GSA Capital Partners LLP Has $189,000 Position in Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD)

GSA Capital Partners LLP lessened its stake in shares of Quad/Graphics, Inc. (NYSE:QUAD) by 23.1% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 41,567 shares of the business services provider’s stock after selling 12,452 shares during the period. GSA Capital Partners LLP’s holdings in Quad/Graphics were worth $189,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. EMC Capital Management grew its holdings in shares of Quad/Graphics by 11.7% during the first quarter. EMC Capital Management now owns 25,020 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $133,000 after buying an additional 2,623 shares during the last quarter. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC boosted its holdings in Quad/Graphics by 20.7% in the 2nd quarter. Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC now owns 23,486 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $128,000 after purchasing an additional 4,023 shares during the period. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC raised its holdings in shares of Quad/Graphics by 3.5% in the 3rd quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 232,999 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $1,058,000 after acquiring an additional 7,914 shares in the last quarter. PFG Investments LLC raised its position in shares of Quad/Graphics by 17.3% during the 3rd quarter. PFG Investments LLC now owns 61,253 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $278,000 after buying an additional 9,025 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in Quad/Graphics by 0.6% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,767,528 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $9,386,000 after buying an additional 11,139 shares during the last quarter. 39.52% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Rosenblatt Securities restated a “buy” rating and set a $7.60 price target on shares of Quad/Graphics in a research report on Friday, October 25th. Barrington Research lifted their price target on Quad/Graphics from $8.50 to $10.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, StockNews.com raised Quad/Graphics from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, October 26th.

Quad/Graphics Stock Up 3.2 %

NYSE QUAD opened at $7.01 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $365.36 million, a P/E ratio of -4.25 and a beta of 1.57. Quad/Graphics, Inc. has a 52 week low of $4.06 and a 52 week high of $7.94. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $5.79 and its 200-day moving average price is $5.28. The company has a quick ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.35.

Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 28th. The business services provider reported $0.26 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.20 by $0.06. Quad/Graphics had a negative net margin of 2.82% and a positive return on equity of 42.63%. The business had revenue of $674.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $654.90 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.11 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that Quad/Graphics, Inc. will post 0.84 earnings per share for the current year.

Quad/Graphics Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 18th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 18th. Quad/Graphics’s dividend payout ratio is -12.12%.

About Quad/Graphics

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.