QuinStreet (QNST) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $16.42 +0.16 (+0.98%) Closing price 09/17/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$16.42 0.00 (0.00%) As of 09/17/2025 04:20 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock QuinStreet Short Interest DataQuinStreet (QNST) has a short interest of 1.45 million shares, representing 2.72% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 0.00% change in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.7, indicating that it would take 2.7 days of the average trading volume of 514,321 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest1,450,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,450,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous MonthNo ChangeDollar Volume Sold Short$22.74 millionShort Interest Ratio2.7 Days to CoverLast Record DateAugust 31, 2025Outstanding Shares57,680,000 sharesFloat Size53,250,000 sharesShort Percent of Float2.72%Today's Trading Volume415,868 sharesAverage Trading Volume514,321 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average81% Short Selling QuinStreet? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for QuinStreet and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartQNST Short Interest Over TimeQNST Days to Cover Over TimeQNST Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time QuinStreet Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 8/31/20251,450,000 shares $22.74 million No Change2.7%2.7 $15.68 8/15/20251,450,000 shares $21.37 million +25.0%2.7%2.7 $14.74 7/31/20251,160,000 shares $19.04 million -17.7%2.2%1.8 $16.41 7/15/20251,410,000 shares $21.83 million -13.0%2.7%2.2 $15.48 6/30/20251,620,000 shares $26.08 million -4.1%3.1%2.4 $16.10 6/15/20251,690,000 shares $25.52 million +7.0%3.2%2.5 $15.10 5/31/20251,580,000 shares $24.17 million +27.4%3.0%2.3 $15.30 5/15/20251,240,000 shares $19.48 million -56.5%2.3%1.8 $15.71 4/30/20252,850,000 shares $49.93 million -2.7%5.5%4.2 $17.52 4/15/20252,930,000 shares $45.77 million +62.8%5.7%4.9 $15.62 Get the Latest News and Ratings for QNST and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for QuinStreet and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 3/31/20251,800,000 shares $32.11 million +0.6%3.5%3.2 $17.84 3/15/20251,790,000 shares $31.79 million +14.7%3.5%3.3 $17.76 2/28/20251,560,000 shares $30.54 million +14.7%3.0%3 $19.58 2/15/20251,360,000 shares $30.79 million -8.7%2.6%2.7 $22.64 1/31/20251,490,000 shares $35.25 million -19.9%2.9%3 $23.66 1/15/20251,860,000 shares $41.05 million -2.1%3.6%3.9 $22.07 12/31/20241,900,000 shares $43.83 million +9.2%3.7%4.2 $23.07 12/15/20241,740,000 shares $38.47 million +0.6%3.4%3.9 $22.11 11/30/20241,730,000 shares $39.41 million -17.2%3.4%4 $22.78 11/15/20242,090,000 shares $42.45 million +14.8%4.1%4.7 $20.31 10/31/20241,820,000 shares $38.22 million -5.7%3.5%4.1 $21.00 10/15/20241,930,000 shares $37.83 million -6.8%3.7%4.8 $19.60 9/30/20242,070,000 shares $39.60 million +2.5%3.9%4.8 $19.13 9/15/20242,020,000 shares $38.74 million -2.4%4.0%4.8 $19.18 8/31/20242,070,000 shares $39.56 million -1.4%4.1%4.8 $19.11 8/15/20242,100,000 shares $36.75 million +7.1%4.2%5.1 $17.50 7/31/20241,960,000 shares $36.65 million -1.5%4.0%4.7 $18.70 7/15/20241,990,000 shares $33.89 million +1.5%4.0%4.9 $17.03 6/30/20241,960,000 shares $32.52 million +4.3%3.9%5.1 $16.59 6/15/20241,880,000 shares $30.12 million -14.9%3.8%4.9 $16.02 5/31/20242,210,000 shares $38.92 million -5.6%4.4%6 $17.61 5/15/20242,340,000 shares $41.37 million +2.2%4.7%6.3 $17.68 4/30/20242,290,000 shares $41.43 million No Change4.6%5.4 $18.09 4/15/20242,290,000 shares $39.18 million -2.6%4.6%6.1 $17.11 3/31/20242,350,000 shares $41.50 million -1.7%4.7%6 $17.66 3/15/20242,390,000 shares $39.36 million -0.8%4.8%6.2 $16.47 2/29/20242,410,000 shares $35.26 million -4.7%4.9%5.8 $14.63 2/15/20242,530,000 shares $38.94 million +4.1%5.1%6 $15.39 1/31/20242,430,000 shares $30.79 million -15.3%4.9%5.9 $12.67 1/15/20242,870,000 shares $33.64 million -5.6%5.8%6.5 $11.72 12/31/20233,040,000 shares $38.97 million -21.5%6.2%6.7 $12.82 12/15/20233,870,000 shares $50.12 million +10.3%7.8%8.5 $12.95 11/30/20233,510,000 shares $43.84 million +6.4%7.1%8.1 $12.49 11/15/20233,300,000 shares $38.15 million +9.6%6.7%8 $11.56 10/31/20233,010,000 shares $34.04 million +7.1%6.1%6.7 $11.31 10/15/20232,810,000 shares $26.27 million +11.5%5.7%7 $9.35 9/30/20232,520,000 shares $22.60 million +3.3%5.1%6.4 $8.97 9/15/20232,440,000 shares $21.89 million +18.5%4.9%6.6 $8.97 8/31/20232,060,000 shares $20.39 million -13.5%4.2%5 $9.90 8/15/20232,380,000 shares $23.30 million No Change4.8%5.5 $9.79 7/31/20232,380,000 shares $21.13 million -7.0%4.9%4.5 $8.88 7/15/20232,560,000 shares $22.96 million -1.2%5.2%4.2 $8.97 6/30/20232,590,000 shares $22.87 million +32.8%5.2%4.1 $8.83 6/15/20231,950,000 shares $16.32 million +50.0%3.9%3.2 $8.37 5/31/20231,300,000 shares $11.99 million No Change2.6%2.3 $9.22 5/15/20231,300,000 shares $9.74 million -38.4%2.6%2.4 $7.49 4/30/20232,110,000 shares $23.44 million +80.3%4.3%4.6 $11.11 4/15/20231,170,000 shares $15.48 million +19.3%2.4%3.4 $13.24 3/31/2023980,600 shares $15.56 million -20.3%2.0%3.3 $15.87 3/15/20231,230,000 shares $18.19 million -7.5%2.5%4.1 $14.79 2/28/20231,330,000 shares $22.57 million +13.7%2.7%4.3 $16.97 2/15/20231,170,000 shares $20.80 million -4.1%2.4%3.9 $17.78 1/31/20231,220,000 shares $18.70 million +5.2%2.5%4.2 $15.33 1/15/20231,160,000 shares $18.18 million -1.7%2.4%4.6 $15.67 12/30/20221,180,000 shares $16.93 million -4.1%2.4%5.1 $14.35 12/15/20221,230,000 shares $15.58 million -9.6%2.5%5.2 $12.67 11/30/20221,360,000 shares $19.35 million +8.8%2.8%6.5 $14.23 11/15/20221,250,000 shares $17.90 million +12.6%2.6%5.8 $14.32 10/31/20221,110,000 shares $12.67 million -15.3%2.3%4.9 $11.41 10/15/20221,310,000 shares $14.55 million +1.6%2.7%5.6 $11.11 9/30/20221,290,000 shares $13.55 million -3.0%2.7%5.4 $10.50 9/15/20221,330,000 shares $15.15 million -9.5%2.8%4.6 $11.39 8/31/20221,470,000 shares $17.65 million -20.1%3.3%4.9 $12.01 8/15/20221,840,000 shares $23.24 million -27.0%4.0%5.9 $12.63 7/31/20222,520,000 shares $27.09 million -3.5%5.5%7.2 $10.75 7/15/20222,610,000 shares $28.21 million +10.6%5.7%6.8 $10.81 6/30/20222,360,000 shares $23.74 million +2.2%5.1%6.2 $10.06 6/15/20222,310,000 shares $24.09 million +3.6%5.0%5.9 $10.43 5/31/20222,230,000 shares $24.53 million +19.3%4.8%6.1 $11.00 5/15/20221,870,000 shares $19.28 million +11.3%4.1%5.1 $10.31 4/30/20221,680,000 shares $15.98 million -1.2%3.7%4 $9.51 4/15/20221,700,000 shares $19.21 million -7.1%3.8%4.7 $11.30 3/31/20221,830,000 shares $21.23 million +4.0%4.0%5 $11.60 3/15/20221,760,000 shares $20.43 million +4.1%3.9%5 $11.61 2/28/20221,690,000 shares $19.01 million +9.0%3.7%4.2 $11.25 2/15/20221,550,000 shares $18.51 million +39.6%3.4%3.8 $11.94 1/31/20221,110,000 shares $17.86 million +3.7%2.3%2.7 $16.09 1/15/20221,070,000 shares $17.40 million -0.9%2.2%2.6 $16.26 12/31/20211,080,000 shares $19.65 million +13.2%2.2%2.5 $18.19 12/15/2021953,900 shares $17.68 million +10.7%1.9%2.2 $18.53 11/30/2021861,900 shares $13.20 million +10.3%1.8%2.2 $15.31 11/15/2021781,100 shares $13.43 million -45.4%1.6%2.1 $17.19 10/29/20211,430,000 shares $20.02 million +26.6%2.9%4.2 $14.00 10/15/20211,130,000 shares $19.24 million +1.8%2.3%4.2 $17.03 9/30/20211,110,000 shares $19.49 million +3.7%2.3%4.7 $17.56 9/15/20211,070,000 shares $19.98 million +0.9%2.2%4.1 $18.67 8/31/20211,060,000 shares $18.98 million +2.9%2.2%4.3 $17.91 8/13/20211,030,000 shares $17.77 million -13.5%2.1%4.2 $17.25 7/30/20211,190,000 shares $21.82 million -1.7%2.5%4.8 $18.34 7/15/20211,210,000 shares $21.63 million +1.7%2.5%4.8 $17.88 6/30/20211,190,000 shares $22.11 million +9.2%2.4%4.5 $18.58 6/15/20211,090,000 shares $19.17 million -2.7%2.2%3.9 $17.59 5/28/20211,120,000 shares $20.28 million No Change2.3%3.9 $18.11 5/14/20211,120,000 shares $20.04 million +34.2%2.3%3.8 $17.89 4/30/2021834,500 shares $16.97 million +1.4%1.7%2.6 $20.33 4/15/2021823,300 shares $16.43 million +17.7%1.7%2.4 $19.96 3/31/2021699,600 shares $14.18 million -37.5%1.5%2 $20.27 3/15/20211,120,000 shares $26.22 million +24.3%2.3%3.4 $23.41 2/26/2021901,300 shares $20.96 million -6.1%1.9%2.7 $23.26 2/12/2021959,900 shares $23.55 million -6.8%2.0%3 $24.53 1/29/20211,030,000 shares $22.42 million +16.2%2.1%3.2 $21.77 1/15/2021886,100 shares $18.22 million -9.7%1.9%3.1 $20.56 12/31/2020981,700 shares $21.16 million -4.7%2.1%3.5 $21.55 12/15/20201,030,000 shares $21.33 million -2.8%2.2%3.6 $20.71 11/30/20201,060,000 shares $19.20 million -5.4%2.2%3.5 $18.11 11/15/20201,120,000 shares $19.43 million -15.8%2.4%3.5 $17.35 10/30/20201,330,000 shares $22.46 million -11.9%2.8%4.2 $16.89 10/15/20201,510,000 shares $24.55 million -7.4%3.2%4.5 $16.26 9/30/20201,630,000 shares $25.82 million +6.5%3.5%4.6 $15.84 QNST Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is QuinStreet's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of QuinStreet shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 31st, traders have sold 1,450,000 shares of QNST short. 2.72% of QuinStreet's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on QuinStreet's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for QuinStreet? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. QNST shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on QuinStreet's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting QuinStreet? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of QuinStreet: Group One Trading LLC, and Walleye Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for QuinStreet? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 2.72% of QuinStreet's floating shares are currently sold short. What is QuinStreet's float size? QuinStreet currently has issued a total of 57,680,000 shares. Some of QuinStreet's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. QuinStreet currently has a public float of 53,250,000 shares. How does QuinStreet's short interest compare to its competitors? 2.72% of QuinStreet's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to QuinStreet: Yelp Inc. (8.06%), Ziff Davis, Inc. (10.38%), Cimpress plc (9.42%), Liquidity Services, Inc. (5.27%), Angi Inc. (17.39%), TechTarget, Inc. (4.36%), DHI Group, Inc. (0.21%), Travelzoo (5.78%), LivePerson, Inc. (8.38%), Marchex, Inc. (0.05%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($73.23 billion), Invesco QQQ ($29.52 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($20.82 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.76 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($9.37 billion), Strategy Inc ($7.58 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($6.78 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.72 billion), AppLovin Corporation ($6.37 billion), and iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($6.29 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short QuinStreet stock? Short selling QNST is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from QuinStreet as its price is falling. QNST shares are trading up $0.16 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against QuinStreet? A short squeeze for QuinStreet occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of QNST, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is QuinStreet's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including QNST, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2025. 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