QuantumScape (QS) Competitors

QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) and CAE (NYSE:CAE) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in QS or CAE?

29.9% of QuantumScape shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of CAE shares are held by institutional investors. 12.0% of QuantumScape shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of CAE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, QS or CAE?

QuantumScape has a beta of 4.38, indicating that its share price is 338% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, QS or CAE?

CAE has higher revenue and earnings than QuantumScape. QuantumScape is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CAE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
QuantumScape	N/A	N/A	-$477.94M	-$0.91	-4.34
CAE	$4.71B	1.69	-$225.35M	$0.90	27.56

Does the MarketBeat Community favor QS or CAE?

CAE received 558 more outperform votes than QuantumScape when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.18% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave QuantumScape an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
QuantumScape	Outperform Votes 19 25.00%	Underperform Votes 57 75.00%
CAE	Outperform Votes 577 62.18%	Underperform Votes 351 37.82%

Do analysts rate QS or CAE?

QuantumScape currently has a consensus target price of $5.19, indicating a potential upside of 31.38%. CAE has a consensus target price of $32.33, indicating a potential upside of 30.35%. Given QuantumScape's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe QuantumScape is more favorable than CAE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
QuantumScape	3 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
CAE	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Is QS or CAE more profitable?

QuantumScape has a net margin of 0.00% compared to CAE's net margin of -4.96%. CAE's return on equity of 6.11% beat QuantumScape's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
QuantumScape	N/A	-40.40%	-34.69%
CAE	-4.96%	6.11%	2.67%

Does the media favor QS or CAE?

In the previous week, CAE had 28 more articles in the media than QuantumScape. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for CAE and 11 mentions for QuantumScape. QuantumScape's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat CAE's score of 0.59 indicating that QuantumScape is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
QuantumScape	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CAE	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

CAE beats QuantumScape on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.