QuinStreet (QNST) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, YELP or QNST?

Yelp has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuinStreet has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor YELP or QNST?

In the previous week, Yelp had 12 more articles in the media than QuinStreet. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Yelp and 5 mentions for QuinStreet. QuinStreet's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Yelp's score of 0.66 indicating that QuinStreet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Yelp	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
QuinStreet	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend YELP or QNST?

Yelp presently has a consensus target price of $34.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.90%. QuinStreet has a consensus target price of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 92.05%. Given QuinStreet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe QuinStreet is more favorable than Yelp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yelp	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.71
QuinStreet	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in YELP or QNST?

90.1% of Yelp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of QuinStreet shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.4% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer YELP or QNST?

Yelp received 1023 more outperform votes than QuinStreet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.08% of users gave Yelp an outperform vote while only 56.52% of users gave QuinStreet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Yelp	Outperform Votes 1335 68.08%	Underperform Votes 626 31.92%
QuinStreet	Outperform Votes 312 56.52%	Underperform Votes 240 43.48%

Is YELP or QNST more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yelp	9.41%	18.07%	13.55%
QuinStreet	-1.31%	-4.13%	-2.37%

Which has better earnings and valuation, YELP or QNST?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Yelp	$1.44B	1.57	$132.85M	$2.08	17.01
QuinStreet	$1.03B	0.83	-$31.33M	-$0.01	-1,510.00

Summary

Yelp beats QuinStreet on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.