Axa S.A. Acquires Shares of 120,500 Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD)

AXA S.A. bought a new position in shares of Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 120,500 shares of the business services provider's stock, valued at approximately $840,000. AXA S.A. owned approximately 0.23% of Quad/Graphics at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Inspire Investing LLC bought a new stake in shares of Quad/Graphics during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,150,000. HighTower Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Quad/Graphics during the 4th quarter valued at $847,000. Heartland Advisors Inc. bought a new position in shares of Quad/Graphics in the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,091,000. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Quad/Graphics by 2.7% during the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 83,705 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $583,000 after acquiring an additional 2,234 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC grew its holdings in Quad/Graphics by 16.1% during the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 13,851 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $97,000 after purchasing an additional 1,922 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 39.52% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently issued reports on QUAD shares. Rosenblatt Securities decreased their price objective on Quad/Graphics from $10.30 to $8.90 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 1st. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Quad/Graphics from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 2nd. Finally, Barrington Research reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a $10.00 price target on shares of Quad/Graphics in a report on Friday, May 2nd.

Quad/Graphics Price Performance

Shares of Quad/Graphics stock traded up $0.07 on Thursday, hitting $5.78. The company's stock had a trading volume of 108,887 shares, compared to its average volume of 247,177. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $5.32 and a 200-day moving average price of $6.45. Quad/Graphics, Inc. has a 1 year low of $4.06 and a 1 year high of $9.13. The company has a market capitalization of $302.68 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.31 and a beta of 1.30. 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 (NYSE:QUAD - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The business services provider reported $0.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $629.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $588.05 million. Quad/Graphics had a positive return on equity of 58.44% and a negative net margin of 1.90%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Quad/Graphics, Inc. will post 1.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Quad/Graphics Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 6th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.075 per share. This represents a $0.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 22nd. Quad/Graphics's dividend payout ratio is presently -78.95%.

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.