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Quad/Graphics, Inc. (QUAD)

Industrials

No action
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.

Analysis as of 2026-09-16· more than 2 trading days ago

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

fair
Fundamental3
Mixed fundamentals

Quad/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

weak
Sentiment2
Absent sentiment

No 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

fair
Technical3
Mixed short-term read

The 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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