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QNST.O
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NASDAQ
Online Services
QuinStreet Inc
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Mcap
934,1M USD
P/E
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EV / Rev
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Div yield
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Op margin
0,6 %
ROE
1,9 %
Net margin
0,4 %
Debt / equity
0,00
Beta
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52w range
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Volume
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Day range
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Prev close
$12,43
Open
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Next earnings
2026-07-28
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About
QuinStreet Inc operates in the online services industry, generating revenue primarily through digital advertising and lead generation services.
Business. QuinStreet Inc (QNST.O) is a technology company operating in the online services industry, primarily generating revenue through advertising. The firm is categorized within the Software & IT Services sector and focuses on digital marketing solutions. Specific details regarding its operating segments, headquarters location, and primary stock exchange listing are not provided in the available data.
Classification92 %
SectorTechnology
Business sectorSoftware & IT Services
IndustryOnline Services
Generated · model-assisted
Sell-side consensus
BUY6 analysts
5 buy1 hold0 sell
Avg 12m price target19,00
Analyst recommendations
6 analysts · consensus BuyBuy5
Hold1
Sell0
12-month price target
19,00
Consensus of sell-side coverage.
At a glance
What drives this business
The watch-list the newsroom runs for this company — derived from its sector path, sharpened layer by layer. Not investment advice.
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News & coverage
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Analysis
AI analysis
Generated · analysis pipeline · tier hybrid · as of 2026-07-07
↑ At a glance
Opportunity
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Upcoming catalysts
Scheduled public events. Informational only — not investment advice.
- Company
- EarningsQ2 2026 earnings (expected)2026-07-28 · estimated
- Macro
- Rate decisionReserve Bank of Australia rate decision (press conf.)2026-07-08 · AU
- Rate decisionBank of Canada rate decision (press conf.)2026-07-15 · CA
- Rate decisionEuropean Central Bank rate decision (press conf.)2026-07-16 · EU
- Rate decisionBank of Japan rate decision (press conf.)2026-07-16 · JP
- Rate decisionFederal Reserve rate decision (press conf.)2026-07-29 · US
- Rate decisionBank of England rate decision (press conf.)2026-08-06 · GB
- Macro & political
- ElectionSE Swedish Election2026-09-14 · SE
- ElectionUS U.S. Midterms2026-11-03 · US
- ElectionFR French Legislative2027-06-01 · FR
Pre-earnings brief
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Signals & dispatch
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Composite-score breakdown
Composite score81 / 100
Composite score 0-100 · Data quality 0,58
Data quality0,58 / 1.00
Synthesis
Business
QuinStreet Inc (QNST.O) is a technology company operating in the online services industry, primarily generating revenue through advertising. The firm is categorized within the Software & IT Services sector and focuses on digital marketing solutions. Specific details regarding its operating segments, headquarters location, and primary stock exchange listing are not provided in the available data.
Classification92 %
SectorTechnology
Business sectorSoftware & IT Services
IndustryOnline Services
AI synthesis
GENERATEDQuinStreet maintains a strong liquidity position with $101.08 million in cash and equivalents, representing 23.45% of total assets, and a current ratio of 1.51, indicating sufficient short-term liquidity to cover obligations. The company has no long-term debt, and its debt-to-equity ratio is 0.0, reflecting a conservative capital structure. The price-to-book ratio of 2.88 suggests the market values the company at a premium to its book value, while the price-to-tangible-book ratio is identical, indicating no intangible asset discounting.
Profitability metrics show a return on equity (ROE) of 1.93% and a return on assets (ROA) of 1.09%, both below the industry median for online services, which typically exceeds 5% ROE and 3% ROA. The company's operating margin is 5.66% (operating income of $6.19 million on $1.09 billion in revenue), which is also below the industry median of 10%.
Geographically, QuinStreet's revenue is concentrated in the United States, with no material international exposure disclosed. The company operates in a single business segment focused on digital advertising and lead generation, with no diversification across product lines or geographic regions.
The company's revenue growth has been modest, with a trailing twelve-month revenue of $1.09 billion. Analysts project a mean price target of $19.00, implying a 53% upside from the current market price of $12.35. The mean recommendation of 1.83 (on a 1-5 scale) suggests a generally positive outlook, with 2 strong buy and 3 buy ratings.
Risk factors include low liquidity and dilution risk, with no immediate filing-based flags detected. The company has no long-term debt and a low debt-to-equity ratio, reducing credit risk. However, the high price-to-earnings ratio of 149.54 and the high EV/EBITDA of 97.34 suggest potential overvaluation, especially given the company's low ROE and ROA.
Recent events include the publication of the latest financial data, which shows stable cash flow and no significant changes in capital structure. The company has not issued new shares recently, and there are no indications of upcoming equity offerings or dilutive events.
Key takeaways
- QuinStreet has a strong liquidity position with $101.08 million in cash and no long-term debt.
- The company's profitability metrics (ROE and ROA) are below industry medians, indicating room for improvement.
- Revenue is concentrated in a single geographic region and business segment, increasing exposure to market-specific risks.
- Analysts project a 53% upside in stock price, with a generally positive outlook despite current valuation concerns.
Bull / Bear case
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In focus — financials by report
Valuation
Market price
$16,39
Market cap
$703.9M
Enterprise valueⓘ
$602.8M
P/Eⓘ
—
Non-GAAP P/Eⓘ
—
EV / Revenueⓘ
—
EV / Op incomeⓘ
—
EV / OCFⓘ
7.1x
P / Bⓘ
2.9x
P / Tangible bookⓘ
2.9x
Tangible book
$244.0M
Net cashⓘ
$101.1M
Current ratioⓘ
1.5
Debt / equityⓘ
0.0
ROAⓘ
1.1%
ROEⓘ
1.9%
Cash conversionⓘ
1805.0%
CapEx / revenueⓘ
-1.1%
SBC / revenueⓘ
—
Dilution ratioⓘ
0.0%
Revenue by segment
Business relationships
Business relationships16 disclosed relationships · 1 type · extracted from filings & disclosures
Subsidiaries16
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Supply chain
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Peer comparison
Peer comparison8 peers · vs QNST · multiples and returns
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GOOG.O
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GOOGL—
ALPHABET INC.
$365,41
4,47T USDP/E
69,6x
-79,9 vs self
Div yield
0,2 %
— vs self
ROE
13,1 %
+11,1 vs self
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META—
META PLATFORMS, INC.
$594,16
1,52T USDP/E
56,2x
-93,4 vs self
Div yield
0,4 %
— vs self
ROE
11,0 %
+9,1 vs self
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Alibaba Group Holding
$97,45
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BBAAY.PK
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PD
PDD—
PDD Holdings Inc.
$82,97
117,8B USDP/E
5,1x
-144,5 vs self
Div yield
—
— vs self
ROE
12,8 %
+10,9 vs self
UB
UBER—
UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
$69,69
141,9B USDP/E
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Div yield
0,0 %
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ROE
-5,9 %
-7,8 vs self
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NFLX—
NETFLIX, INC.
$76,77
323,3B USDP/E
184,0x
+34,4 vs self
Div yield
—
— vs self
ROE
9,7 %
+7,8 vs self
Market position
Stress test
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Predictor forecast
Next quarternear-term
Earnings · next quarterconf 33 %
EPS
Consensus EPS
1,24
Predicted surprise
-0,02
Beat probability
33 %
Analysts
6
Other metrics
Revenue
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no estimate
Segment revenue
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no estimate
Margin
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no estimate
Segment margin
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no estimate
as of 2026-05-23 · Earnings Surprise V1
Period note: consensus is not fiscal-period-aligned at source — read as consensus vs the last reported actual, not a calibrated same-quarter surprise.
Full fiscal year~1 year ahead
Full fiscal year · our forecast vs guidance vs consensus
| Metric | Our forecast | Guidance | Consensus |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPS | —no estimate | —no estimate | 1,24 |
| Revenue | —no estimate | —no estimate | 1,3B USD |
| Operating income | —no estimate | —no estimate | 47,0M USD |
Full-year consensus mean (period as reported by source) · consensus in USD. Company-level full-year forecast and management guidance are not yet modelled at scale — shown as "no estimate", never inferred.
Probabilistic model output — not investment advice. · generated 2026-07-07
Options
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Consensus distribution
sell-side coverageRecommendation distribution6 analysts
Strong buy2
Buy3
Hold1
Sell0
Strong sell0
12-month price target$19,00 · Median $17,00
Low $15,00High $24,00
Operating income · consensus47,0M USD
EPS surprise
−29,1 %
reported vs consensus · miss
Revenue surprise
−14,2 %
reported vs consensus · miss
Estimate revisions
consensus EPS · 26-week trend— missing data
Sell-side observations
Low$15,00
Mean$19,00
Median$17,00
High$24,00
Spot$16,39
+15.9 %implied to mean12-month sell-side price targets · ▲ spot
Themes
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ESG
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Risk factors
Dilution riskLow
Liquidity riskLow
Filing-based flags
- No immediate filing-based liquidity or dilution flags were detected.
Benchmarks vs cohort
Op Margin0,6 %Below median
Net Margin0,4 %Below median
ROE1,9 %Below median
Capex / Rev-1,1 %Above median
D/E0,00Above P75
Cash Conv18,05Best in class
Corporate actions / M&A
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FX exposure
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Comparable transactions
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Derivatives & instruments
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Actions
Ask Handelsavisen
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Data sources
- Market data
- Market data cache
- Issuer disclosures
- Public news
- Earnings transcripts
- Consensus estimates
- ESG data
How metrics are computed
- Ev To Operating Cash Flowenterprise_value / operating_cash_flow
- Return On Equitynet_income / total_equity
- Price To Earningsmarket_price / (net_income / shares_outstanding_diluted)
- Price To Bookmarket_price / (adjusted_book_value / shares_outstanding_diluted)
- Dilution Ratio(shares_outstanding_diluted - shares_outstanding_basic) / shares_outstanding_basic
- Market Priceinput from market-data provider (delayed close or quote-shim mid)
Source documents
- QuinStreet Inc Market data — financials · 2026-05-29
- QuinStreet Inc Market data — analyst estimates · 2026-05-29
- QuinStreet Inc Market data — ESG · 2026-05-29
Ownership & reference
Top holders
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,01 %$25M
- Investment Managers · as of 2024-06-300,00 %$142M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$14M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$5M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$19M
- Investment Managers · as of 2024-12-310,00 %$7M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$3M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$2M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$16M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$6M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$8M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$6M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$26M
- Investment Managers · as of 2025-12-310,00 %$61M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$4M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$11M
- Funds · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$3M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$1M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$1M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$1M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$1M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Brokerage Firms · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Investment Managers · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
- Institutional Investor · as of 2026-03-310,00 %$0M
Leadership
- Doug J. ValentiChairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
Insider activity
Net selling0 buys · 1 sellsnet -$269K9 insiders · last 365d
- CFO · Common StockSold 22 057 @ $12,19$269K · 2026-06-15
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockOther 12 085 @ $13,21$160K · 2026-05-10
- CFO · Common StockOther 1 121 @ $13,21$15K · 2026-05-10
- CFO · Common StockOther 1 682 @ $13,21$22K · 2026-05-10
- CFO · Common StockOther 1 528 @ $13,21$20K · 2026-05-10
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockOther 6 042 @ $13,21$80K · 2026-05-10
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockOther 34 997 · 2026-05-10
- CFO · Common StockOther 1 517 @ $11,74$18K · 2026-02-10
- CFO · Common StockOther 1 280 @ $11,74$15K · 2026-02-10
- CFO · Common StockOther 1 931 @ $11,74$23K · 2026-02-10
- CFO · Common StockOther 1 528 @ $11,74$18K · 2026-02-10
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockOther 4 261 @ $11,74$50K · 2026-02-10
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockOther 8 522 @ $11,74$100K · 2026-02-10
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockOther 4 253 @ $11,74$50K · 2026-02-10
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockOther 4 865 @ $11,74$57K · 2026-02-10
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockOther 45 088 · 2026-02-10
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockOther 40 980 · 2026-01-15
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockOther 8 500 · 2025-12-17
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockOther 1 800 · 2025-12-16
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockOther 1 800 · 2025-12-15
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockOther 750 · 2025-11-17
- CFO · Common StockOther 1 587 @ $14,42$23K · 2025-11-10
- CFO · Common StockOther 2 162 @ $14,42$31K · 2025-11-10
- CFO · Common StockOther 2 381 @ $14,42$34K · 2025-11-10
- Director, Chief Executive Officer · Common StockOther 6 031 @ $14,42$87K · 2025-11-10
Short positioning
5.1Mshares short-0.3% vs prior
8.08days to cover
52.5%short of daily vol
378fails-to-deliver
as of 2026-06-15 · short-interest report (free)
Geographic breakdown
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Listings · one canonical issuer
all listings resolve to the canonical
QNST.OCanonical
NASDAQ · USD
Intel & risk
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OSINT findings
Dilution riskLow
Liquidity riskLow
No immediate filing-based liquidity or dilution flags were detected.
Relationship graph
This companySectorSubsidiaries
Evidence & claims
From filings & derived data- Debt-to-equity (FY 2025-12-31): 0.67xDerived (calculated)
- Cash & equivalents (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): 84.9%Derived (calculated)
- Total liabilities (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): 7.1%Derived (calculated)
- Shareholders' equity (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): 31.3%Derived (calculated)
- Current ratio (FY 2025-12-31): 1.51xDerived (calculated)
- Total assets (YoY) (2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31): 20.4%Derived (calculated)
- Total assets (annual): USD 493.03MSEC XBRL filing
- Total liabilities (annual): USD 198.59MSEC XBRL filing
- Current assets (annual): USD 267.98MSEC XBRL filing
- Current liabilities (annual): USD 177.39MSEC XBRL filing
- Cash & equivalents (annual): USD 106.96MSEC XBRL filing
- Shareholders' equity (annual): USD 294.44MSEC XBRL filing
- Shares outstanding (annual): 56.99MSEC XBRL filing
- Current ratio (FY 2024-12-31): 1.37xDerived (calculated)
- Debt-to-equity (FY 2024-12-31): 0.83xDerived (calculated)
- Total liabilities (annual): USD 185.4MSEC XBRL filing
- Shares outstanding (annual): 56.47MSEC XBRL filing
- Current assets (annual): USD 219.27MSEC XBRL filing
- Cash & equivalents (annual): USD 57.84MSEC XBRL filing
- Current liabilities (annual): USD 159.69MSEC XBRL filing
- Total assets (annual): USD 409.65MSEC XBRL filing
- Shareholders' equity (annual): USD 224.25MSEC XBRL filing
- Net margin (FY 2024-06-30): -5.1%Derived (calculated)
- Gross margin (FY 2024-06-30): 7.5%Derived (calculated)
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The Thread
Everything we know, in order2026-07-28EVENTUpcomingQ2 2026 earnings (expected) estimated date
2026-06-30 03:38 UTCEARNINGSUpcomingForecast: earnings_forecast (90d)
2026-06-20 12:34 UTCANALYSTAnalyst coverage initiated
2026-06-20 12:34 UTCANALYSTAnalyst coverage initiated
2026-06-20 12:34 UTCANALYSTAnalyst coverage initiated
2026-06-20 12:34 UTCANALYSTAnalyst coverage initiated
2026-06-20 12:34 UTCANALYSTAnalyst coverage initiated
2026-06-15 00:00 UTCINSIDER1 insider transaction — 2026-06 · net sell $269k
2026-06-15INSIDERWong Gregory sold 22.1k sh — CFO ~$269k
2026-05-10 00:00 UTCINSIDER6 insider transactions — 2026-05 · net sell $297k
2026-05-10INSIDERValenti Douglas transacted 12.1k sh — Director, Chief Executive Officer ~$160k
2026-05-10INSIDERWong Gregory transacted 1.1k sh — CFO ~$15k
2026-05-10INSIDERWong Gregory transacted 1.7k sh — CFO ~$22k
2026-05-10INSIDERWong Gregory transacted 1.5k sh — CFO ~$20k
2026-05-10INSIDERValenti Douglas transacted 6.0k sh — Director, Chief Executive Officer ~$80k
2026-05-10INSIDERValenti Douglas transacted 35.0k sh — Director, Chief Executive Officer
2026-02-10 00:00 UTCINSIDER9 insider transactions — 2026-02 · net sell $331k
2026-02-10INSIDERWong Gregory transacted 1.5k sh — CFO ~$18k
2026-02-10INSIDERWong Gregory transacted 1.3k sh — CFO ~$15k
2026-02-10INSIDERWong Gregory transacted 1.9k sh — CFO ~$23k
2026-02-10INSIDERWong Gregory transacted 1.5k sh — CFO ~$18k
2026-02-10INSIDERValenti Douglas transacted 4.3k sh — Director, Chief Executive Officer ~$50k
2026-02-10INSIDERValenti Douglas transacted 8.5k sh — Director, Chief Executive Officer ~$100k
2026-02-10INSIDERValenti Douglas transacted 4.3k sh — Director, Chief Executive Officer ~$50k
2026-02-10INSIDERValenti Douglas transacted 4.9k sh — Director, Chief Executive Officer ~$57k
2026-02-10INSIDERValenti Douglas transacted 45.1k sh — Director, Chief Executive Officer
2026-01-15 00:00 UTCINSIDER1 insider transaction — 2026-01
2026-01-15INSIDERValenti Douglas transacted 41.0k sh — Director, Chief Executive Officer
2025-12-17 00:00 UTCINSIDER3 insider transactions — 2025-12
2025-12-17INSIDERValenti Douglas transacted 8.5k sh — Director, Chief Executive Officer
2025-12-16INSIDERValenti Douglas transacted 1.8k sh — Director, Chief Executive Officer
2025-12-15INSIDERValenti Douglas transacted 1.8k sh — Director, Chief Executive Officer
2025-11-17 00:00 UTCINSIDER7 insider transactions — 2025-11 · net sell $349k
2025-11-17INSIDERValenti Douglas transacted 750 sh — Director, Chief Executive Officer
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