EMC Capital Management Increases Stock Holdings in Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD)

EMC Capital Management grew its holdings in shares of Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD) by 835.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 25,020 shares of the business services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 22,346 shares during the quarter. EMC Capital Management’s holdings in Quad/Graphics were worth $174,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. SG Americas Securities LLC purchased a new stake in Quad/Graphics in the third quarter worth about $54,000. FMR LLC increased its holdings in 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 acquiring an additional 20,218 shares in the last quarter. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC raised its stake in Quad/Graphics by 20.7% during the 2nd 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 during the period. Stifel Financial Corp lifted its holdings 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 valued at $141,000 after purchasing an additional 11,874 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Barclays PLC boosted its position in shares of Quad/Graphics by 323.3% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 42,763 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $195,000 after purchasing an additional 32,661 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 39.52% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

Quad/Graphics Stock Performance

QUAD opened at $7.01 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $7.27 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $6.01. 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 52 week low of $4.06 and a 52 week high of $9.13.

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 28th. The business services provider reported $0.26 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.20 by $0.06. Quad/Graphics had a positive return on equity of 42.63% and a negative net margin of 2.82%. The company had revenue of $674.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $654.90 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.11 earnings per share. Equities analysts predict that Quad/Graphics, Inc. will post 0.84 EPS for the current year.

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.