QuinStreet, Inc.
$20.50-1.2%1Y+37.2%
Mentions · last 7 days
174+5%
Price updated 11h ago·X counts updated 9h ago
AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Today's AI verdict on what's driving $QNST, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.
What it does
Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.
Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Where Advertising Agencies sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $QNST.
Advertising Agencies
No material change from last week — The Trade Desk's independent DSP positioning faces structural pressure from Amazon's ad tech expansion while AI-powered buying tools commoditize parts of the..
Industry benchmark
4-name peer basket
-7.9%YTD
-3.8%1Y
Fundamentals & catalyst
Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.
Key ratios
P/E
10.7How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.ROIC
7.7%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.Op margin
2.7%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.FCF yield
14.3%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).P/S
0.7Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.ROE
27.7%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.Gross margin
11.3%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.D/E
0.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.Past earnings
QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 6, 2026$0.50$0.44+13.2%
Q1 2026May 7, 2026$0.31$0.32-3.1%
Q4 2025Feb 5, 2026$0.24$0.19+26.3%
Q3 2025Nov 6, 2025$0.22$0.220.0%
Next earningsThu, Nov 5·consensus EPS $0.35
Quarterly trend
QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q4 FY26$373.9M+42.7%13.3%5.1%$0.33$52.0M
Q3 FY26$346.1M+28.3%11.9%3.0%$0.13$36.4M
Q2 FY26$287.8M+1.9%9.6%0.4%$0.88$20.7M
Q1 FY26$285.9M+2.4%9.4%1.7%$0.08$15.5M
Forward consensus
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$1.3B$1.3B – $1.3B$1.21$1.20 – $1.225
FY27$1.5B$1.4B – $1.5B$1.52$1.45 – $1.625
FY28$1.6B$1.5B – $1.6B$1.74$1.43 – $2.214
FY29$1.7B$1.6B – $1.7B$1.94$1.89 – $1.971
FY30$1.8B$1.7B – $1.8B$2.02$1.96 – $2.051
Setup & momentum
Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.
Right now
Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.7×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.85%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+31.7%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+49.6%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.
Float & profile
FloatMid float · 53.8M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.2% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.675-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.
Insider activity
Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.
SEC filings
Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.
No material 8-K / SC 13D / S-3 / 424B5 filings in the last 180 days.
+ 5 other (3 earnings 8-Ks · 1 10-Q · 1 13G) in window
Recent news
Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.
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