Quad/Graphics, Inc. (QUAD) to Issue Quarterly Dividend of $0.05 on December 6th

Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 23rd,RTT News reports. Investors of record on Monday, November 18th will be paid a dividend of 0.05 per share by the business services provider on Friday, December 6th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.82%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 18th.

Quad/Graphics has a dividend payout ratio of 16.1% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities analysts expect Quad/Graphics to earn $1.08 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $0.20 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 18.5%.

Quad/Graphics Stock Performance

Shares of QUAD stock opened at $7.09 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.85, a quick ratio of 0.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.35. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $5.52 and a 200-day simple moving average of $5.20. The company has a market cap of $369.53 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.30 and a beta of 1.57. Quad/Graphics has a 12-month low of $4.06 and a 12-month high of $7.94.

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) last issued its 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 company had revenue of $674.80 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.11 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Quad/Graphics will post 0.84 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

QUAD has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Quad/Graphics from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, October 26th. Rosenblatt Securities reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $7.60 price objective on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research report on Friday, October 25th. Finally, Barrington Research upped their target price on Quad/Graphics from $8.50 to $10.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th.

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.