QuantumScape Corporation (QS)Consumer Cyclical | Auto Parts | San Jose, United States | NasdaqGS
5.61 USD
-0.29
(-4.915%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 5.65 +0.04 (0.702%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:58 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:08 a.m. EDT
The long-term investment case is severely compromised by a deteriorating business trajectory. Despite a recent year-over-year price rebound, the company has endured four consecutive years of negative annual returns, culminating in a cumulative loss of nearly 17% over the last five-year window. This persistent multi-year decline signals that the market has lost faith in the company's ability to execute or monetize its technology, rendering any current valuation concerns moot. Fundamentally, the picture is bleak: the company is burning through cash with negative free cash flow and negative returns on both assets and equity. The balance sheet, while currently bolstered by substantial cash reserves, cannot indefinitely subsidize operations without a path to profitability, which remains elusive. There is no dividend to provide income, and the stock carries extreme risk given its high beta and negative earnings. While the options chain shows speculative interest in a potential turnaround, the underlying fundamentals suggest a value trap where the business quality is eroding faster than the stock can recover. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.331450 |
| AutoETS | 0.344668 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.344672 |
| AutoTheta | 0.364535 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 34% |
| H-stat | 5.74 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.151 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.16 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 6.405 |
| Market Cap | 3,450,963,968 |
| Forward P/E | -8.24 |
| Beta | 2.69 |
| Website | https://www.quantumscape.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:08 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning heavily for continued volatility rather than a directional breakout. Call open interest is overwhelmingly out-of-the-money (OTM), with massive walls at strikes like $12 and $15 for 2027, suggesting bets on a massive rally or a binary event. However, put open interest is equally concentrated OTM, creating a 'strangle' environment where traders are betting on a crash just as much as a moonshot. The lack of significant in-the-money positioning indicates the market views the current price as a pivot point with no clear immediate trend.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.27425617 |
| Address1 | 1,730 Technology Drive |
| All Time High | 132.73 |
| All Time Low | 3.4 |
| Ask | 5.64 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 5 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 3.4 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 18,661,010 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 23,188,369 |
| Average Volume | 23,188,369 |
| Average Volume10Days | 18,661,010 |
| Beta | 2.689 |
| Bid | 5.62 |
| Bid Size | 4 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | 1.804 |
| City | San Jose |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 9 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 5.61 |
| Current Ratio | 18.42 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 6.07 |
| Day Low | 5.5701 |
| Debt To Equity | 6.405 |
| Display Name | QuantumScape |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,784,754,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,784,754,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,784,750,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,792,612,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,792,612,800 |
| Ebitda | -397,867,008 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -6.739 |
| Enterprise Value | 2,681,342,720 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.66885 |
| Eps Forward | -0.68056 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.64 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 6.2115 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.60150003 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.096836515 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -27.425617 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 19.07 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -13.459999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.7058206 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 4.77 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.84000015 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.17610066 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 4.77 - 19.07 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,597,671,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 512,044,017 |
| Forward Eps | -0.68056 |
| Forward P E | -8.243212 |
| Free Cashflow | -141,085,376 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 700 |
| Fullday Change | -0.29 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -4.91525 |
| Fullday Price | 5.6494 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.0 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.13304 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.36893 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 615,145,076 |
| Industry | Auto Parts |
| Industry Disp | Auto Parts |
| Industry Key | auto-parts |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,025-12-23 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | QuantumScape Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, develops solid-state lithium-metal battery technology for electric vehicles and other applications in the United States. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. |
| Long Name | QuantumScape Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 3,450,963,968 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_204748122 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -404,968,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 3,629,355,947 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 8 |
| Open | 5.89 |
| Operating Cashflow | -236,143,008 |
| Operating Margins | 0.0 |
| Overall Risk | 9 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 408 452 2000 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0394001 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.7023191 |
| Post Market Price | 5.6494 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,509 |
| Previous Close | 5.9 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -8.387531 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 3.1097562 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 18.207 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 3.44444 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.29 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -4.91525 |
| Regular Market Day High | 6.07 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 5.5701 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 5.5701 - 6.07 |
| Regular Market Open | 5.89 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 5.9 |
| Regular Market Price | 5.61 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 18,722,943 |
| Return On Assets | -0.24270001 |
| Return On Equity | -0.39075002 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20204377 |
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Key | consumer-cyclical |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 578,338,434 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1584 |
| Shares Short | 97,414,052 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 104,450,395 |
| Short Name | QuantumScape Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1927 |
| Short Ratio | 4.01 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | QS |
| Target High Price | 10.0 |
| Target Low Price | 2.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 6.6625 |
| Target Median Price | 7.5 |
| Total Cash | 859,001,984 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.387 |
| Total Debt | 67,118,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.64 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 8.2268 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -2.6167998 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.31808233 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 18,722,943 |
| Website | https://www.quantumscape.com |
| Zip | 95,110 |