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Key Considerations Before Investing in QuantumScape

Shares of Consumer Cyclical sector company QuantumScape moved -3.8% today, and are now trading at a price of $5.91. The Mid-Cap stock's daily volume was 25,311,998 compared to its average volume of 12,457,159. The S&P 500 index returned a -1.0% performance.

QuantumScape Corporation, a research and development stage company, focuses on the development and commercialization of solid-state lithium-metal batteries for electric vehicles and other applications. The company is based in San Jose and has 850 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $3,026,141,440.

Over the last year, QS shares have gone down by -11.7%, which represents a difference of -38.2% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $10.03 per share and its 52 week low is $4.65. QuantumScape has averaged free cash flows of $-218684800.0 over the last 4 years, with a mean growth rate of -58.4%. It is likely that the stock will keep following its current negative performance trend while the underlying business is experiencing such poor cash flows.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2023 -240,025 84,510 -324,535 13.89
2022 -218,024 158,845 -376,869 -47.74
2021 -127,909 127,178 -255,087 -198.85
2020 -61,263 24,093 -85,356 -65.49
2019 -41,731 9,846 -51,577
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