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

Inspire Investing LLC acquired a new position in shares of Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 164,989 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,150,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of QUAD. SG Americas Securities LLC purchased a new position in shares of Quad/Graphics during the 3rd quarter worth $54,000. FMR LLC lifted its position in Quad/Graphics by 1,103.6% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 22,050 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $100,000 after buying an additional 20,218 shares during the last quarter. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC boosted its stake 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 buying an additional 4,023 shares during the period. Stifel Financial Corp increased its position in shares of Quad/Graphics by 61.9% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 31,060 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $141,000 after acquiring an additional 11,874 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Barclays PLC raised its stake in shares of Quad/Graphics by 323.3% in the 3rd 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 period. 39.52% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Quad/Graphics Trading Up 2.7 %

Shares of QUAD stock opened at $6.92 on Friday. Quad/Graphics, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $4.06 and a fifty-two week high of $9.13. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $7.28 and a 200 day moving average price of $5.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.35, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a current ratio of 0.85.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on QUAD shares. Barrington Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $10.00 price objective on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their price objective on Quad/Graphics from $7.70 to $10.30 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 25th. Finally, StockNews.com lowered Quad/Graphics from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday.

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.