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Quanex Building Products (NX): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$3,635,424CEO George Wilson · source
Say-on-pay support97.76%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers18th pct.Of 18 peer CEOs
CEO pay ratio74:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $4,811,511FY2023
  • $4,753,370FY2024
  • $3,635,424FY2025

CEO total pay was $3,635,424 in fiscal 2025, down from $4,753,370 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $950,000 · bonus $0 · stock awards $1,853,425 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Quanex Building Products Corp in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, George Wilson (President — Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Quanex Building Products Corp in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $3,635,424.
How does Quanex Building Products Corp's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, George Wilson's total compensation ranked at the 18th percentile of Quanex Building Products Corp's disclosed peer group.
What is Quanex Building Products Corp's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, Quanex Building Products Corp's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 74:1.
How did shareholders vote on Quanex Building Products Corp's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 97.76% of shareholders supported Quanex Building Products Corp's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Quanex Building Products Corp spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Quanex Building Products Corp reported total board compensation of $1,623,613 for fiscal 2025.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

Full detail

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
George Wilson$950,000$0$1,853,425$0$737,578$0$94,421$3,635,424
President — Chief Executive Officer
Scott Zuehlke525,0000449,2250241,184033,8711,249,280
Senior Vice President — Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
Paul Cornett485,0000365,9250205,441031,5231,087,889
Senior Vice President — General Counsel & Secretary
Kimberley Garcia425,0000238,0000179,815028,373871,188
Vice President — Chief Human Resource Officer
Jessica Navascues375,0000136,8500125,558017,415654,823
Vice President — Operation Excellence

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
George Wilson$3,635,424$4,753,370$4,811,511↓ −1,117,946
Scott Zuehlke1,249,2801,589,5501,582,379↓ −340,270
Paul Cornett1,087,8891,389,6411,305,698↓ −301,752
Kimberley Garcia871,188949,293702,499↓ −78,105
Jessica Navascues654,823———

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

The Company believes that its compensation practices and procedures are competitive, focused on pay-for-performance, and strongly aligned with the long-term interests of its stockholders.

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantFrederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.
Clawback policytrue
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingtrue
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
George WilsonRSU2024-12-04——62,300—$1,853,425
Kimberley GarciaRSU2024-12-04——8,000—238,000
Jessica NavascuesRSU2025-01-06——4,600—136,850
Paul CornettRSU2024-12-04——12,300—365,925
Scott ZuehlkeRSU2024-12-04——15,100—449,225

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
George Wilson$1,853,425$0$00.0%
Kimberley Garcia238,000000.0%
Jessica Navascues136,850000.0%
Paul Cornett365,925000.0%
Scott Zuehlke449,225000.0%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Jessica NavascuesRSU2,300—$32,683
Kimberley GarciaRSU4,000—56,840
Jessica NavascuesRSU4,600—65,366
Kimberley GarciaRSU7,000—99,470
Kimberley GarciaRSU8,000—113,680
Kimberley GarciaRSU8,300—117,943
Paul CornettRSU11,600—164,836
Paul CornettRSU12,300—174,783
Scott ZuehlkeRSU13,500—191,835
Paul CornettRSU13,800—196,098
Scott ZuehlkeRSU15,100—214,571
Scott ZuehlkeRSU16,100—228,781
George WilsonRSU54,900—780,129
George WilsonRSU62,300—885,283
George WilsonRSU64,500—916,545
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Susan F. DavisIndependent · Lead Independent Director · Compensation & Management Development · Nominating & Corporate Governance (Chair) · Not standing for re-election$122,949$102,441——$23,975$249,365
Donald R. MaierIndependent · Compensation & Management Development (Chair) · Nominating & Corporate Governance97,949102,441——9,086209,476
Bradley E. HughesIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Nominating & Corporate Governance98,830102,441——8,156209,427
William E. Waltz JrIndependent · Compensation & Management Development · Nominating & Corporate Governance92,949102,441——12,171207,561
Jason D. LippertIndependent · Compensation & Management Development · Nominating & Corporate Governance92,949102,441——9,556204,946
Manish H. ShahIndependent · Audit · Nominating & Corporate Governance92,949102,441——1,954197,344
Amit SinghiIndependent · Audit · Nominating & Corporate Governance92,949102,441——1,364196,754
Curtis M. StevensIndependent · Departed during FY41,193102,441——5,106148,740
George L. WilsonEmployee director · Board Chair—————0
Mary K. LawlerIndependent · Compensation & Management Development · Nominating & Corporate Governance——————

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$75,000
Annual equity retainer$120,000
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 15,000 / 15,000
Stock ownership guidelineIf the non-employee director meets the Company’s director stock ownership guidelines (in shares and share equivalents), payment of the award will be deferred automatically to the director’s separation from service

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$732,717
Equity awards (grant-date value)$819,528
All other compensation$71,368
Total cost of the board$1,623,613

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

Peer group, and who names Quanex Building Products as a peer

Companies that benchmark against NX

10 companies name NX as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses NX in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named NX in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.

Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

Peer reciprocity

The companies Quanex Building Products Corp names as compensation peers that name it back in their own disclosed peer groups.

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Fortune Brands2025Nicholas Fink$1,275,000$6,375,002$2,124,998$249,900$10,476,545
2Armstrong World Industries2025Victor Grizzle1,000,0005,599,53201,584,0008,537,000
3Simpson Manufacturing Inc.2025Michael Olosky950,0005,383,38401,389,7137,768,355
4MasterBrand2025R. David Banyard, Jr.1,048,2695,000,00001,318,7507,428,822
5Kennametal2026Sanjay Chowbey937,1414,776,510—1,511,4967,356,246
6CSW Industrials Inc.2026Joseph Armes925,0004,938,00101,286,9767,273,615
7Mueller Water Products, Inc.2025Marietta Edmunds Zakas931,3272,970,915849,9772,038,6766,855,283
8Hillenbrand2024Kimberly Ryan1,002,2134,973,1730640,3386,747,446
9Trex Company, Inc.2025Bryan Fairbanks950,0003,836,050676,9501,074,1466,582,168
10Jeld-WEN Holding2025William Christensen1,060,7842,300,8902,284,066621,4736,283,343
11Apogee Enterprises Inc.2026Ty Silberhorn627,3082,283,41901,208,5006,075,286
12American Woodmark Corp.2025M. Scott Culbreth957,5773,208,4460696,3504,886,047
13Gibraltar Industries Inc.2025William Bosway908,2693,202,4400274,5004,731,001
14Aaon Inc.2025Matthew Tobolski712,8851,916,180764,557218,8693,656,082
15Quanex Building Products Corp2025George Wilson950,0001,853,4250737,5783,635,424
16Insteel Industries Inc.2025H.o. Woltz III750,000562,506562,4891,500,0003,447,259
17L.B. Foster Company2025John Kasel790,4171,319,3570654,4002,920,512
18Resideo Technologies2025Jay Geldmacher1,066,000001,622,9852,714,465

Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
Quanex Building Products Corpnot disclosedPerformance Shares 40 · Restricted Stock 30 · PRSU 30not disclosedFrederic W. Cook & Co., Inc.
Aaon Inc.not disclosedPSU 50 · Option 25 · RSU 25not disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
American Woodmark Corp.60.75%RSU 50 · PSU 50NoMeridian Compensation Partners
Apogee Enterprises Inc.not disclosedRSU 50 · PSU 50NoMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC (current); Willis Towers Watson (through September 2025)
Armstrong World Industriesnot disclosedRSU 50 · PRSU 50not disclosedAon
CSW Industrials Inc.not disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 40not disclosedWTW
Fortune Brands14.0%PSU 50 · RSU 25 · Options 25NoWillis Towers Watson
Gibraltar Industries Inc.25%PSU 64 · RSU 36NoWTW
Hillenbrandnot disclosedPRSU 66.7 · RSU 33.3not disclosedPay Governance
Insteel Industries Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedPearl Meyer
Jeld-WEN Holding42%PSU 50 · RSU 25 · Options 25NoPay Governance
Kennametalnot disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 40NoPay Governance
L.B. Foster Companynot disclosedPSU 60 · Restricted Stock 40not disclosedPay Governance
MasterBrandnot disclosedPSU 50 · RSU 50NoWTW
Mueller Water Products, Inc.199%PRSU 50 · Option 25 · RSU 25Yes — relative total shareholder return (rTSR)Farient Advisors, LLC
Resideo Technologies101.5%RSU 50 · PSU 50NoFW Cook
Simpson Manufacturing Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosednot disclosed
Trex Company, Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedKorn/Ferry International

Read from each company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company’s filing does not state the item.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-02-2637,367,470831,04023,60097.76%Passed
20252025-02-2737,517,0415,023,867148,37287.88%Passed
20242024-02-2728,799,6941,694,20037,73594.33%Passed
20232023-02-2827,972,1742,428,93519,99491.95%Passed
20222022-02-2229,655,454474,832110,60698.06%Passed
20212021-02-2529,788,249548,525235,93097.43%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company’s computation
20262026-02-2697.76%a
20252025-02-2787.88%b
20242024-02-2794.33%c

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote "AGAINST" the Say-on-Pay proposal.”.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote "AGAINST" the Say-on-Pay proposal.”.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote "AGAINST" the Say-on-Pay proposal.”.

Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)74 : 1
CEO total compensation$3,635,424
Median employee compensation$48,837
Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (51 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

  • Section 01, George Wilson. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2025” · page 38. As printed: 3,635,424. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Scott Zuehlke. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2025”. As printed: 1,249,280. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Paul Cornett. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2025”. As printed: 1,087,889. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Kimberley Garcia. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2025”. As printed: 871,188. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Jessica Navascues. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2025”. As printed: 654,823. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, George Wilson RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Kimberley Garcia RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Jessica Navascues RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Paul Cornett RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Scott Zuehlke RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 74 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Susan F. Davis. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 249,365. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Donald R. Maier. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 209,476. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Bradley E. Hughes. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 209,427. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, William E. Waltz Jr. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 207,561. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Jason D. Lippert. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 204,946. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Manish H. Shah. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 197,344. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Amit Singhi. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 196,754. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Curtis M. Stevens. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 148,740. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, George L. Wilson. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Mary K. Lawler. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: —. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-03-03. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 97.76% (votes for as printed: 37,367,470). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-03-03. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 87.88% (votes for as printed: 37,517,041). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-03-01. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 94.33% (votes for as printed: 28,799,694.277). View filing ↗
  • Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
  • Section 03b vehicle mix (computed). Computed. RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).
  • Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 732,717 + equity 819,528 + all other 71,368 = 1,623,613, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Fortune Brands, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. CEO total compensation as printed in Fortune Brands's own proxy. As printed: 10,476,545. View filing ↗
  • Armstrong World Industries, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-30. CEO total compensation as printed in Armstrong World Industries's own proxy. As printed: 8,537,000. View filing ↗
  • Simpson Manufacturing Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-24. CEO total compensation as printed in Simpson Manufacturing Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,768,355. View filing ↗
  • MasterBrand, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in MasterBrand's own proxy. As printed: 7,428,822. View filing ↗
  • Kennametal, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-09-14. CEO total compensation as printed in Kennametal's own proxy. As printed: 7,356,246. View filing ↗
  • CSW Industrials Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-07-16. CEO total compensation as printed in CSW Industrials Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,273,615. View filing ↗
  • Mueller Water Products, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-12-19. CEO total compensation as printed in Mueller Water Products, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,855,283. View filing ↗
  • Hillenbrand, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-01-07. CEO total compensation as printed in Hillenbrand's own proxy. As printed: 6,747,446. View filing ↗
  • Trex Company, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-16. CEO total compensation as printed in Trex Company, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,582,168. View filing ↗
  • Jeld-WEN Holding, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-12. CEO total compensation as printed in Jeld-WEN Holding's own proxy. As printed: 6,283,343. View filing ↗
  • Apogee Enterprises Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-05-12. CEO total compensation as printed in Apogee Enterprises Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 6,075,286. View filing ↗
  • American Woodmark Corp., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2025-06-25. CEO total compensation as printed in American Woodmark Corp.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,886,047. View filing ↗
  • Gibraltar Industries Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-06. CEO total compensation as printed in Gibraltar Industries Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,731,001. View filing ↗
  • Aaon Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-01. CEO total compensation as printed in Aaon Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,656,082. View filing ↗
  • Quanex Building Products Corp (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-28. CEO total compensation as printed in Quanex Building Products Corp's own proxy. As printed: 3,635,424. View filing ↗
  • Insteel Industries Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-01-02. CEO total compensation as printed in Insteel Industries Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,447,259. View filing ↗
  • L.B. Foster Company, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-10. CEO total compensation as printed in L.B. Foster Company's own proxy. As printed: 2,920,512. View filing ↗
  • Resideo Technologies, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-22. CEO total compensation as printed in Resideo Technologies's own proxy. As printed: 2,714,465. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, L.B. Foster Company reciprocity. DEF 14A. L.B. Foster Company names Quanex Building Products Corp in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Apogee Enterprises Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Apogee Enterprises Inc. names Quanex Building Products Corp in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, AAON Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. AAON Inc. names Quanex Building Products Corp in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Insteel Industries Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Insteel Industries Inc. names Quanex Building Products Corp in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Gibraltar Industries Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Gibraltar Industries Inc. names Quanex Building Products Corp in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, American Woodmark Corp. reciprocity. DEF 14A. American Woodmark Corp. names Quanex Building Products Corp in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
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