Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD) Shares Sold by D Orazio & Associates Inc.

D Orazio & Associates Inc. lessened its holdings in shares of Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD) by 14.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 18,397 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 3,190 shares during the quarter. D Orazio & Associates Inc.’s holdings in Quad/Graphics were worth $100,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in QUAD. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC boosted its stake in Quad/Graphics by 17.1% during the 4th quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 81,834 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $444,000 after purchasing an additional 11,970 shares during the last quarter. Crescent Grove Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Quad/Graphics by 19.8% during the 1st quarter. Crescent Grove Advisors LLC now owns 60,490 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $321,000 after purchasing an additional 10,000 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its position in shares of Quad/Graphics by 20.8% during the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 46,127 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $245,000 after acquiring an additional 7,947 shares during the last quarter. LSV Asset Management boosted its position in shares of Quad/Graphics by 5.8% during the 1st quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 1,118,383 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $5,939,000 after acquiring an additional 61,431 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Empowered Funds LLC boosted its position in shares of Quad/Graphics by 8.1% during the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 246,202 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,307,000 after acquiring an additional 18,550 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 39.52% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Barrington Research reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $8.50 price target on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research report on Friday, August 2nd. StockNews.com raised shares of Quad/Graphics from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 16th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities boosted their price target on shares of Quad/Graphics from $7.50 to $7.60 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 1st.

Quad/Graphics Stock Down 0.7 %

Shares of QUAD opened at $4.32 on Friday. Quad/Graphics, Inc. has a 12-month low of $3.96 and a 12-month high of $6.75. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $5.02 and its 200 day moving average price is $5.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.83, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a current ratio of 0.85.

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 30th. The business services provider reported $0.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $634.20 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $645.70 million. Quad/Graphics had a negative net margin of 2.00% and a positive return on equity of 26.62%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.02 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Quad/Graphics, Inc. will post 0.76 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Quad/Graphics Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Investors of record on Monday, August 19th were issued a $0.05 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 19th. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.63%. Quad/Graphics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -16.00%.

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.