Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) Stock Rating Lowered by StockNews.com

StockNews.com lowered shares of Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) from a strong-buy rating to a buy rating in a research report report published on Friday morning.

A number of other analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Barrington Research reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $8.50 price target on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research note on Friday, September 20th. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $7.60 price target on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research note on Tuesday, September 24th.

Quad/Graphics Price Performance

Quad/Graphics stock opened at $5.49 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $285.14 million, a P/E ratio of -4.39 and a beta of 1.60. Quad/Graphics has a 1 year low of $3.96 and a 1 year high of $6.75. The business has a 50-day moving average of $4.72 and a 200-day moving average of $4.95. The company has a current ratio of 0.85, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.83.

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 30th. The business services provider reported $0.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.05. Quad/Graphics had a positive return on equity of 26.62% and a negative net margin of 2.00%. The business had revenue of $634.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $645.70 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.02 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Quad/Graphics will post 0.76 EPS for the current year.

Quad/Graphics Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 19th were paid a dividend of $0.05 per share. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 19th. Quad/Graphics’s dividend payout ratio is presently -16.00%.

Institutional Trading of Quad/Graphics

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of QUAD. SG Americas Securities LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Quad/Graphics during the 3rd quarter worth about $54,000. GAMMA Investing LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Quad/Graphics during the 2nd quarter worth about $68,000. Quadrature Capital Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Quad/Graphics during the 1st quarter worth about $104,000. Heron Bay Capital Management acquired a new stake in shares of Quad/Graphics during the 2nd quarter worth about $124,000. Finally, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC lifted its stake in shares of Quad/Graphics by 20.7% during the 2nd quarter. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC now owns 23,486 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $128,000 after buying an additional 4,023 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 39.52% of the company’s stock.

Quad/Graphics Company Profile

Quad/Graphics, Inc provides marketing solutions worldwide. The company operates through United States Print and Related Services, and International segments. It offers printing services, such as retail inserts, publications, catalogs, special interest publications, journals, direct mail, directories, in-store marketing and promotion, packaging, newspapers, custom print products, and other commercial and specialty printed products; and paper procurement services.