Roth Capital Weighs in on Quest Resource Q1 Earnings

Quest Resource Holding Co. (NASDAQ:QRHC) – Stock analysts at Roth Capital issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Quest Resource in a research note issued on Thursday, March 13th. Roth Capital analyst G. Sweeney expects that the business services provider will post earnings per share of ($0.05) for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Quest Resource’s current full-year earnings is $0.09 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Quest Resource’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.03 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.11 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $0.17 EPS.

Quest Resource (NASDAQ:QRHC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 12th. The business services provider reported ($0.09) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.06) by ($0.03). The company had revenue of $69.97 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $73.63 million. Quest Resource had a negative net margin of 2.74% and a positive return on equity of 3.11%.

Separately, StockNews.com lowered Quest Resource from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday.

Quest Resource Stock Performance

Shares of Quest Resource stock opened at $2.97 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 1.52, a quick ratio of 1.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.15. The firm has a market capitalization of $61.15 million, a P/E ratio of -8.03, a P/E/G ratio of 0.76 and a beta of 0.66. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $5.12 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $6.75. Quest Resource has a 12 month low of $2.61 and a 12 month high of $10.85.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Quest Resource

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Wells Fargo & Company MN raised its position in shares of Quest Resource by 53.3% in the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 8,143 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $53,000 after purchasing an additional 2,830 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp raised its position in shares of Quest Resource by 2.3% in the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 130,296 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $847,000 after purchasing an additional 2,881 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Quest Resource by 1.1% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 352,670 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $2,815,000 after purchasing an additional 3,731 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its holdings in Quest Resource by 62.0% in the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 10,063 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $80,000 after buying an additional 3,850 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in Quest Resource by 36.5% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 15,356 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $100,000 after buying an additional 4,104 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 48.16% of the company’s stock.

About Quest Resource

Quest Resource Holding Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides solutions for the reuse, recycling, and disposal of various waste streams and recyclables in the United States. The company provides disposal and recycling services for motor oil and automotive lubricants, oil filters, scrap tires, oily water, goods destruction, food waste, meat renderings, cooking oil and grease trap waste, plastics, cardboard, metal, glass, mixed paper, construction debris, as well as a large variety of regulated and non-regulated solid, liquid, and gas wastes.