QNST Stock — QuinStreet Inc

QuinStreet Inc (QNST)

Updated October 16, 2026.

QNST is a Stock. Total return is 8.8% over the past 16.7 years, 839.4 points behind SPY at 848.2%.

QuinStreet Inc is an online performance marketing company that provides customer acquisition services for clients in financial and home services industries, generating revenue through qualified clicks, leads, calls, and applications delivered via its websites and third-party publishers. The company also offers the QuinStreet Rating Platform for insurance agents and CloudControlMedia, a performance marketing agency and technology service for financial services and education sectors. QuinStreet does not currently have an established distribution schedule.

QNST performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 8.8% over the past 16.7 years, 839.4 points behind SPY at 848.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 16.2%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 35.5%.

QNST key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

02/11/2010

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$16.32 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$933,885,757

Average volume

787701.0

Beta

0.699

Payout ratio

0.0%

P/E ratio

11.66

Forward P/E

8.3963

EPS

$1.40

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

QNST risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 35.5%.

Who may consider QNST — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (QNST does not currently distribute); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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