QuantumScape Corp (NYSE:QS) Expected To Rise 26.98% To Meet The Consensus Price Target

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QuantumScape Corp (NYSE:QS) has a beta value of 4.19 and has seen 0.81 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $2.12B, closed the recent trade at $3.87 per share which meant it gained $0.07 on the day or 1.82% during that session. The QS stock price is -145.99% off its 52-week high price of $9.52 and 12.14% above the 52-week low of $3.40. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 9.29 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 11.42 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that QuantumScape Corp (QS) is Hold stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 3.22. 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 4 out of 6 have rated it as a Hold, with 1 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is -0.19.

QuantumScape Corp (NYSE:QS) trade information

Sporting 1.82% in the green today, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the QS stock price touched $3.87 or saw a rise of 1.78%. Year-to-date, QuantumScape Corp shares have moved -25.45%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 1.55%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of QuantumScape Corp (NYSE:QS) have changed -14.78%. Short interest in the company has seen 61.61 million shares shorted with days to cover at 6.04.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $5.3, which means that the shares’ value could jump 26.98% from the levels at last check today.. The projected low price target is $5.3 while the price target rests at a high of $5.3. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -36.95% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -36.95% from the levels at last check today..

QuantumScape Corp (QS) estimates and forecasts

The company’s shares have lost -27.54% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 0.00%.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was -34.46% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 6.97% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 10.29%.

QS Dividends

QuantumScape Corp is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Feb-11 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.

QuantumScape Corp (NYSE:QS)’s Major holders

Insiders own 18.50% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 31.82% with a share float percentage of 39.04%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with QuantumScape Corp having a total of 462.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 31.21 million shares worth more than $153.56 million. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 6.2268% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 15.71 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $77.31 million and represent 3.135% of shares outstanding.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund . As of Dec 31, 2024 , the former fund manager holds about 2.05% shares in the company for having 10.32 shares of worth $39.38 million while later fund manager owns 8.75 shares of worth $33.36 million as of Dec 31, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 1.74% of company’s outstanding stock.