Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) announced its earnings results on Monday. The business services provider reported $0.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.06, Zacks reports. The business had revenue of $674.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $654.90 million. Quad/Graphics had a positive return on equity of 26.62% and a negative net margin of 2.00%. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.11 earnings per share.

Quad/Graphics Price Performance

NYSE:QUAD traded down $0.01 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $6.51. The stock had a trading volume of 67,717 shares, compared to its average volume of 158,936. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.83, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a current ratio of 0.85. Quad/Graphics has a 52 week low of $3.96 and a 52 week high of $6.75. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $4.90 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $4.98. The stock has a market capitalization of $339.56 million, a PE ratio of -5.49 and a beta of 1.60.

Quad/Graphics Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 18th will be paid a $0.05 dividend. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.07%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 18th. Quad/Graphics’s payout ratio is -16.81%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

QUAD has been the topic of several research reports. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $7.60 target price on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research report on Friday, October 25th. Barrington Research lifted their target price on Quad/Graphics from $8.50 to $10.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, StockNews.com raised Quad/Graphics from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, October 26th.

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.