Quinstreet (QNST) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Quinstreet's (QNST) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 5.77% in Q1 2026, up 543.0% year-on-year from 0.9% in Q1 2025, and up 13.14% quarter-over-quarter from 5.1% in Q4 2025.

Quinstreet (QNST) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Quinstreet has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 5.77% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 5.77%, up 543.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 5.77% (up 543.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 2.62%, up 1501.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 5.77% for Q1 2026 at Quinstreet, up from 5.1% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 5.77% in Q1 2026 to a low of 14.15% in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 3.81% (2024), against an average of 3.77%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed slumped 926 bps in 2024 and soared 1449 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Quinstreet's Return on Capital Employed stood at 3.86% in 2022, then sank by 208 bps to 11.89% in 2023, then jumped by 68 bps to 3.81% in 2024, then jumped by 234 bps to 5.1% in 2025, then increased by 13 bps to 5.77% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 5.77% (Q1 2026), 5.1% (Q4 2025), and 4.6% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 AppLovin 175.91 Bn 173.15 Bn 1.78 Bn 79.34%
2 Omnicom 22.52 Bn 18.86 Bn 1.04 Bn 2.38%
3 Trade Desk 9.46 Bn 8.05 Bn 506.89 Mn 19.70%
4 Wpp 2.71 Bn -875.81 Mn - 6.64%
5 Nexxen International 2.36 Bn 2.23 Bn 70.41 Mn 4.90%
6 Magnite 2.27 Bn 2.09 Bn 118.28 Mn 7.44%
7 Ziff Davis 1.74 Bn 1.22 Bn 152.41 Mn 5.66%
8 DoubleVerify Holdings 1.69 Bn 1.51 Bn 135.23 Mn 7.22%
9 Stagwell 1.60 Bn 1.51 Bn 244.61 Mn 5.45%
10 Quinstreet 687.80 Mn 585.76 Mn 41.34 Mn 5.77%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 5.77%
Dec 31, 2025 5.10%
Sep 30, 2025 4.60%
Jun 30, 2025 2.37%
Mar 31, 2025 0.34%
Dec 31, 2024 -3.81%
Sep 30, 2024 -8.54%
Jun 30, 2024 -12.07%
Mar 31, 2024 -14.15%
Dec 31, 2023 -11.89%
Sep 30, 2023 -10.50%
Jun 30, 2023 -7.30%
Mar 31, 2023 -4.88%
Dec 31, 2022 -3.86%
Sep 30, 2022 -3.26%
Jun 30, 2022 -0.38%
Mar 31, 2022 -1.63%
Dec 31, 2021 -0.04%
Sep 30, 2021 2.15%
Jun 30, 2021 1.87%