Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) Lowered to “Buy” Rating by StockNews.com

StockNews.com cut shares of Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) from a strong-buy rating to a buy rating in a research note published on Friday.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently commented on the company. Rosenblatt Securities boosted their price target on Quad/Graphics from $7.70 to $10.30 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, November 25th. Barrington Research reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $10.00 target price on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research report on Tuesday, November 26th.

Quad/Graphics Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE QUAD opened at $6.72 on Friday. 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 has a one year low of $4.06 and a one year high of $9.13. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $7.27 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $6.02.

Institutional Trading of Quad/Graphics

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Inspire Investing LLC acquired a new position in shares of Quad/Graphics during the 4th quarter valued at about $1,150,000. Bank of Montreal Can bought a new stake in Quad/Graphics during the second quarter worth approximately $408,000. Jane Street Group LLC grew its holdings in Quad/Graphics by 96.4% during the third quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 85,111 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $386,000 after purchasing an additional 41,786 shares during the last quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in Quad/Graphics by 125.4% during the third quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 72,538 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $329,000 after purchasing an additional 40,363 shares during the last quarter. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its position in shares of Quad/Graphics by 450.4% in the third quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 47,155 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $214,000 after purchasing an additional 38,588 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.