Quinstreet (QNST) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026)

Quinstreet's (QNST) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 11.94% in Q1 2026, up 162.0% year-on-year from 4.56% in Q1 2025, and up 24.0% quarter-over-quarter from 9.63% in Q4 2025.

Quinstreet (QNST) Gross Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Quinstreet has disclosed Gross Margin across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 11.94% for Q1 2026.

  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 11.94%, up 162.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 10.48% (up 73.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 10.14%, up 260.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin came in at 11.94% for Q1 2026 at Quinstreet, up from 9.63% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 11.94% in Q1 2026 to a low of 5.59% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 9.35% (2022), against an average of 8.88%.
  • Across the five-year window, Gross Margin sank 426 bps in 2022 and soared 400 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Quinstreet's Gross Margin stood at 6.37% in 2022, then declined by 12 bps to 5.59% in 2023, then surged by 69 bps to 9.47% in 2024, then gained by 2 bps to 9.63% in 2025, then advanced by 24 bps to 11.94% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 11.94% (Q1 2026), 9.63% (Q4 2025), and 9.42% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 AppLovin 175.91 Bn 173.15 Bn 1.78 Bn 96.70%
2 Omnicom 22.52 Bn 18.86 Bn 1.04 Bn 16.62%
3 Trade Desk 9.46 Bn 8.05 Bn 506.89 Mn 73.58%
4 Wpp 2.71 Bn -875.81 Mn - -
5 Nexxen International 2.36 Bn 2.23 Bn 70.41 Mn 81.08%
6 Magnite 2.27 Bn 2.09 Bn 118.28 Mn 71.96%
7 Ziff Davis 1.74 Bn 1.22 Bn 152.41 Mn 56.94%
8 DoubleVerify Holdings 1.69 Bn 1.51 Bn 135.23 Mn 74.79%
9 Stagwell 1.60 Bn 1.51 Bn 244.61 Mn 34.74%
10 Quinstreet 687.80 Mn 585.76 Mn 41.34 Mn 11.94%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 11.94%
Dec 31, 2025 9.63%
Sep 30, 2025 9.42%
Jun 30, 2025 10.63%
Mar 31, 2025 10.33%
Dec 31, 2024 9.47%
Sep 30, 2024 10.17%
Jun 30, 2024 8.79%
Mar 31, 2024 8.49%
Dec 31, 2023 5.59%
Sep 30, 2023 6.17%
Jun 30, 2023 8.13%
Mar 31, 2023 9.87%
Dec 31, 2022 6.37%
Sep 30, 2022 8.60%
Jun 30, 2022 8.03%
Mar 31, 2022 9.35%
Dec 31, 2021 7.80%
Sep 30, 2021 11.34%
Jun 30, 2021 12.29%