In the last trading session, 57.45 million shares of the QuantumScape Corp (NYSE:QS) were traded, and its beta was 4.51. Most recently the company’s share price was $11.97, and it changed around -$0.66 or -5.23% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $6.69B. QS currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $15.03, offering almost -25.56% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $3.40, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 71.6% since then. We note from QuantumScape Corp’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 90.92 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 35.79 million.
QuantumScape Corp stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 3.29. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 3 out of 10 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 0 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 5 recommended QS as a Hold, whereas 1 deemed it a Buy, and 1 rated it as Underweight.
QuantumScape Corp (NYSE:QS) trade information
Instantly QS has showed a red trend with a performance of -5.23% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 14.09 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 15.05%. The company’s shares are currently up 48.70% year-to-date, but still down -18.24% over the last five days. On the other hand, QuantumScape Corp (NYSE:QS) is 111.11% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 67.36 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 1.25 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $6.15, which translates to bulls needing to decrease their stock price by -94.63% from its current value. Analyst projections state that QS is forecast to be at a low of $4 and a high of $20.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a negative earnings growth rate of -34.46%. QuantumScape Corp earnings are expected to increase by 10.53% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 12.87% per year for the next five years.
QS Dividends
QuantumScape Corp’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Apr-23.
QuantumScape Corp (NYSE:QS)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 19.85% of QuantumScape Corp shares, and 32.95% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 41.12%. QuantumScape Corp stock is held by 471.0 institutions, with VANGUARD GROUP INC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 6.2268% of the shares, which is about 31.21 million shares worth $153.56 million.
BLACKROCK INC., with 3.135% or 15.71 million shares worth $77.31 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of Mar 31, 2025 . The former held 12.05 shares worth $144.27 million, making up 2.34% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund held roughly 9.42 shares worth around $112.7 million, which represents about 1.83% of the total shares outstanding.
