QUINSTREET, INC financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
QNST on Nasdaq
Location
Foster City, CA
Fiscal year end
30 June
Latest financial report
06 Feb 2026

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QNST - QUINSTREET, INC Financial Facts

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Context
Latest metrics period: Q4 2025
Latest reported value
Return On Equity 24%

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open metric pages to inspect the reported history.

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Latest metrics period Q4 2025
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  • Current latest metrics period: Q4 2025.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date on this page: 31 Jan 2026.
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Latest update

Latest update for QNST - QUINSTREET, INC

New fact period available

Latest financial period: Q4 2025. Reopen this facts page to verify the newest reported period against the prior baseline.

Update date

06 Feb 2026

Page type

Company facts

Latest period

Q4 2025

SEC-backed company facts were refreshed from filings filed on 06 Feb 2026.

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Benchmark Context

How Return On Equity compares

Return On Equity is down about 451% versus the comparable prior period.

Compared with

Compared with QUINSTREET, INC's recent history first. Same-industry peer context appears only when enough SEC-backed benchmark coverage exists.

Why this is notable

Return On Equity already has a self-history signal here, but same-industry benchmark context waits until the benchmark sample is strong enough.

  • Latest comparable period on this page: Q4 2025.
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How to read key metrics on this page

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Plain-English Guide

How to read Revenue on this page

Revenue is the sales a company reports from customers before most expenses are subtracted.

Why people care

People start here to understand business scale and whether demand is growing before they ask about margins or cash flow.

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Quick Takeaways

  • QNST - QUINSTREET, INC financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 24%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: -451%.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 31 Jan 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
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Source Evidence

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Based on company facts extracted from SEC 10-Q/10-K XBRL filings where available. Open company facts to inspect the reported metric history.

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Latest SEC snapshot (2026-01-31) highlights Return On Equity 24.1%, Return On Assets 3.3%, and Operating Margin 1.4%.

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Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

71.0/100

Balanced Confidence medium

Return On Equity

24%

Metric score 94.4/100

Return On Assets

3.3%

Metric score 15.7/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
1.51x
Quick Ratio
1.46x
Debt to Equity
0.03x

Strengths

Return On Equity, Current Ratio, and Quick Ratio

Watchpoints

Return On Assets, Operating Margin, and Revenues YoY

Key metrics snapshot

Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 24% -451%
Return On Assets 3.3% -435%
Operating Margin 1.4% -143%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 1.51x +10%
Quick Ratio 1.46x +12%
Debt-to-equity 0.03x +0.35%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 1.9%
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Parent $50,227,000

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 56,993,939 +0.93%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 56,992,446 +0.93%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $58,000 +1.8%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 56,959,000 +1.1%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 57,919,000 +2.8%

Supporting Metrics

These supporting metrics stay fully source-backed for deeper research. Scan the latest value and reported period first, then open a metric page when you need the full filing trail.

Metric Latest value YoY change
Accounts Payable, Current $70,833,000 +28%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $152,388,000 +1.3%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $97,279,000 +6.8%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $268,000 0%
Amortization of Intangible Assets $1,500,000 -40%
Assets $493,033,000 +20%
Assets, Current $267,976,000 +22%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $106,962,000 +85%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.001 0%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 100,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 56,992,446 +0.93%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $50,227,000
Cost of Revenue $260,123,000 +1.7%
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net $45,164,000
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $61,800,000
Earnings Per Share, Basic 0.88
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 0.87
General and Administrative Expense $13,222,000 -7.9%
Goodwill $125,056,000 0%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $1,310,000
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $48,917,000 -108604%
Interest Expense $70,000 -44%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $11,815,000 +2.8%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $969,000 -33%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $3,377,000 +26%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $2,187,000 -20%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $3,432,000 +27%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $2,633,000 +13%
Liabilities $198,593,000 +7.1%
Liabilities and Equity $493,033,000 +20%
Liabilities, Current $177,394,000 +11%
Operating Income (Loss) $1,247,000
Operating Lease, Liability $9,182,000 +0.18%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $2,805,000 +7.4%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $6,377,000 -2.7%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $8,486,000 -0.8%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.074 +7.2%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $5,110,000 -14%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $14,822,000 -23%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $16,590,000 -6.4%
Research and Development Expense $8,316,000 -4.5%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $70,942,000 +47%
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $287,845,000 +1.9%
Selling and Marketing Expense $4,937,000 -2.9%
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense $9,552,000 +5.5%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $294,440,000 +31%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY
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