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

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

QuinStreet vs. Its Competitors

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

Yelp presently has a consensus target price of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.90%. QuinStreet has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 67.39%. Given QuinStreet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67
QuinStreet
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

In the previous week, QuinStreet had 1 more articles in the media than Yelp. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for QuinStreet and 8 mentions for Yelp. QuinStreet's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Yelp's score of 1.34 indicating that QuinStreet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Yelp$1.45B1.34$132.85M$2.2114.00
QuinStreet$1.09B0.85$4.71M$0.09179.22

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

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
Yelp10.28% 20.17% 15.18%
QuinStreet 0.43%4.56%2.54%

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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Yelp beats QuinStreet on 9 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$930.38M$4.63B$31.34B$10.18B
Dividend YieldN/A2.64%3.14%4.60%
P/E Ratio179.2244.85439.6626.02
Price / Sales0.852.451,769.4491.13
Price / Cash17.7723.9934.5929.91
Price / Book3.739.027.286.25
Net Income$4.71M$261.11M$808.30M$270.76M
7 Day Performance-0.62%0.59%2.21%2.54%
1 Month Performance9.43%10.68%4.82%5.73%
1 Year Performance-15.90%12.63%24,395.81%25.85%

QuinStreet Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QNST
QuinStreet
4.2595 of 5 stars
$16.13
-0.9%
$27.00
+67.4%
-15.9%$930.38M$1.09B179.22790Positive News
YELP
Yelp
4.0949 of 5 stars
$31.74
-0.8%
$34.00
+7.1%
-10.2%$2.02B$1.41B14.365,116Positive News
ZD
Ziff Davis
3.4424 of 5 stars
$38.51
+1.1%
$38.83
+0.8%
-25.6%$1.56B$1.40B25.673,800Positive News
CMPR
Cimpress
4.4581 of 5 stars
$63.47
+1.1%
$72.00
+13.4%
-30.9%$1.54B$3.40B124.4515,500Positive News
LQDT
Liquidity Services
2.9835 of 5 stars
$26.96
+0.7%
$38.50
+42.8%
+21.4%$836.21M$363.32M32.48740Positive News
ANGI
Angi
3.4462 of 5 stars
$18.46
+0.9%
$22.07
+19.6%
-35.1%$811.46M$1.19B15.012,800Analyst Upgrade
TTGT
TechTarget
4.0233 of 5 stars
$5.89
+4.4%
$16.40
+178.4%
-75.6%$403.20M$387.10M-14.022,100Positive News
DHX
DHI Group
3.4777 of 5 stars
$2.97
flat
$4.50
+51.5%
+81.5%$142.59M$134.40M-14.14530Short Interest ↑
TZOO
Travelzoo
3.7822 of 5 stars
$9.79
+3.5%
$21.50
+119.6%
-36.2%$103.88M$83.90M11.00210Positive News
LPSN
LivePerson
1.6622 of 5 stars
$0.97
+4.3%
$1.00
+3.1%
-17.6%$89.86M$312.47M-0.491,540Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
MCHX
Marchex
2.2567 of 5 stars
$2.02
+1.0%
N/A+5.1%$88.36M$48.12M-18.36190News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:QNST) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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