates through three segments: North American Fenestration, European Fenestration, and North American Cabinet Components. The company 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. It also provides various non-fenestration components and products, including solar panel sealants, trim moldings, vinyl decking, fencing, water retention barriers, and conservatory roof components. The company 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 headquartered in Houston, Texas.

PH

Parker-Hannifin Corporation

Parker-Hannifin Corporation manufactures and sells motion and control technologies and systems for various mobile, industrial, and aerospace markets worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Diversified Industrial and Aerospace Systems. The Company's Diversified Industrial segment offers sealing, shielding, thermal products and systems, adhesives, coatings, and noise vibration and harshness solutions; filters, systems, and diagnostics solutions to monitor and remove contaminants from fuel, air, oil, water, and other liquids and gases; connectors, which control, transmit, and contain fluid; control solutions for extreme corrosion resistance, temperatures, pressures, and precise flow; and hydraulic, pneumatic, and electromechanical components and systems for builders and users of mobile and industrial machinery and equipment. This segment sells its products to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and distributors who serve the replacement markets in manufacturing, packaging, processing, transportation, construction, refrigeration and air conditioning, agricultural, and military machinery and equipment industries. Its Aerospace Systems segment offers products for use in commercial and military airframe and engine programs, such as control actuation systems and components, engine build-up ducting, engine exhaust nozzles and assemblies, engine systems and components, fluid conveyance systems and components, fuel systems and components, fuel tank inerting systems, hydraulic systems and components, lubrication components, pilot controls, pneumatic control components, thermal management products, and wheels and brakes, as well as fluid metering, delivery, and atomization devices. This segment markets its products directly to OEMs and end users. It markets its products through direct-sales employees, independent distributors, and sales representatives. The company was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

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