QNST Stock Analysis: QuinStreet | NASDAQ
Advertising Agencies | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 967m USD | 12M Return: 13.9% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 9.61M
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 94.4%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
No concerns identified
Tailwinds
Seasonality 10.5 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
QuinStreet, Inc. is an online performance marketing company that delivers customer acquisition services to clients in the United States and internationally. It generates qualified clicks, leads, calls, applications, and customers for its clients through its own websites and through a network of third-party publishers, with a primary focus on the financial and home services industries. Beyond its core media operations, the company offers the QuinStreet Rating Platform, a product aimed at insurance agents, and CloudControlMedia, a performance marketing agency and technology services unit serving clients in financial services, education, and other verticals. QuinStreet was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Foster City, California.
The performance marketing model differs from traditional display advertising in that revenue is typically tied to measurable outcomes such as a completed lead, application, or sale, rather than to ad impressions or views. QuinStreet operates within the Interactive Media & Services sub-industry, which encompasses digital advertising platforms, online lead generation, and marketing technology providers.
- Financial services vertical drives majority of QNST revenue
- Rising paid search costs pressure gross margins
- Auto insurance demand fluctuates with carrier pricing
| Net Income: 65.3m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.14 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -1.81 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 3.89% < 20% (prev 6.96%; Δ -3.07% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.15 > 3% & CFO 108.1m > Net Income 65.3m |
| Net Debt (-20.8m) to EBITDA (42.8m): -0.49 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 1.18 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (58.2m) vs 12m ago -0.71% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 10.48% > 18% (prev 9.75%; Δ 0.73% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 210.8% > 50% (prev 246.9%; Δ -36.10% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 8.73 > 6 (EBIT TTM 20.3m / Interest Expense TTM 2.32m) |
| A: 0.07 (Total Current Assets 295.2m - Total Current Liabilities 249.2m) / Total Assets 704.3m |
| B: -0.09 (Retained Earnings -63.6m / Total Assets 704.3m) |
| C: 0.04 (EBIT TTM 20.3m / Avg Total Assets 560.8m) |
| D: 0.79 (Book Value of Equity 310.4m / Total Liabilities 394.0m) |
| Altman-Z'' = 1.20 = BB |
| DSRI: 1.17 (Receivables 184.8m/137.2m, Revenue 1.18b/1.03b) |
| GMI: 0.93 (GM 9.75% / 10.48%) |
| AQI: 1.41 (AQ_t 0.55 / AQ_t-1 0.39) |
| SGI: 1.15 (Revenue 1.18b / 1.03b) |
| TATA: -0.06 (NI 65.3m - CFO 108.1m) / TA 704.3m) |
| Beneish M = -2.60 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of July 15, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 17.72 with a total of 629,406 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +8.91%, over one month by +42.22%, over three months by +45.60% and over the past year by +13.88%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 16.90 (which is 4.6% or 1.3 ATR below the current price).
QuinStreet has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.50. Therefore, it is recommended to buy QNST.
- StrongBuy: 4
- Buy: 1
- Hold: 1
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 19 | 7.2% |
P/E Trailing = 14.6435
P/E Forward = 11.5075
P/S = 0.8185
P/B = 3.0241
P/EG = 1.1288
Revenue TTM = 1.18b USD
EBIT TTM = 20.3m USD
EBITDA TTM = 42.8m USD
Long Term Debt = 70.0m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 2.81m USD (from shortTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Debt = 81.3m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 5.63m
Net Debt = -20.8m USD (calculated: Debt 81.3m - CCE 102.0m)
Enterprise Value = 946.6m USD (967.4m + Debt 81.3m - CCE 102.0m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 8.73 (Ebit TTM 20.3m / Interest Expense TTM 2.32m)
EV/FCF = 9.52x (Enterprise Value 946.6m / FCF TTM 99.5m)
FCF Yield = 10.51% (FCF TTM 99.5m / Enterprise Value 946.6m)
FCF Margin = 8.42% (FCF TTM 99.5m / Revenue TTM 1.18b)
Net Margin = 5.53% (Net Income TTM 65.3m / Revenue TTM 1.18b)
Gross Margin = 10.48% ((Revenue TTM 1.18b - Cost of Revenue TTM 1.06b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 11.94% (prev 9.63%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.34 (Enterprise Value 946.6m / Total Assets 704.3m)
Interest Expense / Debt = 2.86% (Interest Expense 2.32m / Debt 81.3m)
Taxrate = 10.04% (822k / 8.18m)
NOPAT = 18.2m (EBIT 20.3m * (1 - 10.04%))
Current Ratio = 1.18 (Total Current Assets 295.2m / Total Current Liabilities 249.2m)
Debt / Equity = 0.26 (Debt 81.3m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 310.4m)
Debt / EBITDA = -0.49 (Net Debt -20.8m / EBITDA 42.8m)
Debt / FCF = -0.21 (Net Debt -20.8m / FCF TTM 99.5m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 273.9m (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 11.65% (Net Income 65.3m / Total Assets 704.3m)
RoE = 23.85% (Net Income TTM 65.3m / Total Stockholder Equity 273.9m)
RoCE = 5.90% (EBIT 20.3m / Capital Employed (Equity 273.9m + L.T.Debt 70.0m))
RoIC = 4.58% (NOPAT 18.2m / Invested Capital 398.8m)
WACC = 7.34% (E(967.4m)/V(1.05b) * Re(7.74%) + D(81.3m)/V(1.05b) * Rd(2.86%) * (1-Tc(0.10)))
Discount Rate = 7.74% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 89.44 | Cagr: 2.78%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.97% ; FCFF base≈86.3m ; Y1≈98.9m ; Y5≈145.6m
[DCF] Fair Price = 38.49 (EV 2.19b - Net Debt -20.8m = Equity 2.21b / Shares 57.4m; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: -0.48 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 94.39 | Revenue CAGR: 39.90% | SUE: 0.38 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.34 | Chg30d=-4.44% | Revisions=-40% | Analysts=5
EPS current Year (2026-06-30): EPS=1.21 | Chg30d=-3.96% | Revisions=-67% | GrowthEPS=+37.7% | GrowthRev=+17.0%
EPS next Year (2027-06-30): EPS=1.52 | Chg30d=-4.79% | Revisions=-50% | GrowthEPS=+25.7% | GrowthRev=+13.9%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -79% (up=0, down=11)