Barrington Research Weighs in on Quad/Graphics Q1 Earnings

Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD) – Research analysts at Barrington Research issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Quad/Graphics in a report released on Friday, February 21st. Barrington Research analyst K. Steinke forecasts that the business services provider will earn $0.07 per share for the quarter. Barrington Research currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $10.00 target price 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.

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 18th. The business services provider reported $0.36 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.38 by ($0.02). The business had revenue of $708.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $726.70 million. Quad/Graphics had a positive return on equity of 58.44% and a negative net margin of 1.90%.

QUAD has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $10.30 price objective on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. StockNews.com downgraded Quad/Graphics from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, January 31st.

Quad/Graphics Trading Up 1.1 %

QUAD opened at $6.26 on Monday. Quad/Graphics has a 52 week low of $4.06 and a 52 week high of $9.13. 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 stock has a market cap of $326.00 million, a PE ratio of -5.74 and a beta of 1.57. The business has a 50 day moving average of $6.93 and a 200-day moving average of $6.22.

Quad/Graphics Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.80%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. Quad/Graphics’s payout ratio is presently -27.52%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Inspire Investing LLC bought a new position in shares of Quad/Graphics during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,150,000. State Street Corp boosted its position in Quad/Graphics by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 539,071 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $2,447,000 after acquiring an additional 10,431 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Quad/Graphics by 2.3% during the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 669,036 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $3,038,000 after acquiring an additional 15,220 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its position in shares of Quad/Graphics by 1,103.6% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 22,050 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $100,000 after purchasing an additional 20,218 shares in the last quarter. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its position in shares of Quad/Graphics by 450.4% in the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 47,155 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $214,000 after purchasing an additional 38,588 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 39.52% of the company’s stock.

Quad/Graphics Company 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.