QUAD vs. DLX, EBF, PMTS, MGIH, CMPR, GRC, CECO, PRLB, DXPE, and ERII
Should you be buying Quad/Graphics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quad/Graphics include Deluxe (DLX), Ennis (EBF), CPI Card Group (PMTS), Millennium Group International (MGIH), Cimpress (CMPR), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), CECO Environmental (CECO), Proto Labs (PRLB), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), and Energy Recovery (ERII).
Deluxe (NYSE:DLX) and Quad/Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.
93.9% of Deluxe shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of Quad/Graphics shares are held by institutional investors. 4.2% of Deluxe shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of Quad/Graphics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Deluxe has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Quad/Graphics. Quad/Graphics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Deluxe, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Deluxe and Deluxe both had 2 articles in the media. Quad/Graphics' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Deluxe's score of 0.00 indicating that Deluxe is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Deluxe pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Quad/Graphics pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Deluxe pays out 155.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Quad/Graphics pays out -16.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Quad/Graphics received 7 more outperform votes than Deluxe when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Deluxe an outperform vote while only 65.32% of users gave Quad/Graphics an outperform vote.
Deluxe has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quad/Graphics has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Deluxe currently has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 43.32%. Quad/Graphics has a consensus price target of $8.00, indicating a potential upside of 57.17%. Given Deluxe's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Quad/Graphics is more favorable than Deluxe.
Deluxe has a net margin of 1.57% compared to Deluxe's net margin of -2.07%. Quad/Graphics' return on equity of 21.33% beat Deluxe's return on equity.
Summary
Deluxe beats Quad/Graphics on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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