TTGT vs. QNST, ANGI, LQDT, OPEN, BCOV, TZOO, DHX, LPSN, MCHX, and MOVE
Should you be buying TechTarget stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TechTarget include QuinStreet (QNST), Angi (ANGI), Liquidity Services (LQDT), Opendoor Technologies (OPEN), Brightcove (BCOV), Travelzoo (TZOO), DHI Group (DHX), LivePerson (LPSN), Marchex (MCHX), and Movano (MOVE). These companies are all part of the "internet software & services" industry.
TechTarget vs.
TechTarget (NASDAQ:TTGT) and QuinStreet (NASDAQ:QNST) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
93.5% of TechTarget shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of QuinStreet shares are held by institutional investors. 10.7% of TechTarget shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of QuinStreet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, TechTarget had 26 more articles in the media than QuinStreet. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for TechTarget and 3 mentions for QuinStreet. QuinStreet's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat TechTarget's score of 0.18 indicating that QuinStreet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TechTarget received 109 more outperform votes than QuinStreet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.12% of users gave TechTarget an outperform vote while only 56.52% of users gave QuinStreet an outperform vote.
TechTarget presently has a consensus target price of $19.67, suggesting a potential upside of 165.05%. QuinStreet has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 82.79%. Given TechTarget's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe TechTarget is more favorable than QuinStreet.
TechTarget has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuinStreet has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TechTarget has higher earnings, but lower revenue than QuinStreet. QuinStreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TechTarget, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
QuinStreet has a net margin of -1.31% compared to TechTarget's net margin of -5.34%. TechTarget's return on equity of 5.44% beat QuinStreet's return on equity.
Summary
TechTarget beats QuinStreet on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TTGT) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff