Barrington Research Estimates Quad/Graphics Q1 Earnings

Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD) – Equities researchers at Barrington Research issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for Quad/Graphics in a research note issued to investors on Friday, February 21st. Barrington Research analyst K. Steinke anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings of $0.07 per share for the quarter. Barrington Research has a “Outperform” rating and a $10.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Quad/Graphics’ current full-year earnings is $1.08 per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for Quad/Graphics’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.09 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.26 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.37 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.87 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also issued reports on QUAD. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $10.30 target price on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Quad/Graphics from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, January 31st.

Quad/Graphics Stock Up 1.1 %

Shares of NYSE QUAD opened at $6.26 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $326.00 million, a PE ratio of -5.74 and a beta of 1.57. The company has a current ratio of 0.85, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.35. Quad/Graphics has a 1 year low of $4.06 and a 1 year high of $9.13. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $6.93 and its 200-day moving average is $6.22.

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The business services provider reported $0.36 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.38 by ($0.02). Quad/Graphics had a negative net margin of 1.90% and a positive return on equity of 58.44%. The firm had revenue of $708.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $726.70 million.

Quad/Graphics Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced 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 an increase from Quad/Graphics’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.05. This represents a $0.30 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.80%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. Quad/Graphics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -27.52%.

Institutional Trading of Quad/Graphics

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Miller Value Partners LLC grew its holdings in Quad/Graphics by 33.7% during the fourth 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 during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in Quad/Graphics by 1.6% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 679,717 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $4,739,000 after purchasing an additional 10,681 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its holdings in shares of Quad/Graphics by 2.0% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 539,071 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $2,447,000 after buying an additional 10,431 shares in the last quarter. Heartland Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Quad/Graphics during the fourth quarter worth $2,091,000. Finally, Empowered Funds LLC increased its holdings in Quad/Graphics by 5.1% in the fourth quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 293,761 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,048,000 after purchasing an additional 14,275 shares during the period. 39.52% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.