Insider Insights – Analyzing QS Stock Performance

By Chris Stiles • Friday, August 08 10:04 • Permanent Link

QuantumScape logged a -0.2% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $9.22 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. QS's trading volume is 9,803,214 compared to the stock's average volume of 41,885,904.

QuantumScape trades 48.09% away from its average analyst target price of $6.22 per share. The 8 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $2.5 to $11.0, and on average have given QuantumScape a rating of hold.

If you are considering an investment in QS, you'll want to know the following:

QuantumScape has moved 62.7% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 18.6%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of -0.86, QuantumScape has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of -10.7 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
QS has a forward P/E ratio of -11.0 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $-0.84 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 5.08 compared to its sector average of 2.93
QuantumScape Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, focuses on the development and commercialization of solid-state lithium-metal batteries for electric vehicles and other applications in the United States.
Based in San Jose, the company has 800 full time employees and a market cap of $5.22 Billion.

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