← BackQUINSTREET, INC · Business Services, NECQNST
Low riskNext report: Around Nov 5 (est.)
The short versionA profitable company with growing sales.
Going well
- Profitable
- Sales up 78% last year
- Brings in more cash than it spends
Money moves
- No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
- Institutions added 0.4% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (112 bought, 99 sold)
Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.
What the price means
Price as of Oct 26
$16.23-1.6% that day
- Company value
- $927M
- Share price times all shares
- Price vs profit (P/E)
- 11.5x
- You pay about $12 for each $1 of yearly profit
- Price vs sales
- 0.85x
- Company value is 0.85 times a year of sales
- Cash vs value
- 14%
- Cash as a share of company value
From QNST's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.
The business over time
Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings
Sales, Jun '26 (worked out from yearly totals)Not reported
Sep '23Tap a barJun '26
Over 5 years, sales grew about 17% a year.
Business quality
The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.- MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.1.8%
- PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.00x equity
- MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.0.4%
- MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.5 of 10 years
- PassFree cash flow positiveBrings in more cash than it spends to run and grow.$82.9M
- MissShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.+7.3% in 3 years
- MissGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.10.1%
- Revenue
- $1.1B
- +78.3% vs prior year
- 5-year growth
- +17.4%/yr
- revenue, per year
- Total debt
- None
- 0.00x equity
- Current ratio
- 1.51x
- short-term assets / bills due
From annual reports filed with the SEC. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.
Latest quarter
Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026- EPS
- $0.33
- vs $0.05
- Free cash flow
- $52.4M
Some values are worked out from year-to-date totals in the annual report.
Insider rating
Last 90 days
No open-market insider buys or sells in the last 90 days.
Weekly insider trendNo trades to chart yet.
Filing buzz
Last 7 days vs normal
0/ 100
- This week
- 0
- Normal week
- 1.4
- vs normal
- 0.0x
SEC filings of any kind. 50 means a normal week.
Institutional ownership
■Steady+0.4%Institutions added 0.4% to their holdings. 112 bought, 99 sold. 4 quarters of net buying in a row.
Shares held by institutions53.1M
Sep '24Jun '26
Share count growthYearly rate, last 3 years
+1.5%Cash runwayAt last year's cash burn
Cash flow positiveDebt to equityLatest balance sheet: debt compared with what owners have
0.2x · $70.0M debtShares outstandingLatest reported
57MNext reportAround Nov 5 (est.)Estimated from the same quarter last year
- Results filedAug 6
- Results filedMay 7
- Results filedFeb 5
- Results filedNov 6, 2025
- Results filedAug 7, 2025
Flags and big holders
Offerings 6 months, flags 12 months, holders 90 days
No offerings, red flags or new big holders. Clean record.
Insider trades
Open-market buys and sells, last 90 days
No open-market buys or sells in 90 days. Grants and option exercises are left out.
"Owns after" is the insider's holding right after the trade. Pre-planned (10b5-1) sales are set up months ahead, a weaker signal.
Latest filings
Straight from SEC EDGAR
SoldAsmau AhmedDirector
25,000 shares at $20.63 avg ($20.30 to $20.85) · $516K
- -50% of holdings
- Now owns 24,979 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- 2 transactions
- Filed 1 day after trade
SoldGregory WongCFO
11,704 shares at $20.44 · $239K
- -2% of holdings
- Now owns 481,786 shares
- Pre-planned sale (10b5-1)
- Filed same day
SoldAsmau AhmedDirector
15,000 shares at $20.55 avg ($20.43 to $20.79) · $308K
- -23% of holdings
- Now owns 49,979 shares
- Not a pre-planned sale
- 2 transactions
- Filed 1 day after trade
SoldDouglas ValentiChief Executive Officer, Director
751,631 shares at $20.50 · $15.4M
- -43% of holdings
- Now owns 996,278 shares
- Pre-planned sale (10b5-1)
- Held by Trust
- Filed 4 days after trade
- Also: Gift, Shares withheld for taxes
SoldGregory WongCFO
26,296 shares at $20.09 · $528K
- -5% of holdings
- Now owns 521,883 shares
- Pre-planned sale (10b5-1)
- Filed 4 days after trade
- Also: Shares withheld for taxes