Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) Receives Outperform Rating from Barrington Research

Barrington Research reissued their outperform rating on shares of Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) in a research note released on Tuesday morning,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a $10.00 target price on the business services provider’s stock.

A number of other equities research analysts have also commented on QUAD. Rosenblatt Securities upped their price objective on shares of Quad/Graphics from $7.70 to $10.30 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 25th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Quad/Graphics from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, October 26th.

Quad/Graphics Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:QUAD opened at $7.22 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $376.31 million, a PE ratio of -4.38 and a beta of 1.57. Quad/Graphics has a 12-month low of $4.06 and a 12-month high of $7.94. The company has a quick ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.35. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $6.07 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $5.37.

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 28th. The business services provider reported $0.26 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $674.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $654.90 million. Quad/Graphics had a positive return on equity of 42.63% and a negative net margin of 2.82%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.11 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Quad/Graphics will post 0.84 earnings per share for the current year.

Quad/Graphics Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 6th. Investors of record on Monday, November 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 18th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.77%. Quad/Graphics’s payout ratio is -12.12%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. SG Americas Securities LLC bought a new stake in shares of Quad/Graphics during the 3rd quarter worth $54,000. GAMMA Investing LLC bought a new position in Quad/Graphics during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $68,000. Quadrature Capital Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Quad/Graphics in the first quarter worth $104,000. FMR LLC increased its position in shares of Quad/Graphics by 1,103.6% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 22,050 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $100,000 after acquiring an additional 20,218 shares during the period. Finally, Heron Bay Capital Management bought a new position in Quad/Graphics during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $124,000. 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.