QNST vs. RILY, RSKD, CNDT, RDWR, OLO, IIIV, CASS, GETY, ZH, and INDI
Should you be buying QuinStreet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of QuinStreet include B. Riley Financial (RILY), Riskified (RSKD), Conduent (CNDT), Radware (RDWR), OLO (OLO), i3 Verticals (IIIV), Cass Information Systems (CASS), Getty Images (GETY), Zhihu (ZH), and indie Semiconductor (INDI).
B. Riley Financial (NASDAQ:RILY) and QuinStreet (NASDAQ:QNST) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
B. Riley Financial has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuinStreet has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
QuinStreet has lower revenue, but higher earnings than B. Riley Financial. QuinStreet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than B. Riley Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, B. Riley Financial had 7 more articles in the media than QuinStreet. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for B. Riley Financial and 5 mentions for QuinStreet. QuinStreet's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat B. Riley Financial's score of 0.69 indicating that B. Riley Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
QuinStreet received 113 more outperform votes than B. Riley Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.03% of users gave B. Riley Financial an outperform vote while only 57.03% of users gave QuinStreet an outperform vote.
50.2% of B. Riley Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of QuinStreet shares are owned by institutional investors. 33.9% of B. Riley Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of QuinStreet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
B. Riley Financial has a net margin of -9.28% compared to B. Riley Financial's net margin of -15.59%. QuinStreet's return on equity of -25.84% beat B. Riley Financial's return on equity.
QuinStreet has a consensus target price of $20.38, suggesting a potential upside of 12.57%. Given B. Riley Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe QuinStreet is more favorable than B. Riley Financial.
Summary
B. Riley Financial beats QuinStreet on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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