Quad/Graphics, Inc.
QUAD NYSE Commercial Printing Financials FY2016βFY2025
What Quad/Graphics, Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- Quad/Graphics, Inc.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Feb 18, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001481792-26-000042
0001481792
Revenue and margins
Quad/Graphics, Inc. had $2.4B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 9.4% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew β5.5% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $50.7M in fiscal 2025, 2.1% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Quad/Graphics, Inc. returned $22.4M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 44% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 4.8%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Quad/Graphics, Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $180M | $25.2M | $52.9M | $29.2M | $63.3M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $804M | $570M | $523M | $379M | $371M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.9x | 3.3x | 3.7x | 3.4x | 1.8x |
| Debt / equity | 5.9x | 3.3x | β | 7.6x | 2.9x |
| Interest coverage | 1.6x | 1.1x | 0.4x | 0.3x | 1.9x |
| Current ratio | 0.8x | 0.9x | 0.7x | 0.8x | 0.9x |
| Quick ratio | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.5x | 0.6x |
| Total assets | $1.9B | $1.7B | $1.5B | $1.3B | $1.3B |
| Total liabilities | $1.8B | $1.5B | $1.4B | $1.2B | $1.1B |
| Shareholders' equity | $137M | $173M | β$118M | $49.9M | $129M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $624M | $545M | $470M | $350M | $308M |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 3 / 9 | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | β12.0% | β9.4% | β10.2% | β12.8% | β14.7% | β5.2% | β8.1% | β12.6% | β11.7% | β5.4% |
| Altman Z'' | 0.59 | 0.98 | 0.44 | β0.10 | β1.08 | β1.01 | β1.01 | β2.10 | β2.28 | β1.43 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $4.3B | $4.0B | $4.0B | $3.9B | $2.9B | $3.0B | $3.2B | $3.0B | $2.7B | $2.4B |
| Net interest income | β | β | β | β$0.8M | $5.6M | $7.6M | $1.7M | β | β | β |
| Gross profit | $935M | $860M | $764M | $731M | $595M | $571M | $598M | $577M | $580M | $523M |
| Research and development | $9.3M | $9.0M | $3.6M | $3.6M | $3.0M | $3.1M | $3.3M | $3.1M | $3.2M | $2.9M |
| Operating income | $117M | $173M | $87.3M | $34.7M | β$46.0M | $92.8M | $53.5M | $25.7M | $19.2M | $97.0M |
| Interest expense | $77.2M | $70.9M | $73.2M | $90.0M | $68.8M | $59.6M | $48.4M | $70.0M | $64.5M | $50.5M |
| Pretax income | $59.3M | $109M | $26.5M | β$79.8M | β$106M | $47.0M | $17.7M | β$42.6M | β$44.5M | $32.5M |
| Income tax | $13.0M | β$9.2M | β$2.4M | β$24.4M | $0.3M | $9.5M | $8.4M | $12.8M | $6.4M | $5.5M |
| Net income | $44.9M | $107M | $8.5M | β$156M | β$128M | $37.8M | $9.3M | β$55.4M | β$50.9M | $27.0M |
| Net income to common | $44.9M | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Diluted EPS | $0.90 | $2.07 | $0.16 | β$3.12 | β$2.53 | $0.71 | $0.18 | β$1.14 | β$1.07 | $0.54 |
| Diluted shares | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $354M | $344M | $261M | $156M | $190M | $137M | $155M | $148M | $113M | $95.9M |
| Capital expenditure | $106M | $85.9M | $96.3M | $111M | $61.0M | $50.0M | $60.3M | $70.8M | $57.2M | $45.2M |
| Free cash flow | $248M | $258M | $164M | $44.5M | $129M | $86.5M | $94.3M | $76.8M | $55.7M | $50.7M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $226M | $200M | $181M | $165M | $143M | $126M | $110M | $101M | $85.0M | $73.4M |
| Stock-based compensation | $15.2M | $16.4M | $15.6M | $13.6M | $10.6M | $6.2M | $6.0M | $5.6M | $7.3M | $6.6M |
| Acquisitions | $0.0M | $0.0M | $71.4M | $121M | $2.2M | $0.0M | $2.6M | $1.5M | $0.0M | $16.3M |
| Share buybacks | $8.8M | $3.8M | $36.7M | $0.0M | β | $0.0M | $10.0M | $12.6M | $0.0M | $8.0M |
| Dividends paid | $61.1M | $62.5M | $62.9M | $57.1M | $9.5M | $1.4M | $1.4M | $0.1M | $9.4M | $14.4M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $69.9M | $66.3M | $99.6M | $57.1M | $9.5M | $1.4M | $11.4M | $12.7M | $9.4M | $22.4M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $19.2M | $64.4M | $69.5M | $78.7M | $55.2M | $180M | $25.2M | $52.9M | $29.2M | $63.3M |
| Total debt | $1.1B | $946M | $926M | $1.1B | $923M | $801M | $568M | $514M | $377M | $370M |
| Finance lease liabilities | β | β | β | $13.7M | $4.8M | $3.2M | $2.4M | $8.5M | $2.1M | $1.3M |
| Current assets | $903M | $909M | $947M | $911M | $679M | $809M | $705M | $588M | $534M | $538M |
| Current liabilities | $775M | $746M | $851M | $813M | $683M | $957M | $795M | $791M | $699M | $624M |
| Inventory | $265M | $247M | $279M | $211M | $170M | $226M | $261M | $179M | $162M | $144M |
| Property and equipment, net | $1.5B | $1.3B | $1.2B | $1.0B | $884M | $727M | $672M | $621M | $500M | $462M |
| Goodwill | $0.0M | $0.0M | $44.5M | $103M | $103M | $86.4M | $86.4M | $103M | $100M | $108M |
| Intangible assets | $59.7M | $43.4M | $113M | $137M | $104M | $75.3M | $46.9M | $21.8M | $7.2M | $13.7M |
| Total assets | $2.6B | $2.5B | $2.5B | $2.4B | $1.9B | $1.9B | $1.7B | $1.5B | $1.3B | $1.3B |
| Total liabilities | $2.1B | $1.9B | $2.0B | $2.2B | $1.8B | $1.8B | $1.5B | $1.4B | $1.2B | $1.1B |
| Preferred stock | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $442M | $522M | $443M | $227M | $84.1M | $137M | $173M | β$118M | $49.9M | $129M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 21.6% | 21.8% | 19.2% | 18.6% | 20.3% | 19.3% | 18.6% | 19.5% | 21.7% | 21.6% |
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 4.4% | 2.2% | 0.9% | β1.6% | 3.1% | 1.7% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 4.0% |
| EBITDA margin | 7.9% | 9.4% | 6.7% | 5.1% | 3.3% | 7.4% | 5.1% | 4.3% | 3.9% | 7.0% |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 2.7% | 0.2% | β4.0% | β4.4% | 1.3% | 0.3% | β1.9% | β1.9% | 1.1% |
| FCF margin | 5.7% | 6.5% | 4.1% | 1.1% | 4.4% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.6% | 2.1% | 2.1% |
| Net interest share of revenue | β | β | β | β0.0% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | β | β | β |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | 6.0% | 12.3% | 6.7% | 2.2% | β3.8% | 9.8% | 4.9% | 5.9% | 3.8% | 18.5% |
| Return on capital employed | 6.5% | 10.1% | 5.4% | 2.2% | β3.7% | 9.9% | 5.9% | 3.6% | 3.2% | 15.4% |
| Return on equity | 10.2% | 22.2% | 1.8% | β46.7% | β82.6% | 34.2% | 6.0% | β200.4% | β | 30.3% |
| Return on assets | 1.7% | 4.3% | 0.3% | β6.4% | β5.9% | 2.0% | 0.5% | β3.5% | β3.6% | 2.1% |
| Return on tangible equity | 11.8% | 22.4% | 3.0% | β | β | β | 23.5% | β | β | 369.9% |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | β8.7% | 0.9% | β1.6% | β25.3% | 1.1% | 8.7% | β8.1% | β9.7% | β9.4% |
| Net income growth | β | 138.8% | β92.1% | β1,938.8% | β | β | β75.4% | β695.7% | β | β |
| EPS growth | β | 130.0% | β92.3% | β2,050.0% | β | β | β74.6% | β733.3% | β | β |
| FCF growth | β | 4.3% | β36.3% | β72.9% | 190.3% | β33.0% | 9.0% | β18.6% | β27.5% | β9.0% |
| Share count change | β | 4.0% | β0.4% | β3.1% | 1.2% | 4.7% | β0.9% | β7.8% | β1.7% | 4.8% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.2x | 2.4x | 3.2x | 5.2x | 9.0x | 2.9x | 3.3x | 3.7x | 3.4x | 1.8x |
| Debt / equity | 2.5x | 1.8x | 2.1x | 4.8x | 11.0x | 5.9x | 3.3x | β | 7.6x | 2.9x |
| Interest coverage | 1.5x | 2.4x | 1.2x | 0.4x | β0.7x | 1.6x | 1.1x | 0.4x | 0.3x | 1.9x |
| Current ratio | 1.2x | 1.2x | 1.1x | 1.1x | 1.0x | 0.8x | 0.9x | 0.7x | 0.8x | 0.9x |
| Quick ratio | 0.8x | 0.9x | 0.8x | 0.9x | 0.7x | 0.6x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.5x | 0.6x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 2.5% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 2.1% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1.9% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Payouts / FCF | 28.2% | 25.7% | 60.6% | 128.3% | 7.4% | 1.6% | 12.1% | 16.5% | 16.9% | 44.2% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 7.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | β0.1 | β1.1 | β1.0 | β1.0 | β2.1 | β2.3 | β1.4 |
| Accruals ratio | β12.0% | β9.4% | β10.2% | β12.8% | β14.7% | β5.2% | β8.1% | β12.6% | β11.7% | β5.4% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001481792). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.