QNST vs. YELP, ZD, CMPR, ANGI, LQDT, OPEN, TTGT, BCOV, TZOO, and DHX
Should you be buying QuinStreet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of QuinStreet include Yelp (YELP), Ziff Davis (ZD), Cimpress (CMPR), Angi (ANGI), Liquidity Services (LQDT), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), TechTarget (TTGT), Brightcove (BCOV), Travelzoo (TZOO), and DHI Group (DHX). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.
QuinStreet vs.
Yelp (NYSE:YELP) and QuinStreet (NASDAQ:QNST) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
Yelp has a net margin of 9.41% compared to QuinStreet's net margin of -1.31%. Yelp's return on equity of 18.07% beat QuinStreet's return on equity.
Yelp has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuinStreet has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Yelp received 1022 more outperform votes than QuinStreet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.06% of users gave Yelp an outperform vote while only 56.62% of users gave QuinStreet an outperform vote.
Yelp has higher revenue and earnings than QuinStreet. QuinStreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yelp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Yelp had 19 more articles in the media than QuinStreet. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Yelp and 6 mentions for QuinStreet. QuinStreet's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Yelp's score of 0.89 indicating that QuinStreet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
90.1% of Yelp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of QuinStreet shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Yelp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of QuinStreet shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Yelp presently has a consensus target price of $34.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.62%. QuinStreet has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 90.04%. Given QuinStreet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe QuinStreet is more favorable than Yelp.
Summary
Yelp beats QuinStreet on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:QNST) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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