Top 5 Building Product Companies To Own In Right Now

Quanex Building Products (NYSE: NX  ) reported earnings on June 7. Here are the numbers you need to know.

The 10-second takeaway
For the quarter ended April 30 (Q2), Quanex Building Products beat expectations on revenues and missed expectations on earnings per share.

Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue grew significantly. GAAP loss per share dropped.

Margins increased across the board.

Revenue details
Quanex Building Products reported revenue of $232.5 million. The seven analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ expected revenue of $224.8 million on the same basis. GAAP reported sales were 20% higher than the prior-year quarter's $194.4 million.

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.

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Genus plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the application of genetics and biotechnology to animal breeding in the bovine and porcine farming sectors worldwide. It offers semen, porcine breeding animals, and veterinary products, as well as provides market research and consultancy services. The company serves farmers and food producers to improve quality, achieve production efficiencies, and increase output. It supplies dairy and beef cattle under the Genus or ABS names, as well as pigs under the PIC name. The company is based in Basingstoke, the United Kingdom.

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ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on drug discovery and clinical development of novel treatments for central nervous system disorders. The company has a portfolio of four product candidates, including pimavanserin, which is in Phase III clinical development as a treatment for Parkinson's disease psychosis. It is also developing AGN-XX/YY, a product candidate in Phase II for chronic pain; and AC-262271, a product candidate in Phase I for glaucoma in collaboration with Allergan, as well as AM-831, a product candidate in IND-track development in collaboration with Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. In addition, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. is developing two preclinical programs in the area of Parkinson?s disease. The product candidates in the company?s pipeline emanate from discoveries made using its proprietary drug discovery platform. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

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Empire Oil and Gas NL, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas in Australia. It primarily holds interests in 11 permits covering 3.6 million acres in the Perth basin in Western Australia. The company also has interests in permits in the Carnarvon and Canning basins in Western Australia. Empire Oil and Gas NL is based in Claremont, Australia.

Top 5 Building Product Companies To Own In Right Now: Toronto-Dominion Com Npv (TD.TO)

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