FY2025 EPS Estimates for Quad Graphics Increased by Analyst

Key Points

• Analysts at Barrington Research have raised their FY2025 earnings estimates for Quad Graphics from $0.89 to $0.96 per share, maintaining an "Outperform" rating with a price target of $10.00.
• Quad Graphics reported a quarterly earnings of $0.14 per share, exceeding the consensus estimate of $0.12, and revealed a significant revenue of $571.90 million.
• The company has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.075 per share, with a payment date set for September 5th, representing a dividend yield of 5.3%.

Quad Graphics, Inc (NYSE:QUAD - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Barrington Research increased their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Quad Graphics in a research note issued on Thursday, July 31st. Barrington Research analyst K. Steinke now forecasts that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $0.96 for the year, up from their prior forecast of $0.89. Barrington Research currently has a "Outperform" rating and a $10.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Quad Graphics' current full-year earnings is $1.08 per share.

A number of other research firms have also commented on QUAD. Rosenblatt Securities dropped their price target on shares of Quad Graphics from $8.90 to $8.60 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Quad Graphics from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, August 2nd.

Quad Graphics Stock Down 0.4%

Shares of NYSE QUAD traded down $0.03 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $6.41. The company had a trading volume of 159,928 shares, compared to its average volume of 287,566. The company has a market capitalization of $324.51 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -19.98 and a beta of 1.43. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $5.64 and a two-hundred day moving average of $5.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.85, a quick ratio of 0.64 and a current ratio of 0.92. Quad Graphics has a 12-month low of $4.13 and a 12-month high of $9.13.

Quad Graphics (NYSE:QUAD - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 29th. The business services provider reported $0.14 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.12 by $0.02. Quad Graphics had a negative net margin of 0.55% and a positive return on equity of 70.06%. The company had revenue of $571.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $555.05 million.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Miller Value Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Quad Graphics by 33.7% during the 4th quarter. Miller Value Partners LLC now owns 2,518,130 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $17,551,000 after purchasing an additional 634,315 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Quad Graphics in the first quarter valued at about $2,101,000. Invst LLC bought a new position in Quad Graphics in the first quarter valued at about $1,883,000. Inspire Investing LLC raised its position in Quad Graphics by 259.2% in the second quarter. Inspire Investing LLC now owns 229,027 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $1,294,000 after purchasing an additional 165,275 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Nuveen LLC bought a new position in Quad Graphics in the first quarter valued at about $714,000. 39.52% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Quad Graphics Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 18th will be issued a $0.075 dividend. This represents a $0.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 18th. Quad Graphics's dividend payout ratio is currently -93.75%.

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.