QuinStreet (QNST) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.50
- Estimate
- $0.39
- Surprise
- +27.7%
- Score today
- 6.9/10
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 $0.39 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.50 — a large 27.7% upside surprise.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates QNST Sell at 6.9/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +27.7% surprise compares with a +15.1% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (3/4)
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Customer: top 20 clients (58.0%)
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.3)
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
- $19.26
- Price target
- $19.84
- Stop
- $17.94
- Upside to target
- +3.0%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.2:1
The stock trades at 13.8× trailing but 10.3× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 79 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum; trading volume is running 1.8× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-05 — 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
- $1.10B
- P/E (fwd)
- 10.3
- P/E (ttm)
- 13.8
- 52-week range
- $10.29–$22.29
- Off 52-week high
- 13.6%
- RSI (14)
- 79
- Volume vs avg
- 1.78×
- Score today
- 6.9/10