QuinStreet (QNST) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to QNST or YELP?

In the previous week, Yelp had 8 more articles in the media than QuinStreet. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Yelp and 6 mentions for QuinStreet. Yelp's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat QuinStreet's score of 0.75 indicating that Yelp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
QuinStreet	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Yelp	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in QNST or YELP?

Yelp received 1027 more outperform votes than QuinStreet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.13% of users gave Yelp an outperform vote while only 56.54% of users gave QuinStreet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
QuinStreet	Outperform Votes 307 56.54%	Underperform Votes 236 43.46%
Yelp	Outperform Votes 1334 68.13%	Underperform Votes 624 31.87%

Which has better earnings and valuation, QNST or YELP?

Yelp has higher revenue and earnings than QuinStreet. QuinStreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yelp, 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
QuinStreet	$613.51M	2.06	-$31.33M	-$0.40	-56.25
Yelp	$1.34B	2.00	$99.17M	$1.67	24.34

Which has more risk & volatility, QNST or YELP?

QuinStreet has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Yelp has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in QNST or YELP?

97.8% of QuinStreet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of Yelp shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of QuinStreet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.4% of Yelp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is QNST or YELP more profitable?

Yelp has a net margin of 8.48% compared to QuinStreet's net margin of -2.88%. Yelp's return on equity of 16.02% beat QuinStreet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
QuinStreet	-2.88%	-8.79%	-5.29%
Yelp	8.48%	16.02%	11.94%

Do analysts prefer QNST or YELP?

QuinStreet currently has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.89%. Yelp has a consensus price target of $37.17, indicating a potential downside of 8.58%. Given QuinStreet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe QuinStreet is more favorable than Yelp.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
QuinStreet	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Yelp	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.89

Summary

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