QuantumScape (QS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

QuantumScape Corporation is a development-stage battery technology company focused on solid-state lithium-metal batteries for electric vehicles and other applications. Its technology is designed to replace conventional lithium-ion battery components, including the graphite anode, with a lithium-metal anode and a solid ceramic separator.

The company is developing battery cells intended to offer higher energy density, faster charging, improved safety and longer operating range than many conventional lithium-ion batteries. QuantumScape has introduced prototype cell designs, including its QSE-5 platform, and is working to scale manufacturing processes and validate the technology for potential commercial use.

Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Jose, California, QuantumScape has conducted research and development in the United States while pursuing relationships with global automotive and industrial partners. Volkswagen Group has been a significant strategic partner through its battery company, PowerCo, which has evaluated QuantumScape’s technology for possible future electric-vehicle applications. The company’s batteries remain in development, and commercial production depends on continued technical progress, manufacturing scale-up and customer validation.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $4.55 to $4.75
• 50-Day Range: $4.56 to $6.38
• 52-Week Range: $4.54 to $19.07
• Volume: 11.50 million shs
• Average Volume: 18.69 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.83 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $9.47
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

QuantumScape Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

QuantumScape scored higher than 35% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 365th out of 477 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

QuantumScape has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.83, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

QuantumScape has a consensus price target of $9.47, representing about 107.1% upside from its current price of $4.57.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

QuantumScape has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for QuantumScape are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($0.82) to ($0.70) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of QuantumScape is -5.64, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of QuantumScape is -5.64, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

QuantumScape has a P/B Ratio of 2.15. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for QS.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

QuantumScape does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

QuantumScape does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.34

News Sentiment

QuantumScape has a news sentiment score of -0.34. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.44 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for QuantumScape this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 17 people have searched for QS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -19% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

17 people have added QuantumScape to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 89% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, QuantumScape insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $928,471.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.93% of the stock of QuantumScape is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

29.87% of the stock of QuantumScape is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/22/2026
• Today: 10/04/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Automobile Components
• Sub-Industry: Automotive Parts & Equipment
• Current Symbol: NYSE:QS
• CIK: 1811414
• Web: www.quantumscape.com
• Phone: 408-452-2000
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 700
• Year Founded: 2010

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for QuantumScape: $9.47
• High Price Target: $12.00
• Low Price Target: $6.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +107.1%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.83
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.67)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$477.86 million
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -39.90%
• Return on Assets: -35.31%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.02
• Current Ratio: 21.14
• Quick Ratio: 21.14

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $2.13 per share
• Price / Book: 2.15

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 619,114,000
• Free Float: 568,358,000
• Market Cap: $2.83 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.83