Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD - Get Free Report) released its quarterly 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 1.90% and a positive return on equity of 58.44%. The firm had revenue of $708.40 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $726.70 million.

Quad/Graphics Stock Performance

NYSE QUAD traded down $0.54 on Friday, reaching $6.01. 522,881 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 277,094. The firm has a market capitalization of $312.98 million, a PE ratio of -5.51 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. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $7.00 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $6.18. Quad/Graphics has a one year low of $4.06 and a one year high of $9.13.

Quad/Graphics Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $0.075 per share. This is a boost from Quad/Graphics's previous quarterly dividend of $0.05. This represents a $0.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.00%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. Quad/Graphics's payout ratio is presently -18.35%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

QUAD has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $10.30 target price on shares of Quad/Graphics in a report on Tuesday. Barrington Research reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a $10.00 price objective on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research note on Friday. Finally, StockNews.com lowered shares of Quad/Graphics from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, January 31st.

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.