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Quad/Graphics, Inc. (QUAD)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Quad/Graphics, Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q1 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Quad/Graphics, Inc.

Quad is a marketing experience company that provides integrated marketing and print services to businesses across multiple industries. Its main offerings include marketing intelligence, creative services, production of print and digital content, media planning and placement, and marketing technology solutions. Quad serves approximately 2,100 clients globally, including large retail, consumer goods, financial services, and health companies.

Snapshot

Revenue
$2.42B
Revenue growth (YoY)
-9.4%
Net income
$27.0M
Diluted EPS
$0.54
Gross margin
21.6%
Operating margin
4.0%
Net margin
1.1%
FCF margin
2.1%
ROE
21.0%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
14.5×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$490.9M
Long-term debt / equity
2.51×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Quad/Graphics

  • Revenue fell 9.4% to $2.4B in FY2025, after a 9.7% decline the year before.
  • Operating margin is 4.0% in FY2025, +0.9 pp against 3.1% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q1 FY2026: revenue $581M, down 7.7% from Q1 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $51M in FY2025, 2.1% of revenue.
  • Net income turned positive at $27M in FY2025, from a $51M loss in FY2024.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Quad/Graphics’s fundamentals sit among the 213 Communication Services companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin21.6%
16th percentile of 102
Operating margin4.0%
55th percentile of 182
Net margin1.1%
55th percentile of 188
FCF margin2.1%
39th percentile of 162
Revenue growth (YoY)-9.4%
17th percentile of 206
ROE21.0%
87th percentile of 162
P/E14.5×
31st percentile of 79
Long-term debt / equity2.51×
79th percentile of 100
Short interest4.46d
60th percentile of 212

Quad/Graphics’s return on equity of 21.0% ranks in the 87th percentile of the 162 Communication Services companies reporting it.

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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 6 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
1
0 new, 1 added
Reduced / exited
5
5 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$13.6M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$5.7M672.9KReduced
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$3.4M407.1KReduced
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$1.9M229.5KAdded
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$1.4M164.7KReduced
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$867,759102.9KReduced
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$339,44240.3KReduced

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
1.7M
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
-1.6%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
4.46
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
384.1K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-301.7M-1.6%4.46
2026-09-151.7M+24.0%4.96
2026-08-311.4M+12.6%3.82
2026-08-141.2M-14.9%2.43
2026-07-311.5M-5.0%5.26
2026-07-151.5M+10.0%11.92
2026-06-301.4M+9.2%4.68
2026-06-151.3M-4.3%9.03

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$2.42B$2.67B$2.96B$3.22B$2.96B
Gross profit
Operating income$97.0M$19.2M$25.7M$53.5M$92.8M
Net income$27.0M$-50.9M$-55.4M$9.3M$37.8M
Diluted EPS$0.54$-1.07$-1.14$0.18$0.71

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$95.9M$112.9M$147.6M$154.6M$136.5M
Capital expenditure$45.2M$57.2M$70.8M$60.3M$50.0M
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q1 FY2026$581.0M-7.7%$6.2M$0.13
Q4 FY2025-11.0%
Q3 FY2025$588.0M-12.9%$10.2M$0.21
Q2 FY2025$571.9M-9.8%$-100,000$0.00
Q1 FY2025$629.4M-3.9%$5.8M$0.11
Q4 FY2024-10.1%
Q3 FY2024$674.8M-3.6%$-24.7M$-0.52
Q2 FY2024$634.2M-9.8%$-2.8M$-0.06

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorCommunication Services
SIC industryCommercial Printing
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ1 FY2026 (ended March 31, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2012
SEC CIK1481792

Selected SEC filings

10-Q2026-07-29
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10-Q2026-04-29
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8-K2026-08-25
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8-K2026-07-28
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8-K2026-05-22
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8-K2026-04-28
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.