Quad Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) & Civeo (NYSE:CVEO) Critical Review

Civeo (NYSE:CVEO) and Quad Graphics (NYSE:QUAD) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

81.4% of Civeo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.5% of Quad Graphics shares are held by institutional investors. 6.5% of Civeo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Quad Graphics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Civeo and Quad Graphics’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Civeo	-1.93%	-7.82%	-2.72%
Quad Graphics	1.31%	47.90%	4.61%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Civeo and Quad Graphics”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Civeo	$638.85 million	0.51	-$20.07 million	($1.17)	-26.77
Quad Graphics	$2.42 billion	0.20	$27.00 million	$0.63	15.16

Quad Graphics has higher revenue and earnings than Civeo. Civeo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quad Graphics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Civeo and Quad Graphics, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Civeo	1	1	4	0	2.50
Quad Graphics	0	2	3	0	2.60

Civeo presently has a consensus price target of $42.25, suggesting a potential upside of 34.88%. Quad Graphics has a consensus price target of $12.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.64%. Given Civeo’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Civeo is more favorable than Quad Graphics.

Risk and Volatility

Civeo has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Quad Graphics has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Quad Graphics beats Civeo on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Civeo

Civeo Corporation provides hospitality services to the natural resource industry in Canada, Australia, and the United States. The company develops lodges and villages; and mobile assets, including modular, skid-mounted accommodation, and central facilities that provide short to medium-term accommodation needs. It offers food, housekeeping, and maintenance services, as well as laundry, facility management and maintenance, water and wastewater treatment, power generation, communication systems, security, and logistics services, and camp management services. In addition, the company provides development activities for workforce accommodation facilities, including site selection, permitting, engineering and design, manufacturing management, and site construction services, as well as lodging and catering services. It serves oil, mining, engineering, and oilfield and mining service companies. Civeo Corporation was founded in 1977 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

About Quad Graphics

Quad/Graphics, Inc. provides marketing solutions worldwide. The company operates through United States Print and Related Services, and International segments. It offers printing services, such as retail inserts, publications, catalogs, special interest publications, journals, direct mail, directories, in-store marketing and promotion, packaging, newspapers, custom print products, and other commercial and specialty printed products; and paper procurement services. The company also provides marketing and other services, including data and analytics, technology solutions, media services, creative and content solutions, managed services, and execution in non-print channels, as well as manufactures ink. It serves blue-chip companies that operate in various industries, and serve businesses and consumers across various industry verticals comprising retail, consumer packaged goods and direct-to-consumer, as well as financial services and health. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Sussex, Wisconsin.