Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) Releases Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.02 EPS

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) posted its earnings results on Tuesday. The business services provider reported $0.36 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.38 by ($0.02), Zacks reports. Quad/Graphics had a negative net margin of 2.82% and a positive return on equity of 42.63%.

Quad/Graphics Stock Performance

Shares of QUAD traded down $0.57 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $7.04. 752,104 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 230,056. The company has a market capitalization of $366.92 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.27 and a beta of 1.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.35, a current ratio of 0.85 and a quick ratio of 0.56. Quad/Graphics has a twelve month low of $4.06 and a twelve month high of $9.13. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $7.12 and its 200 day moving average price is $6.13.

Quad/Graphics Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be issued a dividend of $0.075 per share. This is a positive change from Quad/Graphics’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.05. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. This represents a $0.30 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.26%. Quad/Graphics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -12.12%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

QUAD has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. StockNews.com cut shares of Quad/Graphics from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, January 31st. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and set a $10.30 target price on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Barrington Research restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $10.00 price objective on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th.

About Quad/Graphics

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.