QuinStreet (QNST) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.50
- Estimate
- $0.44
- Surprise
- +13.2%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.7 → 6.6/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
QuinStreet (QNST) beat the $0.44 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.50 — a large 13.2% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Hold (6.7/10) to Buy (Wait) at 6.6/10 after the report — the engine's score fell despite the beat.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates QNST Hold at 6.8/10.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +13.2% surprise compares with a +9.2% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-05.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (3/4)
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Customer: top 20 clients (62.0%)
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.3)
- Sector modifier (Communication Services): -0.8
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $15.02
- Price target
- $19.84
- Stop
- $13.97
- Upside to target
- +32.1%
- Reward-to-risk
- 3.3:1
The stock trades at 10.7× trailing but 8.0× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 19 — a level conventionally read as oversold.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-07 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
QNST at TrendMatrix's latest read
Communication and media names are subscriber-economics stories; engagement and ARPU trends behind the print drive the reaction.
- Industry
- Advertising Agencies
- Market cap
- $859.5M
- P/E (fwd)
- 8.0
- P/E (ttm)
- 10.7
- 52-week range
- $10.29–$22.29
- Off 52-week high
- 32.6%
- RSI (14)
- 19
- Volume vs avg
- 0.60×
- Score today
- 6.8/10