Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) Posts Earnings Results

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The business services provider reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.38 by ($0.02), Zacks reports. Quad/Graphics had a negative net margin of 2.82% and a positive return on equity of 42.63%.

Quad/Graphics Price Performance

Quad/Graphics stock opened at $7.04 on Wednesday. Quad/Graphics has a 1 year low of $4.06 and a 1 year high of $9.13. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $7.12 and its 200-day moving average is $6.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.35, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a current ratio of 0.85.

Quad/Graphics Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be issued a $0.075 dividend. This represents a $0.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.26%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. This is an increase from Quad/Graphics’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.05. Quad/Graphics’s payout ratio is currently -12.12%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

QUAD has been the topic of several recent research reports. StockNews.com lowered shares of Quad/Graphics from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, January 31st. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $10.30 price objective on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Barrington Research reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $10.00 target price on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research note on Tuesday, November 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.