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