Roth Capital Forecasts Lower Earnings for Quest Resource

Quest Resource Holding Corporation. (NASDAQ:QRHC) – Stock analysts at Roth Capital dropped their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Quest Resource in a research report issued on Tuesday, August 12th. Roth Capital analyst G. Sweeney now anticipates that the business services provider will post earnings per share of $0.02 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.06. 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 Q4 2025 earnings at $0.02 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.26 EPS.

Other research analysts have also issued reports about the company. Northland Capmk lowered Quest Resource from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Northland Securities lowered Quest Resource from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and set a $2.25 price objective for the company. in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered Quest Resource from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Sunday, August 3rd.

Quest Resource Stock Performance

Quest Resource stock opened at $1.68 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.62, a current ratio of 1.42 and a quick ratio of 1.46. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $2.09 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $2.86. Quest Resource has a 52-week low of $1.41 and a 52-week high of $9.20. The firm has a market capitalization of $34.79 million, a P/E ratio of -1.39 and a beta of 0.45.

Quest Resource (NASDAQ:QRHC) last issued its earnings results on Monday, August 11th. The business services provider reported ($0.04) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.04 by ($0.08). Quest Resource had a negative return on equity of 13.12% and a negative net margin of 9.34%. The firm had revenue of $59.54 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $72.56 million.

Institutional Trading of Quest Resource

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in QRHC. XTX Topco Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Quest Resource in the first quarter valued at $27,000. Cresset Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Quest Resource in the first quarter worth about $43,000. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd acquired a new stake in Quest Resource in the second quarter worth about $50,000. Wells Fargo & Company MN increased its position in Quest Resource by 53.3% in the fourth 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 period. Finally, Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in Quest Resource in the first quarter worth about $60,000. 48.16% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Quest Resource Company Profile

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.