QuinStreet (QNST) Competitors

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.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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 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.

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%

Do analysts recommend YELP or QNST?

Yelp presently has a consensus target price of $36.33, suggesting a potential upside of 2.99%. QuinStreet has a consensus target price of $29.80, suggesting a potential upside of 57.17%. 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)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.88
QuinStreet	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the media prefer YELP or QNST?

In the previous week, Yelp had 14 more articles in the media than QuinStreet. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Yelp and 15 mentions for QuinStreet. QuinStreet's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Yelp's score of 0.67 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)	5 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
QuinStreet	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, YELP or QNST?

Yelp has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuinStreet has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in YELP or QNST?

Yelp received 1023 more outperform votes than QuinStreet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.06% of users gave Yelp an outperform vote while only 56.65% of users gave QuinStreet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Yelp	Outperform Votes 1334 68.06%	Underperform Votes 626 31.94%
QuinStreet	Outperform Votes 311 56.65%	Underperform Votes 238 43.35%

Which has stronger earnings & 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	$1.41B	1.62	$132.85M	$1.92	18.38
QuinStreet	$928.72M	1.15	-$31.33M	-$0.22	-86.18

Summary

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