Quad/Graphics, Inc. (QUAD) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Comparison

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Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is Quad/Graphics, Inc. ?

High Debt company with Weak Long Term Fundamental Strength

Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of -5.45% and Operating profit at 1.32% over the last 5 years
High Debt Company with a Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
The company has been able to generate a Return on Capital Employed (avg) of 13.67% signifying low profitability per unit of total capital (equity and debt)

The company has declared Positive results for the last 3 consecutive quarters

NET PROFIT(9M) At USD 30.62 MM has Grown at 43.09%
ROCE(HY) Highest at -17.22%
INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Highest at 12.89 times

With ROE of 65.47%, it has a risky valuation with a 3.46 Price to Book Value

Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -23.71%, its profits have risen by 111.9% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.1
At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 425.7

Underperformed the market in the last 1 year

Even though the market (S&P 500) has generated returns of 14.11% in the last 1 year, the stock has hugely underperformed and has generate negative returns of -23.71% returns

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you sell?

All quantity irrespective of whether you are making profits or losses

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Media & Entertainment)

When to re-enter? - We will constantly monitor the company and review our call based on new data

Is Quad/Graphics, Inc. for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Quad/Graphics, Inc.

39.05%

0.46

56.18%

S&P 500

25.41%

0.70

20.15%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

-3.75%

EBIT Growth (5y)

8.15%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

1.61

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

2.74

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

5.55

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

4.58

Tax Ratio

41.67%

Dividend Payout Ratio

55.44%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

60.55%

ROCE (avg)

13.67%

ROE (avg)

35.74%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

2.85

EV to EBIT

5.87

EV to EBITDA

3.53

EV to Capital Employed

1.52

EV to Sales

0.29

PEG Ratio

Dividend Yield

456.38%

ROCE (Latest)

25.90%

ROE (Latest)

36.00%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bullish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Bullish

Moving Averages

Bullish (Daily)

KST

Bullish

Mildly Bearish

Dow Theory

No Trend

Mildly Bearish

OBV

Mildly Bullish

Mildly Bearish

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

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Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

4What is working for the Company

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 80%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -3.41% (YoY

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Lowest at 392.1 %

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 7.71

-6What is not working for the Company

NET PROFIT(HY)

At USD 22.72 MM has Grown at -35.68%

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 7.71 times

Here's what is working for Quad/Graphics, Inc.

Debt-Equity Ratio

Lowest at 392.1 %

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

The company has been reducing its borrowing as compared to equity capital

Debt-Equity Ratio

Dividend per share

Highest at USD 7.71

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Dividend Payout Ratio

Highest at 80%

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by -3.41% (YoY)

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Quad/Graphics, Inc.

Net Profit

At USD 22.72 MM has Grown at -35.68%

Year on Year (YoY)

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is very negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Lowest at 7.71 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio