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Est. EPS $-0.17 · Revenue $1.00M · 4 analysts
Est. EPS $-0.18
Est. EPS $-0.17 · Revenue $1.00M · 4 analysts
Est. EPS $-0.43 · Revenue $55962.00 · 4 analysts
| Metric | Latest | YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength. | QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes. |
|---|---|---|---|
| RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three). | $0 | — | — |
| Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day. | $-435.1M | +9.0% | +2.5% |
| Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials. | — | — | — |
| Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on). | — | — | — |
| Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales. | — | — | — |
| Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock. | $-278.8M | +17.2% | +11.7% |
| FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine. | — | — | — |
| Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe. | 6.1% | -24.8% | +2.7% |
| Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking. | 15.95x | +12.2% | -12.0% |
| Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground. | $1.3B | -1.1% | -4.9% |
| Metric | Annual (A vs E) | Annual Surprise | Quarter (A vs E) | Quarter Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPS Surprise | -0.76 vs -0.79 | +4.1% | -0.16 vs -0.17 | +7.5% |
| Revenue Surprise | $0 vs $2.0M | -100.0% | $0 vs $1.0M | -100.0% |
| Date | Executive | Title | Security | Side | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Holme Timothy | officer: CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER | Class B Common Stock | D | 12,723 | — |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Holme Timothy | officer: CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER | Class A Common Stock | A | 12,723 | — |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Holme Timothy | officer: CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER | Class A Common Stock | D | 12,723 | $6.01 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | Holme Timothy | officer: CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER | Class A Common Stock | D | 20,345 | $5.76 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | Holme Timothy | officer: CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER | Class B Common Stock | D | 21,531 | — |
Operator : Thank you for standing by, and welcome to Quantum's Cape's Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. As a reminder, today's program is being recorded. And now I'd like to introduce your host for today's program, Sam Kamara, Onebscape's Senior Director, Investor Relations. You may begin, sir. Sam Kamara : Thank you, operator. Good afternoon, and thank you to everyone for joining QuantumScape's Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. To supplement today's discussion, please go to our Investor Relations website at IR Danske. -- to you, our shareholder letter. Before we begin, I want to call your attention to the safe harbor provision for forward-looking statements that is posted on our website as part of our quarterly update. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events future technology progress or future financial or operating performance. Our expectations and beliefs regarding these matters may not materialize, -- actual results and financial periods are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. There are factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from the content of our forward-looking statements for the reason that we said in our shareholder letter, both 10-K and other SEC filings, including uncertainties posed by the difficulty in predicting future outcomes. Joining us today will be Quantums Gate's CEO, Dr. Siva Sivaram, and our CFO, Kevin Edrick. With that, I'd like to turn the call over to Simba. Siva Sivaram : Thank you, sir. I'd like to start by discussing our automotive commercialization progress. This quarter, we announced a partnership with Honda. This is a multiyear agreement aimed at advancing our solid-state lithium metal battery technology for automotive and other applications in the Honda product portfolio. Honda is renowned for their engineering excellence and product quality and has made significant investments in scaling up solid-state battery manufacturing capabilities. This partnership results from 1 of the most rigorous assessments of our technology to date. Our ceramic separator and the anode free lithium metal architecture enables QS to provide solutions to unlock the full potential of solid gain batteries. With Honda's diverse product portfolio, this collaboration allows us an additional pathway to expand into new high-value markets. We recently updated our ongoing collaboration and licensing arrangement with Volkswagen and Powerco. With a set of milestones and payments focused on automotive sales development large format cells and our future technology road map. We are also working with 2 other top 10 automotive OEM customers under existing joint development agreements. We continue to strengthen our relationships with automakers in North America, Europe and Japan. And on this front, we have shipped sales to an additional automotive OEM customer. We also see broad-based interest in our technology across a …
| Name | Title | Compensation | Gender | Year Born | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Srinivasan Sivaram | President, Chief Executive Officer & Director | USD 829,046 | — | 1960 | Active |
Kevin Hettrich | Chief Financial Officer | USD 510,010 | Male | 1982 | Active |
Mohit Singh | Chief Development Officer | USD 497,674 | — | 1979 | Active |
Timothy Holme | Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer | USD 497,404 | — | 1982 | Active |
Michael O. McCarthy | Chief Legal Officer & Head of Corporate Development | USD 494,976 | Male | 1966 | Active |
Luca Fasoli | Chief Operating Officer | USD 479,053 | — | 1968 | Active |
Sam Kamara | Senior Director of Investor Relations | — | Male | — | Active |
Chris Dekmezian | Principal Product Manager | — | — | — | Active |
Daniel Braithwaite | Senior Director of Cell Manufacturing | — | — | — | Active |
Pamela Fong | Chief of Human Resources Operations | — | Female | — | Active |
The transaction involved 12,723 shares at a weighted average price of $6.01, resulting in a total value of approximately $76,465. This disposition involved shares equal to 100% of the indirect Class A stake held before the transaction.
QuantumScape (NYSE:QS | QS Price Prediction) and SoundHound AI (NASDAQ:SOUN) both went public during the 2020 to 2022 market boom through special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) rather than a traditional IPO, and they share striking similarities in their business models and market positioning, despite operating in different markets.
The executive disposed of 34,304 shares at $5.74 per share on August 18 for a total value of about $196,905. The transaction reduced Singh's direct equity position by just 2%.
The disposition involved 25,709 shares at $5.74 per share, representing a total transaction value of about $147,570. The transaction reduced the executive's total equity holdings by 2% as of August 18.
The disposal of 31,095 shares at $5.74 per share represents a total value of about $179,000 as of the August 18 transaction date. The disposition was non-discretionary, executed to cover tax obligations associated with the release of restricted stock units.
