quinstreet inc. - QNST

QNST

Close Chg Chg %
18.73 -0.65 -3.47%

Closed Market

18.08

-0.65 (3.47%)

Volume: 895.73K

Last Updated:

Sep 8, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT

Company Overview: quinstreet inc. - QNST

QNST Key Data

Open

$18.40

Day Range

17.88 - 18.40

52 Week Range

10.29 - 22.29

Market Cap

$1.07B

Shares Outstanding

57.09M

Public Float

52.68M

Beta

0.70

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

13.41

EPS

$1.42

Yield

0.00%

Dividend

N/A

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

993.29K

 

QNST Performance

1 Week
 
0.00%
 
1 Month
 
-11.15%
 
3 Months
 
51.78%
 
1 Year
 
16.12%
 
5 Years
 
0.70%
 

QNST Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 6
Full Ratings ➔

About quinstreet inc. - QNST

QuinStreet, Inc. engages in performance marketplaces and technologies for the financial and home services industries. Its approach to proprietary performance marketing technologies allows clients to engage high-intent digital media or traffic from a wide range of device types, in multiple formats or types of media, and in a wide range of cost-per-action. The company was founded by Douglas Valenti on April 16, 1999 and is headquartered in Foster City, CA.

QNST At a Glance

QuinStreet, Inc.
950 Tower Lane
Foster City, California 94404
Phone 1-650-587-7700 Revenue 1.29B
Industry Advertising/Marketing Services Net Income 81.24M
Sector Commercial Services 2026 Sales Growth 18.286%
Fiscal Year-end 06 / 2027 Employees 1,074
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QNST Valuation

P/E Current 13.41
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 10.489
Price to Sales Ratio 0.659
Price to Book Ratio 2.562
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 6.49
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 11.267
Enterprise Value to Sales 0.619
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.097

QNST Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 1,204,573.557
Income Per Employee 75,637.803
Receivables Turnover 7.139
Total Asset Turnover 2.245

QNST Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.218
Quick Ratio 1.218
Cash Ratio 0.494

QNST Profitability

Gross Margin 11.271
Operating Margin 3.552
Pretax Margin 2.412
Net Margin 6.279
Return on Assets 14.098
Return on Equity 28.647
Return on Total Capital 20.271
Return on Invested Capital 25.018

QNST Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 24.036
Total Debt to Total Capital 19.378
Total Debt to Total Assets 10.767
Long-Term Debt to Equity 23.184
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 18.691
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Annual Financials for Quinstreet Inc. - QNST

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All values USD millions. 2023 2024 2025 2026 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
580.62M 613.51M 1.09B 1.29B
Sales Growth
-0.25% +5.66% +78.27% +18.29%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
532.10M 567.27M 982.84M 1.15B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
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Depreciation & Amortization Expense
18.07M 23.96M 24.51M 25.18M
Depreciation
7.02M 13.26M 15.01M 13.47M
Amortization of Intangibles
11.05M 10.70M 9.50M 11.70M
COGS Growth
+0.71% +6.61% +73.26% +16.79%
Gross Income
48.52M 46.25M 110.87M 145.81M
Gross Income Growth
-9.69% -4.69% +139.74% +31.51%
Gross Profit Margin
+8.36% +7.54% +10.14% +11.27%
2023 2024 2025 2026 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
69.34M 74.31M 87.58M 99.85M
Research & Development
28.89M 30.05M 33.87M 37.30M
Other SG&A
40.45M 44.27M 53.71M 62.55M
SGA Growth
+18.63% +7.17% +17.86% +14.00%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
- 2.00M 17.09M 10.53M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
(20.82M) (30.07M) 6.19M 35.43M
Non Operating Income/Expense
244.00K 349.00K (160.00K) 177.00K
Non-Operating Interest Income
296.00K 408.00K 23.00K 96.00K
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
790.00K 680.00K 400.00K 4.39M
Interest Expense Growth
-26.51% -13.92% -41.18% +998.25%
Gross Interest Expense
790.00K 680.00K 400.00K 4.39M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
(21.36M) (30.40M) 5.63M 31.21M
Pretax Income Growth
-270.74% -42.29% +118.53% +454.06%
Pretax Margin
-3.68% -4.95% +0.52% +2.41%
Income Tax
47.50M 935.00K 926.00K (50.02M)
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
143.00K 125.00K 298.00K 214.00K
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
224.00K 305.00K 337.00K 605.00K
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
47.14M 468.00K 465.00K (51.06M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- 37.00K (174.00K) 213.00K
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
(68.87M) (31.33M) 4.71M 81.23M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
(68.87M) (31.33M) 4.71M 81.23M
Net Income Growth
-1,212.23% +54.50% +115.02% +1,625.83%
Net Margin Growth
-11.86% -5.11% +0.43% +6.28%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
(68.87M) (31.33M) 4.71M 81.23M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
(68.87M) (31.33M) 4.71M 81.23M
EPS (Basic)
-1.2801 -0.5705 0.0833 1.4208
EPS (Basic) Growth
-1,225.16% +55.43% +114.60% +1,605.64%
Basic Shares Outstanding
53.80M 54.92M 56.48M 57.18M
EPS (Diluted)
-1.2801 -0.5705 0.0807 1.3967
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-1,225.16% +55.43% +114.15% +1,630.73%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
53.80M 54.92M 58.30M 58.16M
EBITDA
(2.74M) (4.11M) 47.79M 71.13M
EBITDA Growth
-124.48% -49.82% +1,263.41% +48.84%
EBITDA Margin
-0.47% -0.67% +4.37% +5.50%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation BUY Average Target Price 19.00
Number of Ratings 6 Current Quarters Estimate 0.392
FY Report Date 09 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 1.59
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.50 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 1.27 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 1.87
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 6 6 6 4
Mean Estimate 0.39 0.32 1.59 1.87
High Estimates 0.43 0.38 1.70 2.07
Low Estimate 0.36 0.30 1.44 1.68
Coefficient of Variance 7.49 9.51 7.09 10.36

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 6 6 5
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 0
HOLD 0 0 1
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Buy Buy Buy

Insider Actions for Quinstreet Inc. - QNST

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Jan 16, 2026 Douglas J. Valenti Chief Executive Officer; Director 1,850,509 Bona fide gift 0.00

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