QuinStreet, Inc. (QNST) vs Ziff Davis, Inc. (ZD)

QuinStreet, Inc. and Ziff Davis, Inc. are both Advertising Agencies companies. Ziff Davis, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.9B against $831.2M — 2.3× the size. Ziff Davis, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 3.2× against 10.1×. QuinStreet, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 18.3% against 7.80%. Ziff Davis, Inc. has the higher net margin (44.8% vs 6.28%) and the lower return on invested capital (4.71% vs 8.36%). Across the 22 metrics below, Ziff Davis, Inc. leads on 13 and QuinStreet, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric QNST ZD Advertising Agencies median
P/E 10.15 3.20 19.90
P/S 0.64 1.43 0.65
P/B 2.55 0.92 1.58
Price to free cash flow 7.04 6.49 8.32
EV/EBITDA 12.68 3.28 11.81
EV/Sales 0.59 0.92 1.11
Earnings yield 9.85% 31.27% (6.44%)
Free cash flow yield 14.20% 15.40% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric QNST ZD Advertising Agencies median
Gross margin 11.27% 85.01% 44.25%
Operating margin 2.74% 7.86% 0.00%
Net margin 6.28% 44.75% (6.98%)
Free cash flow margin 9.04% 22.02% 0.00%
Return on equity 28.65% 31.54% 0.00%
Return on assets 14.10% 17.12% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 8.36% 4.71% 0.00%

Growth

Metric QNST ZD Advertising Agencies median
Revenue growth (TTM) 18.29% 7.80% 6.06%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1,650.00% (19.01%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 17.47% 4.60% 4.30%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 28.09% (20.66%) 0.00%

Health

Metric QNST ZD Advertising Agencies median
Debt to equity 0.22 0.39 0.04
Current ratio 1.22 2.16 1.45
Net debt to EBITDA (0.96) 0.59 0.01

Dividend

Metric QNST ZD Advertising Agencies median
Dividend yield — — 5.24%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.00 0.00

Size

Metric QNST ZD Advertising Agencies median
Market cap 831.17m 1.94b 43.42m

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