Quanex Building Products (NX) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.18 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.12 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.18 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 50%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this housing materials maker would post earnings of $0.71 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.95, delivering a surprise of 33.80%.Over the last four qu ...