Growth Metrics

Quinstreet (QNST) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Quinstreet (QNST) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 15 consecutive years, with 0.23% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 18.0% to 0.23% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.23% through Dec 2025, up 18.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.02% for FY2025, 5.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital hit 0.23% in Q4 2025 for Quinstreet, up from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 2.15% in Q2 2023 to a low of 0.52% in Q3 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.06% across 5 years, with a median of 0.01% in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: skyrocketed 214bps in 2023 and later crashed -218bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.0% in 2021, then plummeted by -5516bps to 0.04% in 2022, then tumbled by -1087bps to 0.49% in 2023, then surged by 111bps to 0.05% in 2024, then surged by 324bps to 0.23% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for QNST at 0.23% in Q4 2025, 0.04% in Q3 2025, and 0.02% in Q2 2025.