QuinStreet (QNST) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend QNST or YELP?

QuinStreet presently has a consensus price target of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 66.36%. Yelp has a consensus price target of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.36%. Given QuinStreet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of QNST or YELP?

97.8% of QuinStreet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of Yelp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of QuinStreet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Yelp shares are held 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, QNST or YELP?

QuinStreet has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yelp has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor QNST or YELP?

In the previous week, QuinStreet and QuinStreet both had 7 articles in the media. QuinStreet's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Yelp's score of 1.15 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Yelp	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is QNST or YELP more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
QuinStreet	0.43%	4.56%	2.54%
Yelp	10.28%	20.17%	15.18%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, QNST or YELP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
QuinStreet	$1.09B	0.86	$4.71M	$0.09	180.33
Yelp	$1.41B	1.40	$132.85M	$2.21	14.20

Summary

Yelp beats QuinStreet on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.