QUAD vs. DLX, EBF, PMTS, MGIH, CMPR, MRC, SCSC, TRS, CMCO, and CECO
Should you be buying Quad/Graphics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quad/Graphics include Deluxe (DLX), Ennis (EBF), CPI Card Group (PMTS), Millennium Group International (MGIH), Cimpress (CMPR), MRC Global (MRC), ScanSource (SCSC), TriMas (TRS), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), and CECO Environmental (CECO).
Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) and Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Quad/Graphics pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Deluxe pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Quad/Graphics pays out -16.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Deluxe pays out 155.8% 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 has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deluxe has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
39.5% of Quad/Graphics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Deluxe shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of Quad/Graphics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Deluxe shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Quad/Graphics had 5 more articles in the media than Deluxe. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Quad/Graphics and 3 mentions for Deluxe. Deluxe's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Quad/Graphics' score of 0.29 indicating that Deluxe is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Quad/Graphics received 6 more outperform votes than Deluxe when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.91% of users gave Deluxe an outperform vote while only 65.48% of users gave Quad/Graphics an outperform vote.
Deluxe has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Quad/Graphics presently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.52%. Deluxe has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.82%. Given Quad/Graphics' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Quad/Graphics is more favorable than Deluxe.
Deluxe has a net margin of 1.57% compared to Quad/Graphics' net margin of -2.07%. Deluxe's return on equity of 21.33% beat Quad/Graphics' return on equity.
Summary
Deluxe beats Quad/Graphics on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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