Inspire Investing LLC Purchases New Stake in Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD)

Inspire Investing LLC purchased a new position in shares of Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 164,989 shares of the business services provider's stock, valued at approximately $1,150,000. Inspire Investing LLC owned approximately 0.32% of Quad/Graphics as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. SG Americas Securities LLC acquired a new position in shares of Quad/Graphics during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $54,000. FMR LLC increased its holdings in Quad/Graphics by 1,103.6% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 22,050 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $100,000 after buying an additional 20,218 shares during the last quarter. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC raised its position in Quad/Graphics by 20.7% during the second quarter. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC now owns 23,486 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $128,000 after acquiring an additional 4,023 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp raised its position in Quad/Graphics by 61.9% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 31,060 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $141,000 after acquiring an additional 11,874 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Barclays PLC lifted its stake in Quad/Graphics by 323.3% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 42,763 shares of the business services provider's stock valued at $195,000 after acquiring an additional 32,661 shares during the last quarter. 39.52% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on QUAD. Rosenblatt Securities upped their target price on shares of Quad/Graphics from $7.70 to $10.30 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, November 25th. Barrington Research restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $10.00 price objective on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. Finally, StockNews.com cut Quad/Graphics from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday.

Quad/Graphics Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE QUAD traded down $0.13 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $6.83. 186,349 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 193,603. The stock has a market capitalization of $355.72 million, a P/E ratio of -4.14 and a beta of 1.59. The company has a quick ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.35. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $7.28 and its 200-day simple moving average is $5.96. Quad/Graphics, Inc. has a twelve month low of $4.06 and a twelve month high of $9.13.

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 28th. The business services provider reported $0.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.06. Quad/Graphics had a negative net margin of 2.82% and a positive return on equity of 42.63%. The firm had revenue of $674.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $654.90 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.11 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts predict that Quad/Graphics, Inc. will post 0.84 earnings per share for the current year.

Quad/Graphics Profile

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.