Getty Images (GETY) Competitors

Getty Images (NYSE:GETY) and QuinStreet (NASDAQ:QNST) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.

Is GETY or QNST more profitable?

Getty Images has a net margin of 2.11% compared to QuinStreet's net margin of -14.28%. Getty Images' return on equity of 9.30% beat QuinStreet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Getty Images	2.11%	9.30%	2.34%
QuinStreet	-14.28%	-32.98%	-22.56%

Do analysts rate GETY or QNST?

Getty Images presently has a consensus price target of $6.35, suggesting a potential upside of 67.55%. QuinStreet has a consensus price target of $16.38, suggesting a potential downside of 1.12%. Given Getty Images' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Getty Images is more favorable than QuinStreet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Getty Images	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
QuinStreet	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GETY or QNST?

45.8% of Getty Images shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of QuinStreet shares are held by institutional investors. 13.0% of Getty Images shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of QuinStreet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, GETY or QNST?

Getty Images has a beta of 2.12, indicating that its share price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuinStreet has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to GETY or QNST?

In the previous week, Getty Images had 20 more articles in the media than QuinStreet. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Getty Images and 5 mentions for QuinStreet. QuinStreet's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Getty Images' score of 0.27 indicating that QuinStreet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Getty Images	5 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	5 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
QuinStreet	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GETY or QNST?

QuinStreet received 281 more outperform votes than Getty Images when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.09% of users gave QuinStreet an outperform vote while only 43.33% of users gave Getty Images an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Getty Images	Outperform Votes 13 43.33%	Underperform Votes 17 56.67%
QuinStreet	Outperform Votes 294 57.09%	Underperform Votes 221 42.91%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, GETY or QNST?

Getty Images has higher revenue and earnings than QuinStreet. QuinStreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Getty Images, 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
Getty Images	$916.55M	1.67	$19.34M	$0.04	94.75
QuinStreet	$580.62M	1.57	-$68.87M	-$1.44	-11.56

Summary

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