Trexquant Investment LP Increases Holdings in Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD)

Trexquant Investment LP boosted its position in Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD) by 110.3% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 59,204 shares of the business services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 31,050 shares during the period. Trexquant Investment LP’s holdings in Quad/Graphics were worth $413,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of QUAD. SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its stake in shares of Quad/Graphics by 16.1% in the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 13,851 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $97,000 after purchasing an additional 1,922 shares in the last quarter. Virtu Financial LLC purchased a new stake in Quad/Graphics during the fourth quarter valued at about $116,000. FMR LLC grew its stake in shares of Quad/Graphics by 1,103.6% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 22,050 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $100,000 after buying an additional 20,218 shares during the last quarter. Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Quad/Graphics by 27.5% in the fourth quarter. Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC now owns 23,080 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $161,000 after buying an additional 4,980 shares during the period. Finally, EMC Capital Management lifted its stake in shares of Quad/Graphics by 835.7% in the 4th quarter. EMC Capital Management now owns 25,020 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $174,000 after acquiring an additional 22,346 shares during the last quarter. 39.52% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Quad/Graphics Trading Up 0.1 %

NYSE QUAD opened at $4.96 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, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $4.06 and a fifty-two week high of $9.13. The stock has a market cap of $259.44 million, a P/E ratio of -4.55 and a beta of 1.52. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $5.92 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $6.44.

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The business services provider reported $0.36 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.38 by ($0.02). Quad/Graphics had a negative net margin of 1.90% and a positive return on equity of 58.44%. The company had revenue of $708.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $726.70 million. On average, analysts forecast that Quad/Graphics, Inc. will post 1.08 earnings per share for the current year.

Quad/Graphics Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th were 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 6.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 28th. Quad/Graphics’s dividend payout ratio is presently -27.52%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have commented on QUAD shares. StockNews.com raised Quad/Graphics from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 2nd. Barrington Research reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $10.00 target price on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research note on Friday, February 21st. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and set a $10.30 price target on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th.

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.