SG Americas Securities LLC Has $97,000 Stake in Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD)

SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its holdings in Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD) by 16.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 13,851 shares of the business services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,922 shares during the quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC’s holdings in Quad/Graphics were worth $97,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in QUAD. FMR LLC grew 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 purchasing an additional 20,218 shares during the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp boosted its stake in shares of Quad/Graphics by 61.9% in the 3rd 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 during the last quarter. Barclays PLC lifted its position in shares of Quad/Graphics by 323.3% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 42,763 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $195,000 after acquiring an additional 32,661 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its holdings in Quad/Graphics by 450.4% during the third quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 47,155 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $214,000 after buying an additional 38,588 shares during the last quarter. Finally, PFG Investments LLC raised its holdings in Quad/Graphics by 17.3% during the third quarter. PFG Investments LLC now owns 61,253 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $278,000 after buying an additional 9,025 shares during the last quarter. 39.52% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have weighed in on QUAD. Barrington Research restated an “outperform” rating and set a $10.00 price objective on shares of Quad/Graphics in a report on Tuesday, November 26th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Quad/Graphics from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, January 31st. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities increased their price target on shares of Quad/Graphics from $7.70 to $10.30 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 25th.

Quad/Graphics Trading Up 16.0 %

Shares of Quad/Graphics stock opened at $7.84 on Friday. Quad/Graphics, Inc. has a 12-month low of $4.06 and a 12-month high of $9.13. The company has a market cap of $408.73 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.75 and a beta of 1.57. 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 company’s 50-day moving average price is $7.17 and its 200-day moving average price is $6.07.

Quad/Graphics Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a $0.075 dividend. This is an increase from Quad/Graphics’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.05. This represents a $0.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.83%. Quad/Graphics’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -12.12%.

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.