Bailard Inc. Acquires Shares of 36,300 Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD)

Bailard Inc. bought a new stake in Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm bought 36,300 shares of the business services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $253,000. Bailard Inc. owned approximately 0.07% of Quad/Graphics as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of QUAD. SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its position in Quad/Graphics by 16.1% in the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 13,851 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $97,000 after buying an additional 1,922 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Quad/Graphics by 1,103.6% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 22,050 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $100,000 after acquiring an additional 20,218 shares in the last quarter. EMC Capital Management grew its position in Quad/Graphics by 835.7% during the 4th quarter. EMC Capital Management now owns 25,020 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $174,000 after acquiring an additional 22,346 shares during the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp increased its holdings in Quad/Graphics by 61.9% in the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 31,060 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $141,000 after purchasing an additional 11,874 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Institute for Wealth Management LLC. raised its position in Quad/Graphics by 187.6% in the fourth quarter. Institute for Wealth Management LLC. now owns 36,179 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $252,000 after purchasing an additional 23,601 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 39.52% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Barrington Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $10.00 price objective on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research note on Friday, February 21st. StockNews.com cut shares of Quad/Graphics from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, January 31st. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $10.30 price target on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th.

Quad/Graphics Price Performance

Quad/Graphics stock opened at $6.00 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $313.83 million, a P/E ratio of -5.50 and a beta of 1.57. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $6.79 and its 200 day moving average is $6.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.35, a current ratio of 0.85 and a quick ratio of 0.56. Quad/Graphics, Inc. has a one year low of $4.06 and a one year high of $9.13.

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The business services provider reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.38 by ($0.02). Quad/Graphics had a positive return on equity of 58.44% and a negative net margin of 1.90%. The firm had revenue of $708.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $726.70 million. As a group, research analysts expect that Quad/Graphics, Inc. will post 1.08 EPS for the current year.

Quad/Graphics Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $0.075 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. This represents a $0.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.00%. This is a boost from Quad/Graphics’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.05. Quad/Graphics’s dividend payout ratio is -27.52%.

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.