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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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Yelp9.41% 18.07% 13.55%
QuinStreet -1.31%-4.13%-2.37%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
YelpOutperform Votes
1334
68.06%
Underperform Votes
626
31.94%
QuinStreetOutperform Votes
312
56.62%
Underperform Votes
239
43.38%

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
Yelp$1.44B1.69$132.85M$2.0818.29
QuinStreet$1.03B0.84-$31.33M-$0.01-1,526.00

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Yelp
13 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
QuinStreet
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

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

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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QNST vs. The Competition

MetricQuinStreetBusiness services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$861.72M$21.44B$25.06B$8.39B
Dividend YieldN/A2.61%2.89%4.11%
P/E Ratio-69.3636.9844.3819.71
Price / Sales0.8413.912,068.43120.65
Price / Cash177.4032.3034.7834.62
Price / Book3.845.866.704.50
Net Income-$31.33M$686.94M$739.31M$248.22M
7 Day Performance-0.59%-1.93%-0.97%-0.78%
1 Month Performance-9.65%17.42%11.46%11.53%
1 Year Performance-17.25%36.68%52,711.79%8.99%

QuinStreet Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QNST
QuinStreet
2.9543 of 5 stars
$15.13
-0.9%
$29.00
+91.7%
-17.3%$854.09M$1.03B-68.75790Gap Up
YELP
Yelp
3.663 of 5 stars
$38.53
-1.6%
$34.00
-11.8%
+3.7%$2.51B$1.44B20.074,900Insider Trade
ZD
Ziff Davis
4.4136 of 5 stars
$32.84
+0.8%
$47.00
+43.1%
-43.8%$1.38B$1.42B27.834,900
CMPR
Cimpress
4.7768 of 5 stars
$45.02
+0.3%
$62.50
+38.8%
-47.3%$1.12B$3.37B7.4516,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
ANGI
Angi
3.2696 of 5 stars
$16.75
+2.3%
$21.36
+27.5%
-25.2%$803.78M$1.13B209.404,600High Trading Volume
LQDT
Liquidity Services
2.8865 of 5 stars
$24.72
+0.9%
$38.50
+55.7%
+30.2%$771.78M$439.25M32.96740Positive News
OPEN
Opendoor Technologies
3.5952 of 5 stars
$0.79
+1.1%
$1.55
+95.5%
-69.1%$573.53M$5.13B-1.472,570High Trading Volume
TTGT
TechTarget
3.7555 of 5 stars
$8.18
-2.2%
$25.17
+207.7%
-75.4%$239.14M$257.41M-19.481,000Gap Down
BCOV
Brightcove
0.4745 of 5 stars
$4.45
flat
$3.98
-10.7%
N/A$202.12M$201.19M-21.19720
TZOO
Travelzoo
3.4697 of 5 stars
$13.66
-0.3%
$25.00
+83.0%
+68.7%$153.61M$85.06M12.77210
DHX
DHI Group
3.6359 of 5 stars
$1.95
+1.0%
$5.25
+169.2%
-12.6%$95.06M$138.20M195.20530

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This page (NASDAQ:QNST) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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