QuantumScape (QS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

QuantumScape Corporation (NYSE: QS) is a battery technology company developing solid-state lithium-metal batteries for electric vehicles and other energy-storage applications. Its technology is designed to replace the liquid electrolyte used in conventional lithium-ion batteries with a solid ceramic separator, with the goal of improving energy density, charging performance, safety and operating range.

The company is focused on designing, testing and scaling prototype cells rather than selling mass-produced batteries. QuantumScape has developed its QSE-5 battery cell and related prototype formats as it works to validate performance and manufacturing processes. Its activities include materials research, cell engineering, pilot-line development and collaboration with automotive and battery-industry partners.

Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Jose, California, QuantumScape became a publicly traded company in 2020 through a business combination with Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. The company has a strategic relationship with PowerCo, Volkswagen Group’s battery business, which has rights to use QuantumScape’s technology subject to agreed development and commercialization conditions. QuantumScape’s primary target market is the global automotive industry, although its solid-state technology could also be applicable to other transportation and energy-storage uses.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $5.18 to $5.31
• 50-Day Range: $4.89 to $7.24
• 52-Week Range: $4.77 to $19.07
• Volume: 7.42 million shs
• Average Volume: 19.27 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $3.27 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 34% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 381st out of 486 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 79.3% upside from its current price of $5.28.

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 -6.52, 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 -6.52, 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 2.48. 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: 0.67

News Sentiment

QuantumScape has a news sentiment score of 0.67. 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 news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for QuantumScape this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 26 people have searched for QS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -26% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 8 people have added QuantumScape to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -64% 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 $1,465,971.00 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: 9/12/2026
• 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: +79.3%
• 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: 2.48

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 619,114,000
• Free Float: 568,358,000
• Market Cap: $3.27 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.68