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$5.29 -0.31 (-5.48%)
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QUAD vs. DLX, EBF, CMPR, PMTS, MGIH, SFHG, MRC, HLIO, KALU, and GIC

Should you be buying Quad/Graphics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quad/Graphics include Deluxe (DLX), Ennis (EBF), Cimpress (CMPR), CPI Card Group (PMTS), Millennium Group International (MGIH), Samfine Creation Holdings Group (SFHG), MRC Global (MRC), Helios Technologies (HLIO), Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), and Global Industrial (GIC).

Quad/Graphics vs.

Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) and Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Quad/Graphics received 19 more outperform votes than Deluxe when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.55% of users gave Deluxe an outperform vote while only 67.26% of users gave Quad/Graphics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
DeluxeOutperform Votes
281
67.55%
Underperform Votes
135
32.45%
Quad/GraphicsOutperform Votes
300
67.26%
Underperform Votes
146
32.74%

Deluxe pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. Quad/Graphics pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Deluxe pays out 96.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Quad/Graphics pays out -78.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Quad/Graphics has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Deluxe has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Quad/Graphics. Quad/Graphics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Deluxe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Deluxe$2.12B0.29$52.80M$1.2511.16
Quad/Graphics$2.65B0.10-$55.40M-$0.38-13.93

Deluxe currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 64.87%. Quad/Graphics has a consensus target price of $9.45, indicating a potential upside of 78.54%. Given Quad/Graphics' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Quad/Graphics is more favorable than Deluxe.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Deluxe
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Quad/Graphics
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Deluxe has a net margin of 2.49% compared to Quad/Graphics' net margin of -1.90%. Quad/Graphics' return on equity of 58.44% beat Deluxe's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Deluxe2.49% 21.33% 4.84%
Quad/Graphics -1.90%58.44%3.06%

In the previous week, Deluxe had 4 more articles in the media than Quad/Graphics. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Deluxe and 2 mentions for Quad/Graphics. Deluxe's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Quad/Graphics' score of 0.45 indicating that Deluxe is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Deluxe
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Quad/Graphics
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

93.9% of Deluxe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of Quad/Graphics shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of Deluxe shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.7% of Quad/Graphics shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Deluxe has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quad/Graphics has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Deluxe beats Quad/Graphics on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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QUAD vs. The Competition

MetricQuad/GraphicsCommercial printing IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$267.90M$459.59M$7.63B$19.30B
Dividend Yield5.06%5.53%4.58%3.84%
P/E Ratio-4.863.2123.1434.53
Price / Sales0.100.9790.5434.83
Price / Cash2.125.2426.9417.51
Price / Book2.261.273.974.69
Net Income-$55.40M$60.64M$807.24M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-7.79%-5.58%0.77%-1.74%
1 Month Performance2.68%4.73%11.15%7.50%
1 Year Performance5.86%-19.67%19.74%4.15%

Quad/Graphics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QUAD
Quad/Graphics
1.5742 of 5 stars
$5.29
-5.5%
$9.45
+78.5%
+13.6%$267.90M$2.65B-4.8615,300
DLX
Deluxe
4.9448 of 5 stars
$16.20
+2.9%
$29.00
+79.0%
-37.4%$724.79M$2.12B13.735,860Positive News
Ex-Dividend
EBF
Ennis
3.0207 of 5 stars
$19.30
+1.8%
N/A-8.9%$502.05M$394.62M12.142,000
CMPR
Cimpress
4.7921 of 5 stars
$45.85
+5.0%
$62.50
+36.3%
-48.1%$1.14B$3.37B7.5916,000Analyst Revision
Gap Up
PMTS
CPI Card Group
4.1446 of 5 stars
$20.48
-4.8%
$36.75
+79.4%
-22.7%$231.04M$480.60M15.631,150High Trading Volume
MGIH
Millennium Group International
N/A$1.80
+7.8%
N/A+10.0%$20.25M$38.53M0.00792Positive News
SFHG
Samfine Creation Holdings Group
N/A$0.84
+10.4%
N/AN/A$17.05M$153.49M0.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
MRC
MRC Global
3.6605 of 5 stars
$13.05
+6.6%
$15.00
+14.9%
-9.0%$1.12B$2.95B15.002,800Positive News
HLIO
Helios Technologies
2.8832 of 5 stars
$32.82
+4.2%
$44.00
+34.1%
-42.0%$1.09B$789.40M29.042,350Positive News
High Trading Volume
KALU
Kaiser Aluminum
2.5945 of 5 stars
$71.59
+5.8%
$69.00
-3.6%
-29.8%$1.09B$3.06B24.944,000Positive News
GIC
Global Industrial
4.0009 of 5 stars
$26.80
+3.8%
N/A-23.9%$1.03B$1.31B15.761,650

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This page (NYSE:QUAD) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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