Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) Given “Outperform” Rating at Barrington Research

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD)‘s stock had its “outperform” rating restated by analysts at Barrington Research in a research note issued on Friday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a $10.00 target price on the business services provider’s stock. Barrington Research’s price target would suggest a potential upside of 63.53% from the stock’s current price.

Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $10.30 price objective on shares of Quad/Graphics in a report on Tuesday. StockNews.com lowered shares of Quad/Graphics from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, January 31st.

Quad/Graphics Trading Down 6.5 %

NYSE QUAD traded down $0.43 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $6.12. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 197,839 shares, compared to its average volume of 266,939. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $7.04 and a 200-day simple moving average of $6.16. The stock has a market cap of $318.71 million, a P/E ratio of -5.60 and a beta of 1.57. Quad/Graphics has a 52 week low of $4.06 and a 52 week high of $9.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.35, a current ratio of 0.85 and a quick ratio of 0.56.

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 18th. The business services provider reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.38 by ($0.02). The business had revenue of $708.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $726.70 million. Quad/Graphics had a negative net margin of 1.90% and a positive return on equity of 58.44%. Equities analysts forecast that Quad/Graphics will post 1.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Quad/Graphics

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. SG Americas Securities LLC bought a new stake in shares of Quad/Graphics in the 3rd quarter valued at $54,000. Marshall Wace LLP bought a new stake in shares of Quad/Graphics in the 4th quarter valued at $97,000. Corton Capital Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Quad/Graphics in the 4th quarter valued at $103,000. Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Quad/Graphics in the 4th quarter valued at $112,000. Finally, Virtu Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Quad/Graphics in the 4th quarter valued at $116,000. Institutional investors own 39.52% of the company’s stock.

About Quad/Graphics

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.