Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) Rating Lowered to Buy at StockNews.com

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

A number of other research firms have also recently commented on QUAD. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $7.60 target price on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research report on Tuesday, September 24th. Barrington Research restated an “outperform” rating and set a $8.50 target price on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research report on Friday, September 20th.

Quad/Graphics Price Performance

NYSE:QUAD opened at $5.83 on Friday. Quad/Graphics has a 52 week low of $3.96 and a 52 week high of $6.75. The company has a quick ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.83. The stock has a market capitalization of $302.80 million, a PE ratio of -4.66 and a beta of 1.60. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $4.74 and its 200-day moving average price is $4.96.

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July 30th. The business services provider reported $0.12 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 firm had revenue of $634.20 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $645.70 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.02 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Quad/Graphics will post 0.76 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Quad/Graphics

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. EMC Capital Management boosted its holdings in Quad/Graphics by 11.7% in the 1st quarter. EMC Capital Management now owns 25,020 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $133,000 after buying an additional 2,623 shares during the last quarter. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC boosted its holdings in Quad/Graphics by 20.7% in 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. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC boosted its holdings in Quad/Graphics by 3.5% in the 3rd quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 232,999 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,058,000 after buying an additional 7,914 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its holdings in Quad/Graphics by 20.8% in the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 46,127 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $245,000 after buying an additional 7,947 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC boosted its holdings in Quad/Graphics by 9.8% in the 1st quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 89,865 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $477,000 after buying an additional 8,031 shares during the last quarter. 39.52% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.