Quad/Graphics, Inc. (QUAD)
Industrials
- Fundamental
- 3
- Sentiment
- 2
- Technical
- 3
Do Nothing: qualitativeScore is 2 (below the required floor of 3) — no chart pattern overrides the upstream qualitative flag — and the 20-day average dollar volume $3,379,025 is below the $5,000,000 liquidity floor.
Company overview
Quad/Graphics, Inc. is a global provider of marketing solutions, operating through its U.S. Print and Related Services and International segments. The company offers extensive printing capabilities and a range of marketing services, including consumer insights, media planning, and logistics management. Founded in 1971, it serves various sectors from its headquarters in Sussex, Wisconsin.
Fundamental
fairQuad/Graphics shows improving profitability but faces revenue decline and liquidity risks.
Mixed (3/5): SEC filings show FY2025 profitability rebound and improved leverage, but multi-year revenue decline and the latest 10-Q’s sub-1.0 current ratio/low cash balance keep risk elevated. Valuation is inexpensive on EV/Sales and EV/EBITDA with a high free-cash-flow yield, making it a turnaround/value setup rather than a durable growth story.
Sentiment
weakNo significant catalysts or sentiment shifts are present for Quad/Graphics.
No actionable catalyst is in the map: the 14-day window holds only routine items (a minor injury-free plant fire, small QuadMed/retail-media expansions, momentum commentary), the July Q2 print is fully digested, and no forward event sits within 30 days — an absent setup. The sentiment delta is flat at low confidence (baseline +0.175 on a thin degraded sample vs scoring 0.00), retail velocity is indeterminate with zero relevant threads, and the Red-Flag Screen shows no severe or moderate flags (no cap applied).
Technical
fairThe stock is in a longer-term uptrend but faces short-term bearish signals.
Longer-term structure is bullish — price $9.72 holds above the rising SMA50 ($9.61) and SMA200 ($7.59) — but the short-term frame turned bearish after the 09-15 -5.8% slide to $9.44: price sits below the SMA20 ($10.15), EMA9 ($10.00), EMA21 ($10.02) and WMA9 ($9.99); MACD line 0.07 remains positive but is rolling under its signal with a widening negative histogram (-0.11), and ADX14 37.8 marks a strong short-term downtrend inside the intact longer uptrend. RSI14 44.8 is neutral, Williams %R -80.4 is oversold, and the 09-16 session stabilized ($9.54-$9.83, +1.7%) — a potential oversold support bounce at the $9.44 low is forming but not yet confirmed. Technical score 3 (mixed). The trade plan is suppressed regardless of chart quality: qualitativeScore 2 is below the required floor of 3, and the 20-day average dollar volume $3,379,025 is below the $5,000,000 liquidity floor.
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