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QNST vs. YELP, OPEN, CMPR, ZD, ANGI, LQDT, TTGT, DHX, TZOO, and MCHX

Should you be buying QuinStreet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of QuinStreet include Yelp (YELP), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), Cimpress (CMPR), Ziff Davis (ZD), Angi (ANGI), Liquidity Services (LQDT), TechTarget (TTGT), DHI Group (DHX), Travelzoo (TZOO), and Marchex (MCHX). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.

QuinStreet vs. Its Competitors

QuinStreet (NASDAQ:QNST) and Yelp (NYSE:YELP) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

QuinStreet has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yelp has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

97.8% of QuinStreet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of Yelp shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of QuinStreet shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Yelp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Yelp has a net margin of 9.95% compared to QuinStreet's net margin of -0.06%. Yelp's return on equity of 19.42% beat QuinStreet's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
QuinStreet-0.06% 1.08% 0.61%
Yelp 9.95%19.42%14.62%

QuinStreet currently has a consensus target price of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 69.39%. Yelp has a consensus target price of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.49%. Given QuinStreet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe QuinStreet is more favorable than Yelp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
QuinStreet
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Yelp
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
QuinStreet$613.51M1.58-$31.33M-$0.01-1,712.00
Yelp$1.41B1.53$132.85M$2.0816.27

In the previous week, Yelp had 11 more articles in the media than QuinStreet. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Yelp and 7 mentions for QuinStreet. QuinStreet's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Yelp's score of 0.78 indicating that QuinStreet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
QuinStreet
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Yelp
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Yelp beats QuinStreet on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding QNST and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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QNST vs. The Competition

MetricQuinStreetInternet Services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$917.61M$4.62B$28.69B$9.35B
Dividend YieldN/A3.17%3.09%4.15%
P/E Ratio-1,710.2928.1049.5824.41
Price / Sales1.582.511,570.22101.09
Price / Cash136.9547.2633.4627.20
Price / Book4.379.558.355.77
Net Income-$31.33M$256.61M$802.12M$264.99M
7 Day Performance5.68%-3.05%5.45%-0.68%
1 Month Performance3.98%-4.92%-0.02%7.08%
1 Year Performance-2.45%-11.63%53,088.05%23.80%

QuinStreet Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QNST
QuinStreet
3.7533 of 5 stars
$17.12
+5.4%
$29.00
+69.4%
-8.5%$917.61M$613.51M-1,710.29790News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
YELP
Yelp
3.7765 of 5 stars
$33.84
+2.4%
$34.00
+0.5%
-2.5%$2.16B$1.41B16.275,116Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
OPEN
Opendoor Technologies
2.5348 of 5 stars
$2.46
+17.1%
$1.55
-37.0%
+32.3%$1.79B$5.15B-4.731,470Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CMPR
Cimpress
4.0499 of 5 stars
$53.88
+1.3%
$72.00
+33.6%
-39.4%$1.32B$3.40B104.2916,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
ZD
Ziff Davis
4.0431 of 5 stars
$30.50
+3.4%
$47.00
+54.1%
-28.1%$1.28B$1.42B18.483,800Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
ANGI
Angi
3.7337 of 5 stars
$16.29
+2.7%
$21.36
+31.1%
-19.4%$761.07M$1.19B14.422,800
LQDT
Liquidity Services
3.1684 of 5 stars
$24.27
+3.4%
$38.50
+58.6%
+13.1%$757.73M$439.25M30.72740Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TTGT
TechTarget
3.7531 of 5 stars
$7.33
+7.6%
$19.33
+163.8%
-76.4%$524.02M$284.90M-17.452,100Upcoming Earnings
DHX
DHI Group
3.5819 of 5 stars
$2.68
+2.3%
$5.25
+95.9%
+34.0%$127.73M$141.93M11.91530Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TZOO
Travelzoo
4.1834 of 5 stars
$9.81
+3.6%
$25.67
+161.6%
-0.5%$108.84M$87.82M11.02210Analyst Downgrade
MCHX
Marchex
1.5904 of 5 stars
$2.06
+7.0%
N/A+9.0%$90.04M$48.12M-15.85190

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This page (NASDAQ:QNST) was last updated on 8/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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