Quanex Building Products Corporation (NX) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for December 14, 2012

By NASDAQ.com News December 12, 2012, 09:00:04 AM EDT

Quanex Building Products Corporation ( NX ) has announced an ex-dividend date of December 14, 2012 and a cash dividend payment of $0.04 per share scheduled for December 28, 2012. Shareholders who purchased NX stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 10th quarter that NX has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $20.9, the dividend yield is .77%.

The previous trading day's last sale of NX was $20.9, representing a -3.51% decrease from the 52 week high of $21.66 and a 64.44% increase over the 52 week low of $12.71.

NX is a part of the Capital Goods sector, which includes companies such as National-Oilwell, Inc. ( NOV ) and Precision Castparts Corporation ( PCP ). NX's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is -$.31. Zacks Investment Research reports NX's forecasted earnings growth in 2012 as -72.89%, compared to an industry average of 12.1%.

For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the NX Dividend History page.

Interested in gaining exposure to NX through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have NX as a top-10 holding:

  • Russell 2000 High Beta ETF (SHBT).

The top-performing ETF of this group is SHBT with an increase of 13.48% over the last 100 days. It also has the highest percent weighting of NX at 1.94%.




The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.


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Referenced Stocks: NOV, NX, PCP



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