In the past week, QNST stock has gone up by 5.10%, with a monthly decline of -11.51% and a quarterly plunge of -27.71%. The volatility ratio for the week is 4.36%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 6.62% for QuinStreet Inc The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -4.73% for QNST stock, with a simple moving average of -18.87% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in QuinStreet Inc (NASDAQ: QNST) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.83. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 4 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 1 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for QNST is 51.69M, and at present, short sellers hold a 3.49% of that float. On April 18, 2025, the average trading volume of QNST was 599.87K shares.
QNST) stock’s latest price update
QuinStreet Inc (NASDAQ: QNST)’s stock price has plunge by 2.62relation to previous closing price of 15.66. Nevertheless, the company has seen a 5.10% surge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-04-10 that QuinStreet (QNST) saw its shares surge in the last session with trading volume being higher than average. The latest trend in earnings estimate revisions may not translate into further price increase in the near term.
Analysts’ Opinion of QNST
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for QNST stocks, with Craig Hallum repeating the rating for QNST by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for QNST in the upcoming period, according to Craig Hallum is $22 based on the research report published on June 18, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
B. Riley Securities, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see QNST reach a price target of $21.50. The rating they have provided for QNST stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on April 19th, 2024.
B. Riley Securities gave a rating of “Buy” to QNST, setting the target price at $19 in the report published on November 30th of the previous year.
QNST Trading at -14.37% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought QNST to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -38.83% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 6.62%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 4.36%, as shares sank -11.99% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -35.72% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, QNST rose by +5.10%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +0.63% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $16.87. In addition, QuinStreet Inc saw -30.34% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at QNST starting from PAULDINE DAVID J, who proposed sale 14,117 shares at the price of $22.64 back on Feb 21 ’25. After this action, PAULDINE DAVID J now owns shares of QuinStreet Inc, valued at $319,609 using the latest closing price.
Wong Gregory, the CFO of QuinStreet Inc, sale 8,516 shares at $22.88 during a trade that took place back on Feb 18 ’25, which means that Wong Gregory is holding 337,031 shares at $194,846 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for QNST
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.01 for the present operating margin
- 0.09 for the gross margin
The net margin for QuinStreet Inc stands at -0.01. The total capital return value is set at -0.04. Equity return is now at value -5.52, with -3.32 for asset returns.
Based on QuinStreet Inc (QNST), the company’s capital structure generated 0.03 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 6.96. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.03. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -13.23.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -5.76 million with net debt to EBITDA at -3.66. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.92. The receivables turnover for the company is 6.18for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 2.27. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.37.
Conclusion
To sum up, QuinStreet Inc (QNST) has seen a bad performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
