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QuantumScape Corporation (QS)

Nasdaq: QS · Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment & Supplies · San Jose, CA · filing with the SEC since 2020
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Grade5.4
◀ Past 4.1● Present 5.9▶ Future 6.2
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The grade of QuantumScape Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.4/10
◀ Past4.130% of the headline
● Present5.940% of the headline
▶ Future6.230% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 3 read as filed from the record and 6 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.1/1030% of the headline grade · 1 of 3 filed, 2 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
2.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

4 warning events since 2020; the latest 2025-12-10.

weight 33% of this tense · 29th percentile among 43 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

QuantumScape Corporation's filings since 2020 show 4 warning events of 3 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2025-12-10); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2021-04-29); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, the latest 2020-12-14) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

SI estimate
4.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

SI estimate 4.8/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Fewer than three filed years of revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 35 members with one.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than three filed years of revenue on file.
How it was reasoned
family median, 35 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: QuantumScape Corporation's track record is put at 4.8 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because fewer than three filed years of revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 35 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
4.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 4.3/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 43% of 39 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: the share count over the years, the one part on file, ranked among 39 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: QuantumScape Corporation's shareholder treatment is put at 4.3 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the share count over the years, which ranks in the bottom 43% of 39 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.9/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
6.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -37%: lost 37¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 11%: owes 11¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, QuantumScape Corporation lost about 37 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 11 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 13.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 4% of its family
  • return on equitytop 46% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

SI estimate
5.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

SI estimate 5.3/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 39 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
No filed revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 39 members with one.
What the record cannot read
No filed revenue on file.
How it was reasoned
family median, 39 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: QuantumScape Corporation's industry position is put at 5.3 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because no filed revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 39 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Leadership

as filed
6.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 40% of 24 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 60th percentile among 24 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

QuantumScape Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Sivaram, Srinivasan (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-02-20, 2.7 years (bottom 41% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.9 years (top 25%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (top 36%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge7 in three years among 15 peopletop 36% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.9 yearstop 25% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.7 yearsbottom 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.2/1030% of the headline grade · 0 of 3 filed, 3 estimated

Room to expand

SI estimate
7.7/10

How much room does it have to grow?

SI estimate 7.7/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 45% of this tense · 77th percentile among 42 sector filers · read for itself

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the top 23% of 42 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue.
How it was reasoned
one part: cash less debt against assets, the one part on file, ranked among 42 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: QuantumScape Corporation's room to expand is put at 7.7 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, cash less debt against assets, which ranks in the top 23% of 42 in its family; the record does not carry two of the four parts: cash less debt against assets, cash from operations less capital spending against revenue, gross margin, research against revenue. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Growth drivers

SI estimate
5.1/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

SI estimate 5.1/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 33% of this tense · 50th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 35 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending.
How it was reasoned
family median, 35 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: QuantumScape Corporation's growth drivers is put at 5.1 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 35 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Expectations vs reality

SI estimate
4.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

SI estimate 4.7/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 35 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change.
How it was reasoned
family median, 35 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: QuantumScape Corporation's expectations vs reality is put at 4.7 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 35 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton QS · research, not advice