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Employees: 10,100
Size Quad/Graphics (QUAD) is a United States Industrials company (Commercial Printing/Forms) with a market value of $388M, the 2885th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $7.61 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 2.0%, against -16.6% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 4.9% over the last twelve months (peer median +0.5%); the operating margin is 5.0% (peer median 6.2%).
Valuation It trades at 5.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 14.3× (cheapest of 11).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is -4%, so the hurdle is -3 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 7.7 points above its cost of capital (7.8% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 4.9% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 23 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.38B | $2.42B | $2.67B | $2.96B | $3.22B |
| Revenue growth | — | -9% | -10% | -8% | — |
| Gross profit | $436M | $448M | $481M | $451M | $460M |
| EBITDA | $192M | $193M | $230M | $228M | $242M |
| Net income | $26.5M | $27.0M | -$50.9M | -$55.4M | $9.30M |
| Free cash flow | $37.2M | $50.7M | $55.7M | $76.8M | $94.3M |
| Capital expenditure | $46.3M | $45.2M | $57.2M | $70.8M | $60.3M |
| Total debt | $513M | $444M | $465M | $625M | $685M |
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| Measure | QUAD | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -19.8% | -7.6% | 2nd lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +2.0% | -16.6% | 3rd highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -31.7% | -38.8% | 8th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -4.9% | +0.5% | 7th lowest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 6.2% | 10th lowest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 5.8× | 14.3× | cheapest of 11 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -7.0% | 5.6% | 5th least demanding of 15 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | -3.8% | +3.7% | lowest of 15 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -3.2 pp | +1.1 pp | 6th least demanding of 15 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +7.7 pp | +1.6 pp | 5th highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 4.6× | 8.0× | cheapest of 11 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.5× | 2.0× | 5th most indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quad/Graphics QUAD | United States | $388M | +2% | -5% | 5% | 5.8× | -7.0% | -3.8% |
| Tianjin Binhai Energy & Development 000695.SZ | China | $386M | -28% | +57% | -8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shaanxi Jinye Science Technology and Education 000812.SZ | China | $406M | -13% | +1% | -8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Wirtualna Polska WPL.WA | Poland | $364M | -6% | +39% | 11% | 11.4× | -5.0% | +28.5% |
| Avex 7860.T | Japan | $353M | +3% | +7% | 3% | 13.2× | -12.9% | +12.4% |
| TCPL Packaging TCPLPACK.NS | India | $427M | +58% | +5% | 12% | 28.0× | 22.0% | +15.0% |
| Guangdong New Grand Long Packing 002836.SZ | China | $348M | -25% | +6% | 8% | n/a | 19.1% | +15.4% |
| KOSAIDO 7868.T | Japan | $434M | -24% | -5% | 18% | 15.2× | -13.5% | +2.8% |
| Silkroad Vision Technology 300556.SZ | China | $328M | -9% | +52% | -2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing Hanyi Innovation Technology 301270.SZ | China | $314M | -19% | -7% | 0% | n/a | 46.1% | -0.7% |
| Yongji Printing 603058.SS | China | $492M | -28% | -15% | 8% | n/a | 25.0% | +15.1% |
| Nissha 7915.T | Japan | $303M | -19% | 0% | 2% | n/a | 6.5% | +1.6% |
| Ennis EBF | United States | $528M | +1% | +2% | 14% | 13.3× | -12.4% | +1.9% |
| Tungkong 002117.SZ | China | $543M | -32% | -12% | 12% | 22.3× | 5.7% | +0.3% |
| Beijing Shengtong Printing 002599.SZ | China | $552M | -17% | -4% | 0% | 40.8× | 28.4% | 0.0% |
| Shenzhen Jinjia 002191.SZ | China | $674M | -16% | +32% | -16% | 33.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Hongbo 002229.SZ | China | $677M | -44% | -59% | -47% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Bestsun Energy 600681.SS | China | $696M | -15% | -7% | 10% | n/a | -8.3% | +3.9% |
| Manipal Payment and Identity Solutions MPIMANIPAL.NS | India | $768M | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Deluxe DLX | United States | $1.22B | 0% | 0% | 13% | 6.6× | 2.1% | +3.6% |
| Cimpress CMPR | United States | $1.39B | -38% | +10% | 6% | 12.4× | 5.4% | +7.7% |