QUAD GRAPHICS INC CLASS A (QUAD)
Industrials · Commercial Printing Services · NYSE
A global marketing services provider that helps companies bridge the gap between physical and digital consumer engagement through integrated print and content solutions.
What QUAD GRAPHICS INC CLASS A does
Quad/Graphics is a global marketing experience company that provides comprehensive print and digital marketing solutions. The company specializes in print production, content creation, brand strategy, and media planning to help marketers engage consumers across physical and digital channels.
Themes: marketing services / brand experience, omnichannel marketing, direct mail marketing, content marketing
Fundamentals
- Price$9.49 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$488M as of 2026-07-24 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return+59.2% 2025-10-08 close $5.96 → 2026-10-08 close $9.49
- P/E15.11 as of 2026-10-08
- Net margin+1.1% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- ROE+21.0% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity3.22 as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue growth (YoY)-8.0% as of 2026-09-02
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-9.1% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.92 as of 2026-09-02
- Last reported earnings2026-07-28 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +4.2%; 2-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How QUAD compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiobottom 25% 349 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-10-08
- net profit marginmiddle range 417 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- operating marginmiddle range 392 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- return on equitytop 25% 432 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 10% 428 covered Industrials peers
- indicated dividend yieldtop 10% 271 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-02
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 417 covered Industrials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Industrials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, QUAD's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 53%, free-cash-flow payout 28%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout53% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout28% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How QUAD GRAPHICS INC CLASS A looks technically
QUAD GRAPHICS INC CLASS A (QUAD) is trading 21.2% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 201 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 24 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 48, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 7 trading days ago.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 21.2% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +21.2% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $9.89 | $9.89 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $7.83 | $7.83 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 7 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 7 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in the fourth leg, a pullback against that downward direction; the labelling fails if price closes above 9.6645. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction. | possible downward five-wave sequence, in wave 4 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 201 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 201 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 24 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 23.9 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 48, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 47.8 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($8.96 to $9.83) — its "stochastic" reading is 61 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 61.1 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 1 trading day ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 1 session |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $11.14 | $11.14 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 14.8% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -14.8% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 85.4% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +85.3% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 14.8% below its highest point of the past year | 14.8% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 7 trading days ago | 7 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 48 trading days ago | 48 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $49.85 (set on 2010-07-06) | $49.85 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($5.18 to $10.85), and it has given back roughly a quarter of its rise from last year’s low — 24% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $7.16 to $7.35. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 24.0% |
| From the all-time high | it is 81.0% below its all-time high | -81.0% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 6.2% above a support level at $8.90 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-07-16, most recently on 2026-10-01. Since 2024-10-08 it has 14 such levels below the current price and 0 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -6.2% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $2.00 (set on 2020-04-03) | $2.00 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 374.5% above its all-time low | +374.5% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 71% of it) | 29th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.3181 between its high and its low — about 3.4% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.3181 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $8.99 and $10.00 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $8.99 – $9.50 – $10.00 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.4% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.4% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 5.2 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (21.2% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 5.2 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.60× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | not available for this company yet | n/a |
Candlestick patterns
4
| Since a doji | 5 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 5 sessions ago |
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| Since a hammer | 8 sessions ago, after a stretch of decline, it sold off hard during the session and then closed back near its high — a "hammer", the long lower wick showing the drop was bought back before the close | 8 sessions ago |
| Since a bullish engulfing | 9 sessions ago it opened below the previous session's close and finished above that session's open — a "bullish engulfing" pair, where one up day more than undid the down day before it | 9 sessions ago |
| Since a bearish engulfing | 2 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 2 sessions ago |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 0.2% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.2% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.3% gap up opened on 2026-09-17 has been "filled" 15 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 15 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 8.0 percentage points (the stock lost 7.0% while the market gained 1.0%) | -8.0% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 10.9 percentage points (the stock gained 14.8% while the market gained 3.8%) | +10.9% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 16.6 percentage points (the stock gained 34.0% while the market gained 17.5%) | +16.6% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 44.2 percentage points (the stock gained 59.2% while the market gained 15.0%) | +44.3% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 0 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 0 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is moderate, spanning 6.7% of the share price. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 12% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $8.45 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +12.3% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 4% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-28 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $9.91 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 52 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -4.2% |
Double top, bearish — broke down · entry $9.73 · 47 sessions in
Price levels it has turned at before
QUAD last closed at $9.49 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 14 prices below its last close and 0 above; the 3 nearest below are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $8.90 | Support | 6.2% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-07-16 to 2026-10-01 |
| $8.68 | Support | 8.5% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-05-01 to 2026-07-01 |
| $8.02 | Support | 15.5% below the last close | turned there three times · 2024-11-11 to 2026-07-08 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 4 of five, a pullback against that direction.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $9.66.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $9.41 and $9.66 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a completed three-part correction, which fails on a close below $8.96.
This reading has stood for 1 trading day, since 2026-10-08.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · MACD just crossed bullish (12/26/9) · beating the market · Under water since its last earnings report (below the anchored VWAP) · Trading inside the Ichimoku cloud · Elliott wave 4 pullbacks | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Mean price target$13.17 range $13.00 – $13.50; median $13.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-04. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for QUAD
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.38 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-04
- Estimate change, 30 days$0.00 (0.0%) from $0.38, on 2026-08-30, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward0% of 8 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Significant reliance on the print industry, which faces long-term structural decline due to digital transformation.","High levels of debt and liquidity constraints could limit operational flexibility.","Intense competition in the printing and marketing services market, creating continuous pricing pressure."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of QUAD's 10-Q filed 2026-04-29 against the prior one filed 2025-10-29.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added 'project' to the list of forward-looking statement identifiers in the Cautionary Statement (2026-04-29)
- Added reference to 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed February 18, 2026 (2026-04-29)
- Added 'Adjusted EBITDA' as a non-GAAP financial measure discussed in Liquidity and Capital Resources section (2026-04-29)
- Added risk bullet point: 'The impact of rapid changes in technology, including artificial intelligence, and the risk the Company is unable to adapt its marketing offerings to compete in this technology-driven environment' (2026-04-29)
- Added risk bullet point: 'The risk the Company is unable to reduce costs and improve operating efficiency rapidly enough to meet market conditions' (2026-04-29)
- Removed:
- Removed comparison to nine months ended September 30, 2024 from Results of Operations section (2025-10-29 included; 2026-04-29 does not)
- Removed reference to 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed February 21, 2025 (2026-04-29)
- Removed 'and technologies, such as artificial intelligence' from first risk factor about business complexity (moved to separate risk factor in 2026-04-29)
- Removed 'and the risk the Company is unable to pass along such increases to clients' from operating costs risk factor (2025-10-29 included; 2026-04-29 does not)
- Removed 'creates' language from decreasing demand for printing services risk factor (2025-10-29 had 'creates'; 2026-04-29 changed structure)
- Removed 'and/or achieve the intended benefits of' from acquisitions risk factor language (2026-04-29 simplified to just 'complete and integrate')
- Removed 'as well as the uncertain negative impacts macroeconomic conditions may h' incomplete sentence at end of risk factors (2025-10-29 text appears truncated; 2026-04-29 ends cleanly)
- Reworded:
- Changed filing period reference from 'three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024' to 'three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025' (2026-04-29)
- Changed Form 10-K filing date reference from 'February 21, 2025' to 'February 18, 2026' (2026-04-29)
- Changed Form 10-K year reference from '2024' to '2025' (2026-04-29)
- Reorganized first risk factor: 'including adapting marketing offerings and business processes as required by new markets' in 2026-04-29 vs. 'including adapting marketing offerings and business processes as required by new markets and technologies, such as artificial intelligence' in 2025-10-29
- Changed operating costs risk factor structure: removed 'and the risk the Company is unable to pass along such increases to clients' portion (2026-04-29)
- Changed 'The inability of the Company to reduce costs' to 'The risk the Company is unable to reduce costs' (2026-04-29)
- Changed macroeconomic conditions language from 'including inflation and elevated interest rates' to 'including elevated interest rates' (removed 'inflation' reference) (2026-04-29)
- Changed acquisitions risk language from 'identify, manage, complete, integrate and/or achieve the intended benefits' to 'identify, manage, complete and integrate' (2026-04-29)
- Notes:
- The 2025-10-29 filing text appears truncated at the end of the risk factors section, cutting off mid-sentence on the final bullet point
- Comparison is between Q3 2025 filing (for nine-month period) and Q1 2026 filing (for three-month period), so structural differences are expected
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for QUAD — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
4 institutional 13F filers reported holding QUAD as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 4
- Reported shares held 3,623,029
- Reported value $30,542,134
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 2 increased, 2 decreased, 1 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
QUAD had 1,743,344 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for QUAD because we do not hold a verified share count to divide it by. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 1,743,344
- Prior settlement (shares) 1,405,882
- Reported change 24%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.96
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- R.R. Donnelley & Sons
- LSC Communications
- Cimpress (CMPR)
- Taylor Corporation
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Frequently asked questions
What does QUAD GRAPHICS INC CLASS A (QUAD) do?
Quad/Graphics is a global marketing experience company that provides comprehensive print and digital marketing solutions. The company specializes in print production, content creation, brand strategy, and media planning to help marketers engage consumers across physical and digital channels.
What sector is QUAD GRAPHICS INC CLASS A (QUAD) in?
QUAD GRAPHICS INC CLASS A (QUAD) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is Commercial Printing Services. It trades on NYSE.
Does QUAD pay a dividend?
Yes — QUAD GRAPHICS INC CLASS A (QUAD) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 4.24% and 2-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-09-02). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are QUAD GRAPHICS INC CLASS A's (QUAD) competitors?
Notable peers of QUAD GRAPHICS INC CLASS A (QUAD) include R.R. Donnelley & Sons, LSC Communications, Cimpress and Taylor Corporation. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is QUAD GRAPHICS INC CLASS A (QUAD) overbought or oversold right now?
QUAD GRAPHICS INC CLASS A (QUAD) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 48, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on QUAD come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-02; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-02 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.