Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) Cut 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 research note published on Wednesday morning.

QUAD has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Barrington Research reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $10.00 price objective on shares of Quad/Graphics in a report on Tuesday, November 26th. Rosenblatt Securities boosted their price objective on shares of Quad/Graphics from $7.70 to $10.30 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 25th.

Quad/Graphics Stock Down 1.8 %

Quad/Graphics stock opened at $6.83 on Wednesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $7.26 and its two-hundred day moving average is $5.97. The stock has a market cap of $355.71 million, a PE ratio of -4.14 and a beta of 1.59. Quad/Graphics has a 1-year low of $4.06 and a 1-year 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 posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 28th. The business services provider reported $0.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.20 by $0.06. Quad/Graphics had a negative net margin of 2.82% and a positive return on equity of 42.63%. The company had revenue of $674.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $654.90 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.11 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Quad/Graphics will post 0.84 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Quad/Graphics

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Institute for Wealth Management LLC. raised its stake in shares of Quad/Graphics by 187.6% in the 4th quarter. Institute for Wealth Management LLC. now owns 36,179 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $252,000 after purchasing an additional 23,601 shares in the last quarter. EMC Capital Management raised its stake in shares of Quad/Graphics by 835.7% in the 4th quarter. EMC Capital Management now owns 25,020 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $174,000 after purchasing an additional 22,346 shares in the last quarter. PFG Investments LLC raised its stake in shares of Quad/Graphics by 24.2% in the 4th quarter. PFG Investments LLC now owns 76,053 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $530,000 after purchasing an additional 14,800 shares in the last quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC raised its stake in shares of Quad/Graphics by 7.4% in the 4th quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 250,262 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,744,000 after purchasing an additional 17,263 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Inspire Investing LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Quad/Graphics in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,150,000. 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.