Consolidated Graphics Inc. Stock Upgraded (CGX)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Consolidated Graphics (NYSE:CGX) has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from hold to buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, attractive valuation levels, increase in stock price during the past year, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and notable return on equity. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

Highlights from the ratings report include:

• CGX's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 3.4%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 2.8%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displaying stagnant earnings per share.
• After a year of stock price fluctuations, the net result is that CGX's price has not changed very much. Although its weak earnings growth may have played a role in this flat result, don't lose sight of the fact that the performance of the overall market, as measured by the S&P 500 Index, was essentially similar. Turning our attention to the future direction of the stock, it goes without saying that even the best stocks can fall in an overall down market. However, in any other environment, this stock still has good upside potential despite the fact that it has already risen in the past year.
• CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS INC reported flat earnings per share in the most recent quarter. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. We feel it is likely to report a decline in earnings in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICS INC increased its bottom line by earning $3.56 versus $1.23 in the prior year. For the next year, the market is expecting a contraction of 8.7% in earnings ($3.25 versus $3.56).
• CGX's debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69 is somewhat low overall, but it is high when compared to the industry average, implying that the management of the debt levels should be evaluated further. Regardless of the somewhat mixed results with the debt-to-equity ratio, the company's quick ratio of 0.98 is weak.

Consolidated Graphics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides general commercial printing and print-related services in the United States and Canada. The company has a P/E ratio of 13.9, equal to the average diversified services industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Consolidated Graphics has a market cap of $475.2 million and is part of the services sector and diversified services industry. Shares are down 0.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

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