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
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |