Quantum Corporation (QMCO)Technology | Computer Hardware | Centennial, United States | NasdaqGM
26.28 USD
-1.23
(-4.471%) ⇩
(Oct. 13, 2026, 11:48 a.m.
EDT)
|
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 5:40 a.m. EDT
The immediate outlook is defined by extreme speculation rather than fundamental clarity. While the stock has rallied sharply in the last two weeks, the underlying business remains in a precarious state with negative earnings, a negative book value, and a forward P/E that implies massive future profitability without a proven track record. The options market is screaming for a binary outcome—either a massive rally to the 40s or a crash to the single digits—which aligns with the 'very low' confidence in the statistical forecasting models. This is not a setup for a steady compounder; it is a high-risk momentum play where the thesis relies entirely on the AI storage narrative catching fire soon, despite the company currently burning cash and trading at a loss. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.486531 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.529972 |
| AutoETS | 0.529982 |
| MSTL | 0.540199 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 19% |
| H-stat | 177.45 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.030 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.59 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Revenue per Share | 18.653 |
| Market Cap | 1,035,694,848 |
| Forward P/E | 31.29 |
| Beta | 3.09 |
| Profit Margins | -80.76% |
| Website | https://www.quantum.com |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 5:40 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for significant volatility with implied volatilities exceeding 100% across nearly all expirations. Call open interest is heavily skewed toward out-of-the-money strikes (35 and 40), suggesting a bullish bias for a rapid surge, while put open interest concentrates deep in-the-money (7.5 and 22.5), indicating a hedge against a catastrophic collapse. The massive volume in the 2029 deep ITM calls suggests a speculative bet on a multi-year recovery, but the lack of liquidity in longer-dated puts implies the downside risk is priced as a binary event rather than a gradual decline.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 1.1678486 |
| Address1 | 10,770 E Briarwood Avenue |
| All Time High | 3,480.0 |
| All Time Low | 2.22 |
| Ask | 14.52 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 10 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,882,920 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,756,098 |
| Average Volume | 1,756,098 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,882,920 |
| Beta | 3.094 |
| Bid | 8.54 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | -0.707 |
| City | Centennial |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,798,675,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 6 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 26.28 |
| Current Ratio | 0.93 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 28.0677 |
| Day Low | 25.78 |
| Display Name | Quantum |
| Dividend Date | 1,492,560,000 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,395,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,395,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,392,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,254,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,254,400 |
| Ebitda | 2,359,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.00797 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 440.261 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.508 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,038,576,128 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.465 |
| Eps Forward | 0.84 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -12.97 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 24.1934 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 2.0866013 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.086246714 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 116.78486 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 35.65 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -9.370001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.26283312 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 4.19 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 22.09 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 5.272076 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 4.19 - 35.65 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 933,600,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 34,146,007 |
| Forward Eps | 0.84 |
| Forward P E | 31.285717 |
| Free Cashflow | 17,369,876 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Full Time Employees | 490 |
| Fullday Change | -1.2299995 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -4.4711 |
| Fullday Price | 26.28 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,790,812,800 |
| Gross Margins | 0.37842 |
| Gross Profits | 112,049,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.37925 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.35516998 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 39,410,001 |
| Industry | Computer Hardware |
| Industry Disp | Computer Hardware |
| Industry Key | computer-hardware |
| Ir Website | http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=69905&p=irol-stockQuoteChart |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,774,915,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,724,716,800 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:20 |
| Long Business Summary | Quantum Corporation provides data management solutions for unstructured data in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers primary storage software and systems, including StorNext Hybrid Flash/Disk File Storage Software for video editing, post-production, and streaming applications, as well as large digital file archives; and Unified Surveillance Platform Software, a unified compute and storage software for video surveillance recording, storage, and analytics. It also provides cost-per-terabyte secondary storage software and systems, such as ActiveScale Object Storage Software, a storage for building massive data lakes, storage clouds, and cold archives; DXi Backup Appliances for backup and recovery and multisite data protection; Scalar Tape Storage, a storage for long-term data archiving and offline data protection; and CatDV Asset Management Software for indexing, cataloging, AI data enrichment, and workflow orchestration. In addition, the company sells standalone linear-tape open tape drives for small business data protection and archiving, as well as linear-tape open media for use in tape storage systems. Further, it offers global support, deployment and consulting, and education services, as well as Quantum-as-a-Service. The company serves media and entertainment, life sciences, gaming and hospitality, retail, education, energy, financial services, and manufacturing industries, as well as hyperscale cloud providers, US federal and public sector, safe cities, and government. The company sells its products through a network of distributors, value-added resellers, direct marketing resellers, original equipment manufacturers, and other suppliers, as well as directly to corporate entities and government agencies. Quantum Corporation was incorporated in 1980 and is headquartered in Centennial, Colorado. |
| Long Name | Quantum Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 1,035,694,848 |
| Market State | REGULAR |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_401890 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -239,132,992 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,806,451,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 1,021,901,325 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 2 |
| Open | 25.89 |
| Operating Cashflow | -20,018,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.06263 |
| Overall Risk | 5 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.77 |
| Phone | (303) 792-9700 |
| Previous Close | 27.51 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 56.51613 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | -37.171146 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 3.4978113 |
| Profit Margins | -0.80761003 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.759 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -1.2299995 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -4.4711 |
| Regular Market Day High | 28.0677 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 25.78 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 25.78 - 28.0677 |
| Regular Market Open | 25.89 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 27.51 |
| Regular Market Price | 26.28 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,791,906,497 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,306,206 |
| Return On Assets | -0.00402 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.257 |
| Revenue Per Share | 18.653 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.17502642 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 2 |
| Shares Outstanding | 39,410,001 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0792 |
| Shares Short | 3,122,337 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,825,608 |
| Short Name | Quantum Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.5955 |
| Short Ratio | 1.96 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CO |
| Symbol | QMCO |
| Target High Price | 29.0 |
| Target Low Price | 24.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 26.5 |
| Target Median Price | 26.5 |
| Total Cash | 54,449,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.382 |
| Total Debt | 8,856,000 |
| Total Revenue | 296,097,984 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -12.97 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 12.20545 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 14.074551 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 1.1531366 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,306,206 |
| Website | https://www.quantum.com |
| Zip | 80,112 |