Head to Head Survey: QuinStreet (NASDAQ:QNST) and HealthWarehouse.com (OTCMKTS:HEWA)

HealthWarehouse.com (OTCMKTS:HEWA) and QuinStreet (NASDAQ:QNST) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

0.0% of HealthWarehouse.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of QuinStreet shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.5% of HealthWarehouse.com shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of QuinStreet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

HealthWarehouse.com has a beta of 0.31, meaning that its stock price is 69% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QuinStreet has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for HealthWarehouse.com and QuinStreet, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HealthWarehouse.com	0	0	0	0	0.00
QuinStreet	0	1	4	0	2.80

QuinStreet has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 66.36%. Given QuinStreet’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe QuinStreet is more favorable than HealthWarehouse.com.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares HealthWarehouse.com and QuinStreet”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HealthWarehouse.com	$33.61 million	0.20	-$330,000.00	N/A	N/A
QuinStreet	$1.09 billion	0.85	$4.71 million	$0.09	180.33

QuinStreet has higher revenue and earnings than HealthWarehouse.com.

Profitability

This table compares HealthWarehouse.com and QuinStreet’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HealthWarehouse.com	1.25%	-17.23%	8.99%
QuinStreet	0.43%	4.56%	2.54%

Summary

QuinStreet beats HealthWarehouse.com on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About HealthWarehouse.com

HealthWarehouse.com, Inc. operates an online and mail order pharmacy. The company markets a range of generic, brand name, and pet prescription medicines, as well as over-the-counter (OTC) medications and products. It sells its products in 50 states and the District of Columbia in the United States to focus on the out-of-pocket prescription drug market. The company sells prescription medications and OTC products to individual consumers over the Internet. HealthWarehouse.com, Inc. is headquartered in Florence, Kentucky.

About QuinStreet

QuinStreet, Inc., an online performance marketing company, provides customer acquisition services for its clients in the United States and internationally. The company offers online marketing services, such as qualified clicks, leads, calls, applications, and customers through its websites or third-party publishers. It serves financial and home services industries. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Foster City, California.