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QuinStreet, Inc.
QNST Communication Services Advertising Agencies
QuinStreet, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended June 2026) was $1.3 billion, up 18.3% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 42.7%, EPS grew 450.0% and free cash flow grew 84.6%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for three consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for three.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to June
| Group | Line | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Trend | 2027e | 2028e | 2029e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 2.96 | 8.27 | 10.15 | 5.76 | 13.23 | 8.28 | 6.79 | 11.22 | 12.98 | 10.29 |
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| High | 10.97 | 17.75 | 20.02 | 22.70 | 25.99 | 18.59 | 18.18 | 26.27 | 25.50 | 22.29 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 469 | 506 | 637 | 592 | 614 | 791 | 937 | 899 | 938 | 1,074 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.64 | 0.80 | 0.71 | 0.83 | 0.94 | 0.74 | 0.62 | 0.68 | 1.17 | 1.20 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 300 | 404 | 455 | 490 | 578 | 582 | 581 | 614 | 1,094 | 1,294 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 10.13 | 14.45 | 13.54 | 10.70 | 12.19 | 9.23 | 8.36 | 7.54 | 10.14 | 11.27 | |||||
| EBT | (13) | 17 | 11 | 19 | 29 | (6) | (21) | (30) | 6 | 31 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | (4.43) | 4.08 | 2.36 | 3.81 | 5.07 | (0.99) | (3.68) | (4.95) | 0.52 | 2.41 | |||||
| Net income | (12) | 16 | 62 | 18 | 24 | (5) | (69) | (31) | 5 | 81 | |||||
| Depreciation | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 25 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 6.58 | 8.71 | 9.18 | 9.52 | 10.88 | 10.71 | 10.79 | 11.17 | 19.37 | 22.63 | ||||
| Earnings | (0.27) | 0.34 | 1.26 | 0.35 | 0.45 | (0.10) | (1.28) | (0.57) | 0.08 | 1.42 | |||||
| Cash flow | 0.41 | 0.58 | 0.77 | 0.92 | 0.95 | 0.53 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 1.50 | 2.30 | |||||
| Capex | (0.07) | (0.06) | (0.09) | (0.08) | (0.10) | (0.14) | (0.28) | (0.30) | (0.20) | (0.25) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 0.33 | 0.52 | 0.68 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 0.39 | (0.06) | (0.09) | 1.30 | 2.05 | |||||
| Book value | 2.59 | 3.20 | 4.49 | 4.97 | 5.55 | 5.26 | 4.27 | 3.95 | 4.32 | 5.65 | |||||
| Shares, m | 46 | 46 | 50 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 0.00 | 40.36 | 12.02 | 29.89 | 41.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 178.89 | 10.32 | ||||
| P/S | 0.63 | 1.53 | 1.66 | 1.10 | 1.71 | 0.94 | 0.82 | 1.43 | 0.83 | 0.65 | |||||
| P/B | 1.61 | 4.17 | 3.40 | 2.11 | 3.35 | 1.91 | 2.07 | 4.04 | 3.73 | 2.59 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 0.57 | 1.44 | 1.59 | 0.93 | 1.56 | 0.81 | 0.72 | 1.38 | 0.76 | 0.61 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 11.23 | 24.09 | 21.53 | 10.50 | 19.80 | 22.17 | (131.91) | (180.45) | 11.25 | 6.79 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 19 | 27 | 38 | 48 | 51 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 85 | 131 | ||||
| Capex | (3) | (3) | (4) | (4) | (5) | (8) | (15) | (17) | (11) | (14) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 15 | 24 | 34 | 43 | 46 | 21 | (3) | (5) | 74 | 117 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 47 | 70 | 60 | 100 | 91 | 73 | 61 | 43 | 82 | 57 | ||||
| Total debt | — | — | — | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 70 | |||||
| Net debt | (50) | (65) | (63) | (99) | (102) | (93) | (72) | (50) | (101) | (58) | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 118 | 148 | 223 | 256 | 295 | 286 | 230 | 217 | 244 | 323 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | (6.65) | 8.07 | 22.93 | 5.30 | 5.83 | (1.21) | (18.19) | (8.88) | 1.18 | 14.10 | ||||
| ROIC | (9.73) | 11.69 | 4.18 | 2.47 | 4.50 | (1.52) | (8.27) | (10.55) | 2.71 | 8.36 | |||||
| ROE | (10.05) | 11.96 | 33.67 | 7.56 | 8.55 | (1.81) | (26.70) | (14.03) | 2.04 | 28.65 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Jun 2026 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
QuinStreet, Inc. vs peers in Advertising Agencies (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STGW Stagwell Inc. | $2.2B | 128× | 20.8× | +11.25% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −53.97% (below 0%: shrinking) | 34.24% | 1.47% | Compare |
| DV DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. | $2.1B | 37.5× | 21.3× | +2.52% (above 0%: growing) | +60.00% (above 0%: growing) | +63.97% (above 0%: growing) | 83.24% | 11.88% | Compare |
| ZD Ziff Davis, Inc. | $2.0B | 3.2× | 18.8× | −2.74% (below 0%: shrinking) | +2,623.81% (above 0%: growing) | +100.30% (above 0%: growing) | 84.06% | (15.60%) | Compare |
| QNST QuinStreet, Inc. | $932.2M | 11.4× | 12.0× | +42.67% (above 0%: growing) | +450.00% (above 0%: growing) | +84.60% (above 0%: growing) | 13.32% | 5.11% | |
| CRTO Criteo S.A. | $879.9M | 7.6× | 8.2× | −11.32% (below 0%: shrinking) | −42.50% (below 0%: shrinking) | −3.42% (below 0%: shrinking) | 51.92% | 3.51% | Compare |
| EVC Entravision Communications Corporation | $615.6M | 211× | — (loss-making) | +126.24% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +294.23% (above 0%: growing) | 26.04% | 13.15% | Compare |
| NEXN Nexxen International Ltd. Sponsored ADR | $514.3M | 30.4× | 18.1× | +10.52% (above 0%: growing) | −57.14% (below 0%: shrinking) | +290.91% (above 0%: growing) | 81.30% | 4.14% | Compare |
| QUOT Quotient Technology Inc. | $397.9M | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | −5.12% (below 0%: shrinking) | n/m | −89.94% (below 0%: shrinking) | 47.07% | (20.46%) | Compare |
| ADV Advantage Solutions Inc. | $376.5M | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +1.80% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | −56.17% (below 0%: shrinking) | 11.87% | 0.19% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $747.7M | 33.9× | 18.8× | +2.16% | +8.75% | +30.28% | 49.50% | 2.49% |
QuinStreet, Inc. (QNST) key facts
- Strength: QuinStreet, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended June 2026) was $1.3 billion, up 18.3% from fiscal 2025.
- Strength: Net income was $81.2 million, or $1.42 per share (basic), a net margin of 6.28%.
- QuinStreet, Inc. (QNST) is an Advertising Agencies company in the Communication Services sector, listed on Nasdaq.
- As of October 16, 2026, QNST traded at $16.23, a market capitalization of $932.2 million.
- At that price the stock trades at 11.4× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 0.7× sales; its P/E is higher than 17% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- Return on equity was 28.7% and debt-to-equity 0.22.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 3.23 (safe zone) for fiscal 2026.