QS vs. CAE, NOVT, BE, ATKR, RUN, ENR, ENVX, MVST, EOSE, and PLUG
Should you be buying QuantumScape stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of QuantumScape include CAE (CAE), Novanta (NOVT), Bloom Energy (BE), Atkore (ATKR), Sunrun (RUN), Energizer (ENR), Enovix (ENVX), Microvast (MVST), Eos Energy Enterprises (EOSE), and Plug Power (PLUG). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment" industry.
QuantumScape vs.
QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) and CAE (NYSE:CAE) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and risk.
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.
In the previous week, CAE had 1 more articles in the media than QuantumScape. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for CAE and 6 mentions for QuantumScape. QuantumScape's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat CAE's score of 0.71 indicating that QuantumScape is being referred to more favorably in the media.
29.9% of QuantumScape shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.0% of QuantumScape shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of CAE shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
QuantumScape presently has a consensus price target of $5.19, suggesting a potential upside of 19.35%. CAE has a consensus price target of $32.33, suggesting a potential upside of 19.23%. Given QuantumScape's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe QuantumScape is more favorable than CAE.
CAE received 559 more outperform votes than QuantumScape when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.22% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 25.00% of users gave QuantumScape an outperform vote.
QuantumScape has a beta of 4.27, meaning that its share price is 327% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
CAE beats QuantumScape on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:QS) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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