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QUINSTREET, INC (QNST)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for QUINSTREET, INC. The latest annual period is FY2026. The latest reported quarter is Q4 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About QUINSTREET, INC

QuinStreet, Inc operates performance marketplaces and technologies focused on customer acquisition for financial services and home services industries. The company delivers qualified digital marketing contacts such as clicks, leads, calls, applications, and customers to clients, primarily in North America. It serves large companies and brands by managing and optimizing online marketing campaigns across multiple digital channels using proprietary technologies and data-driven approaches.

Snapshot

Revenue
$1.29B
Revenue growth (YoY)
18.3%
Net income
$81.2M
Diluted EPS
$1.40
Gross margin
11.3%
Operating margin
2.7%
Net margin
6.3%
FCF margin
9.9%
ROE
25.1%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
13.7×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$1.09B
Long-term debt / equity
0.22×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2026, the latest annual period (ended June 30, 2026). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Quinstreet

  • Revenue grew 18.3% to $1.3B in FY2026, slower than the 78.3% the year before.
  • Operating margin turned positive at 2.7% in FY2026, from a 0.8% operating loss in FY2022.
  • Most recent quarter Q4 FY2026: revenue $374M, up 42.7% from Q4 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $128M in FY2026, 9.9% of revenue.
  • Net income rose more than tenfold to $81M in FY2026.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Quinstreet’s fundamentals sit among the 684 Industrials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin11.3%
16th percentile of 466
Operating margin2.7%
39th percentile of 605
Net margin6.3%
63rd percentile of 645
FCF margin9.9%
70th percentile of 562
Revenue growth (YoY)+18.3%
81st percentile of 668
ROE25.1%
88th percentile of 600
P/E13.7×
21st percentile of 434
Long-term debt / equity0.22×
28th percentile of 409
Short interest3.20d
49th percentile of 676

Quinstreet’s return on equity of 25.1% ranks in the 88th percentile of the 600 Industrials companies reporting it.

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 9 insider sales totaling $17.4M. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 6 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
4
0 new, 4 added
Reduced / exited
3
2 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$66.2M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$36.9M2.5MAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$13.6M927.6KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$8.6M586.2KReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$3.9M263.4KAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$1.7M116.0KReduced
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$1.5M101.7KAdded

No longer held by: First Eagle Investment Management (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
9
$17.4M
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-18
Wong GregoryCFOSell11.7K$20.44$239K
2026-08-17
filed 2026-08-18
Ahmed AsmauDirectorSell10.0K$20.30$203K
2026-08-14
filed 2026-08-18
Ahmed AsmauDirectorSell15.0K$20.85$313K
2026-08-12
filed 2026-08-13
Ahmed AsmauDirectorSell10.0K$20.43$204K
2026-08-11
filed 2026-08-13
Ahmed AsmauDirectorSell5.0K$20.79$104K
2026-08-07
filed 2026-08-11
Valenti DouglasChief Executive OfficerSell751.6K$20.50$15.4M
2026-08-07
filed 2026-08-11
Wong GregoryCFOSell26.3K$20.09$528K
2026-07-01
filed 2026-07-02
Wong GregoryCFOSell10.3K$15.00$155K
2026-06-15
filed 2026-06-17
Wong GregoryCFOSell22.1K$12.19$269K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
4.3M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-2.7%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
3.20
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
1.4M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-144.3M-2.7%3.20
2026-07-314.5M-2.5%6.27
2026-07-154.6M-4.9%7.14
2026-06-304.8M-5.9%6.30
2026-06-155.1M-0.3%8.08
2026-05-295.1M-4.2%5.61
2026-05-155.4M-1.1%4.75
2026-04-305.4M+36.6%7.93

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.29B$1.09B$613.5M$580.6M$582.1M
Gross profit$145.8M$110.9M$46.2M$48.5M$53.7M
Operating income$35.4M$6.2M$-28.1M$-20.8M$-4.7M
Net income$81.2M$4.7M$-31.3M$-68.9M$-5.2M
Diluted EPS$1.40$0.08$-0.57$-1.28$-0.10

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Cash and equivalents$128.3M$101.1M$50.5M$73.7M$96.4M
Current assets$316.6M$245.5M$169.1M$151.2M$182.8M
Total assets$721.3M$431.1M$368.5M$337.2M$419.9M
Current liabilities$260.0M$163.0M$126.4M$89.8M$109.6M
Long-term debt$70.0M$0
Total liabilities$398.2M$187.1M$151.7M$107.4M$133.9M
Total equity$323.1M$244.0M$216.8M$229.8M$286.0M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2026FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Operating cash flow$131.3M$85.0M$12.0M$11.8M$28.7M
Capital expenditure$3.4M$2.1M$5.3M$3.1M$2.8M
Free cash flow$127.9M$82.9M$6.7M$8.8M$25.8M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q4 FY2026$373.9M42.7%$19.1M$0.33
Q3 FY2026$346.1M28.3%$7.4M$0.13
Q2 FY2026$287.8M1.9%$50.2M$0.87
Q1 FY2026$285.9M2.4%$4.5M$0.08
Q4 FY2025$262.1M32.1%$3.2M$0.06
Q3 FY2025$269.8M60.1%$4.4M$0.08
Q2 FY2025$282.6M130.3%$-1.5M$-0.03
Q1 FY2025$279.2M125.3%$-1.4M$-0.02

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorIndustrials
SIC industryServices-Business Services, NEC
Latest annual periodFY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Latest reported quarterQ4 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2011
SEC CIK1117297

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-08-26
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10-K2025-08-21
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10-Q2026-05-08
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10-Q2026-02-06
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10-Q2025-11-07
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8-K2026-08-06
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8-K2026-05-07
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8-K/A2026-03-13
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.