QNSTQuinStreet, Inc.

$16.49+11% 1Y

What is the market doing?

Mixed

No clear lean: rangebound and heavily shorted.

2 neutral, 1 without data
TrendRangeboundderived · Oct 23, 2026

Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Price is +14% vs its 200-day average.

Short interest9.6% of sharesFINRA · Sep 30, 2026

Heavily shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover.

Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.

How QNST is trading

QuinStreet, Inc. is +11% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 5.0 points behind the market.

+11%

1-year return · S&P 500 +16%

vs 200-day average
+14%

vs 200-day average · a clear uptrend

RSI (14)
67

RSI (14) · neutral

Below its 52-week high
25%

Below its 52-week high

Oct 21, 2024$10.56 – $25.17 · dashed line: 200-day averageOct 23, 2026
Details›
Last close2026-10-23
$16.49
1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
+15%
1 yearS&P 500 +16%
+11%
5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
−3.2%
vs 50-day average$17.36
−5.0%
52-week high
$22.00
52-week low
$10.56
Annualised volatility
54%
Calendar-year price return
YearReturn
2026 (year to date)+15%
2025−38%
2024+80%
2023−11%
2022−21%
2021−15%
2020+40%
2019−5.7%
2018+94%
2017+123%
Average return by calendar month, 2016–2026
MonthYearsPositiveAverage
Jan104 of 10−0.57%
Feb104 of 10−1.7%
Mar104 of 10−2.4%
Apr105 of 10−0.56%
May103 of 10−1.3%
Jun106 of 10+1.3%
Jul119 of 11+3.7%
Aug117 of 11+5.7%
Sep114 of 11+0.72%
Oct118 of 11+6.1%
Nov109 of 10+11%
Dec108 of 10+4.1%

End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.

Where the price stands

Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.

What it has returned

With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.