Quantum (QMCO) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Quantum Corporation (NASDAQ:QMCO) is a leading provider of data management and storage solutions designed to help organizations capture, create, and preserve digital assets. Established in 1980 and headquartered in San Jose, California, the company offers a broad portfolio of products and services that span high-performance on-premises storage, cloud-integrated solutions, and data protection. Quantum’s technologies are utilized across a variety of industries, including media and entertainment, government, healthcare, education, and enterprise IT.

At the core of Quantum’s offerings is the StorNext file system, which enables rapid ingest, real-time collaboration and long-term archive of large data sets. The company also provides object storage platforms under the ActiveScale brand for massively scalable cloud-native workloads, as well as tape-based archive systems via its Scalar libraries. In addition, Quantum’s DXi series appliances deliver disk-based backup and deduplication, while its VS-HCI hyperconverged infrastructure and Velocity cloud-based services support hybrid IT environments. These solutions are architected to address challenges such as data growth, regulatory compliance and ransomware protection.

Over four decades, Quantum has built a global presence with offices and sales channels in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. This international footprint supports both regional service capabilities and strategic partnerships with leading cloud providers and channel resellers. The company’s customer base ranges from large studios and broadcasters managing petabyte-scale media workflows, to enterprise and public-sector organizations requiring secure, long-term retention of critical information.

Under the leadership of President and Chief Executive Officer Jamie Lerner, Quantum continues to invest in technology innovation and research and development. The management team combines industry veterans with specialists in software development, hardware engineering and data science. By focusing on performance, scalability and security, Quantum aims to help its customers transform their data infrastructures and realize the full value of their digital assets.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $8.55 to $9.04
• 50-Day Range: $8.19 to $13.98
• 52-Week Range: $2.22 to $90.64
• Volume: 673,517 shs
• Average Volume: 1.60 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $60.12 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $19.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Quantum Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Quantum scored higher than 68% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 313th out of 666 stocks in the computer and technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Quantum has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Quantum 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 Quantum are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($5.50) to ($0.99) per share.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

33.00% of the float of Quantum has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Quantum has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Quantum has recently decreased by 7.08%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

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

Dividend Yield

Quantum does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

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

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

33.00% of the float of Quantum has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Quantum has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Quantum has recently decreased by 7.08%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.16

News Sentiment

Quantum has a news sentiment score of 1.16. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.85 average news sentiment score of Computer and Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Quantum this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

16 people have searched for QMCO on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 14% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

5 people have added Quantum to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 150% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Quantum insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $9,900,797.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 4.50% of the stock of Quantum is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

63.66% of the stock of Quantum is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

QMCO Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have QMCO shares performed this year?

Quantum's stock was trading at $53.92 at the beginning of the year. Since then, QMCO shares have decreased by 84.0% and is now trading at $8.65.

How were Quantum's earnings last quarter?

Quantum Corporation (NASDAQ:QMCO) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 12th. The company reported ($0.96) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.88) by $0.08.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did Quantum's stock split?

Shares of Quantum reverse split before market open on Tuesday, August 27th 2024.The 1-20 reverse split was announced on Monday, August 26th 2024. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the closing bell on Monday, August 26th 2024. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the reverse split would have 5 shares after the split.

How do I buy shares of Quantum?

Shares of QMCO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Quantum own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Quantum investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), PayPal (PYPL), Meta Platforms (META), Adobe (ADBE), Broadcom (AVGO) and CrowdStrike (CRWD).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/12/2025
• Today: 7/12/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/12/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Computer and Technology
• Industry: COMP - STORAGE DE
• Sub-Industry: Computer Hardware
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:QMCO
• CIK: 709283
• Web: www.quantum.com
• Phone: (408) 944-4000
• Fax: 408-944-4040
• Employees: 900
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Quantum: $19.00
• High Price Target: $20.00
• Low Price Target: $18.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +119.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.37
• Quick Ratio: 0.30

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $311.60 million
• Price / Sales: 0.19
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 6,950,000
• Free Float: 6,637,000
• Market Cap: $60.12 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.69