# Quad Graphics Inc (QUAD) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Industrials / Professional Services. Price $10.70, market value $551 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 16.2×** (5-yr avg 12.2×, 3-yr avg 11.3×). Quad Graphics Inc trades at 16.2× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 12.2×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Industrials median in the September 2026 study was 25.7×. Forward P/E is 7.3×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **PEG: 0.05**. A PEG of 0.05 means the P/E is low relative to expected earnings growth: the market is not paying much for that growth.
- **Price / sales: 0.2×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.2×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 4.4×**. The shares trade at 4.4× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 9.2%** (5-yr avg 32.6%). Free cash flow equals 9.2% of the market value, below its five-year average of 32.6%, so the shares are pricier on cash than usual. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 6.2%**. The inverse of the P/E: 6.2% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: 4.5%**. 4.5% of revenue is left after running the business, which leaves little cushion in a downturn.
- **Net margin: 1.1%**. 1.1% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 21.0%**. 21.0% on shareholders' equity is excellent if it is not driven by leverage; sustained above 20% usually signals a competitive advantage.
- **Return on invested capital: 19.2%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 19.2%: comfortably above what that capital costs.
- **Return on assets: 2.5%**. Each dollar of assets produces 2.5% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -9.4%** (3-yr -9.1%/yr, 5-yr -3.8%/yr). Revenue fell 9.4% over the last year, against -3.8% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 150.5%** (3-yr 44.2%/yr). Earnings per share rose 150.5%, faster than revenue, so margins expanded or the share count shrank.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -18.7%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -18.7% a year over three years, lagging earnings: check whether profits are turning into cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 2.88**. Debt is 2.88 times equity, a leveraged balance sheet that needs steady cash flow to service.
- **Altman Z-score: 2.62**. A Z-score of 2.62 is in the grey zone; not distressed, not clearly safe.
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 3.74%** ($0.35 per share, trailing). Quad Graphics Inc yields 3.74%, an income-level yield.
- **Payout ratio: 53%** (34% of free cash flow). 53% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 2**. 2 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 14.9%/yr** (1-yr 50.0%). The dividend has compounded at 14.9% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 5 years at that pace.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 67.6%** (YTD 75.3%, 3-mo 43.6%). The shares are up 67.6% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -4.0%** (109.0% above the low). Trading within 5% of its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 70**. An RSI of 70 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.51** (volatility 42%). Beta of 0.51 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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