QNST vs. YELP, CMPR, ZD, LQDT, ANGI, TTGT, TZOO, DHX, MCHX, and LPSN
Should you be buying QuinStreet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of QuinStreet include Yelp (YELP), Cimpress (CMPR), Ziff Davis (ZD), Liquidity Services (LQDT), Angi (ANGI), TechTarget (TTGT), Travelzoo (TZOO), DHI Group (DHX), Marchex (MCHX), and LivePerson (LPSN). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.
QuinStreet vs. Its Competitors
Yelp (NYSE:YELP) and QuinStreet (NASDAQ:QNST) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
Yelp has higher revenue and earnings than QuinStreet. Yelp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than QuinStreet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Yelp currently has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.69%. QuinStreet has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 90.14%. Given QuinStreet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe QuinStreet is more favorable than Yelp.
Yelp has a net margin of 10.28% compared to QuinStreet's net margin of 0.43%. Yelp's return on equity of 20.17% beat QuinStreet's return on equity.
Yelp has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuinStreet has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of QuinStreet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Yelp had 30 more articles in the media than QuinStreet. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Yelp and 1 mentions for QuinStreet. Yelp's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat QuinStreet's score of 0.12 indicating that Yelp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Yelp beats QuinStreet on 12 of the 17 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.
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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This page (NASDAQ:QNST) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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