Insider Cluster (2 insiders) ·Filed Aug 18, 2026

QNST

QUINSTREET, INC
NEUTRAL
Impact 2/10
Horizondays Processed1mo ago
Insider cluster: 2 insiders, $444K total
Actionable Insight • Neutral

This cluster is routine and non-informative. The CFO's sale is small relative to market cap and likely liquidity-driven. Monitor for any upcoming earnings or material events that could trigger more significant insider activity, but no immediate action is warranted.

DirectionNeutral
Confidencehigh
Horizondays
Latest settled — T+20d
QNST ▼ -16.10% at T+20d
NEUTRAL call ✗ call lost -16.10% · α vs SPY -14.15% · entry $21.06 → $17.67
Next anchor: T+60d in 6w
Latest observation: T+28 -60.11% FF3 residual α
Entry anchored
Aug 18, 2026
via day open
T+1d
-3.21%
call -3.21% · α -2.37%
$20.39
settled 6w ago
T+5d
-6.55%
call -6.55% · α -6.17%
$19.68
settled 5w ago
T+20d
-16.10%
call -16.10% · α -14.15%
$17.67
settled 16d ago
T+60d
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call — · α —
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in 6w

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Executive Summary

CFO Gregory Wong and Director Asmau Ahmed sold a combined $444K in QNST stock over a 7-day window, with the CFO's sale being the most notable. The total value is 0.04% of the $1.2B market cap, falling well below the 0.1% threshold for materiality, making this a routine cluster. Historical calibration on QNST reports shows poor performance (avg T+20 alpha of -20.79%), and the cluster is entirely sells, which per academic literature are weak predictors. The filing is neutral with low impact.

Key Financial Metrics

Direction
selling
Total Value
$444.0K
Insiders
2

Key Facts

  • CFO Gregory Wong sold 11,704 shares for $239K on 2026-08-18
  • Director Asmau Ahmed sold 35,000 shares total ($720K) across three trades from 2026-08-12 to 2026-08-17
  • Total cluster value of $444K is 0.04% of QNST's $1.2B market cap
  • No insider buying in the cluster; all transactions are open-market sales
  • Historical reports on QNST have a 0% win rate at T+20 with avg alpha of -20.79%

Financial Impact

Total insider sales of $444K, representing 0.04% of market cap — trivial

insider holdings

Risk Factors

  • Insider sales, while small, could precede a negative catalyst if they accelerate
  • Historical poor performance of QNST reports suggests limited predictive value from this filing type

Market Snapshot

Exchange
Nasdaq
Sector
Services-Business Services, NEC
Analyst Consensus
83% bullish (12 analysts)

Investment Themes

Software & IT

Documents Analyzed

This report is based on 1 SEC document filed with EDGAR.

DocumentAccession Number
CLUSTER Data (Synthetic)cluster-QNST-1787090570782
5 reports for QNST
Performance horizon
100% Hit rate 4 of 4 directional calls best @ T+60▲ +18.32%May 7, 2026
Filters
Rows
Reports for QNST — sortable, filterable
TypeNow
Aug 18, 2026
6w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$21.06 $17.67▼ −16.10%▼ −14.15%$14.97 (−28.92%)
Aug 13, 2026
7w ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 7/10
$20.50 $18.48▲ +9.85%▲ +7.86%$14.97 (+26.98%)
Aug 11, 2026
7w ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 6/10
$20.79 $18.03▲ +13.28%▲ +11.38%$14.97 (+27.99%)
Jun 18, 2026
15w ago
Institutional Cluster
BEARISH ★ 5/10
$13.06 $17.31▼ −32.54%▼ −32.01%$14.97 (−14.62%)
May 7, 2026
21w ago
8-K
BULLISH ★ 8/10
$13.21 $11.95▼ −9.54%▼ −9.56%$14.97 (+13.32%)
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US Market Status

Market Closed — Opens Mon (37h 54m)

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Report published Aug 18, 2026