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QuantumScape (QS) Competitors

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$5.07 +0.12 (+2.42%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

QS vs. CAE, NOVT, BE, FLNC, ATKR, NPWR, ENR, RUN, PLUG, and RONI

Should you be buying QuantumScape stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of QuantumScape include CAE (CAE), Novanta (NOVT), Bloom Energy (BE), Fluence Energy (FLNC), Atkore (ATKR), NET Power (NPWR), Energizer (ENR), Sunrun (RUN), Plug Power (PLUG), and Rice Acquisition Corp. II (RONI). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment" industry.

QuantumScape vs.

QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) and CAE (NYSE:CAE) are both mid-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and media sentiment.

29.9% of QuantumScape shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.4% of CAE shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.0% of QuantumScape shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of CAE shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

QuantumScape presently has a consensus price target of $6.26, indicating a potential upside of 23.47%. CAE has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.23%. Given QuantumScape's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe QuantumScape is more favorable than CAE.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
QuantumScape
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.86
CAE
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

CAE received 548 more outperform votes than QuantumScape when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.33% of users gave CAE an outperform vote while only 26.47% of users gave QuantumScape an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
QuantumScapeOutperform Votes
18
26.47%
Underperform Votes
50
73.53%
CAEOutperform Votes
566
62.33%
Underperform Votes
342
37.67%

QuantumScape has a net margin of 0.00% compared to CAE's net margin of -7.49%. CAE's return on equity of 5.79% beat QuantumScape's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
QuantumScapeN/A -39.00% -33.83%
CAE -7.49%5.79%2.56%

CAE has higher revenue and earnings than QuantumScape. CAE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than QuantumScape, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
QuantumScapeN/AN/A-$445.14M-$0.95-5.34
CAE$4.43B1.63-$225.35M-$0.77-29.45

QuantumScape has a beta of 4.6, meaning that its stock price is 360% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CAE has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, CAE had 12 more articles in the media than QuantumScape. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for CAE and 21 mentions for QuantumScape. QuantumScape's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat CAE's score of 0.42 indicating that QuantumScape is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
QuantumScape
8 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CAE
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

CAE beats QuantumScape on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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QS vs. The Competition

MetricQuantumScapeelectrical machinery, equipment, & supplies IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.54B$996.84M$17.07B$19.84B
Dividend YieldN/A1.96%3.12%3.50%
P/E Ratio-5.3418.0411.8537.73
Price / SalesN/A12.3912.3818.01
Price / CashN/A9.5011.1917.90
Price / Book2.344.242.234.86
Net Income-$445.14M-$64.65M$1.52B$985.93M
7 Day Performance4.54%-5.27%-2.84%0.45%
1 Month Performance-2.41%5.07%-6.61%1.05%
1 Year Performance-11.21%2.08%-6.23%24.67%

QuantumScape Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QS
QuantumScape
1.0655 of 5 stars
$5.07
+2.4%
$6.26
+23.5%
-15.9%$2.54BN/A-5.34850Analyst Upgrade
Options Volume
CAE
CAE
2.3125 of 5 stars
$22.68
+0.9%
$25.00
+10.2%
+7.9%$7.23B$4.43B-29.4513,000Analyst Revision
NOVT
Novanta
1.5986 of 5 stars
$164.94
-0.5%
$169.00
+2.5%
+15.4%$5.95B$881.66M98.772,900Positive News
BE
Bloom Energy
3.2559 of 5 stars
$24.79
+4.4%
$17.55
-29.2%
+92.7%$5.67B$1.33B-43.092,377Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
FLNC
Fluence Energy
3.6576 of 5 stars
$21.91
+3.9%
$26.63
+21.5%
+13.7%$3.95B$2.14B-115.321,112Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
ATKR
Atkore
3.0345 of 5 stars
$84.08
-2.6%
$131.60
+56.5%
-35.4%$3.02B$3.52B5.905,600Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
NPWR
NET Power
0.8374 of 5 stars
$12.56
-2.8%
$9.50
-24.4%
+20.8%$2.78B$170,000.000.0024
ENR
Energizer
3.9544 of 5 stars
$37.67
+1.1%
$37.63
-0.1%
+19.7%$2.70B$2.96B269.095,080Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
RUN
Sunrun
4.48 of 5 stars
$10.20
+5.0%
$20.12
+97.3%
-14.4%$2.18B$2.26B0.0010,833Insider Trade
PLUG
Plug Power
4.3355 of 5 stars
$1.92
flat
$4.52
+135.5%
-50.4%$1.75B$891.34M0.003,868Analyst Revision
RONI
Rice Acquisition Corp. II
N/A$12.56
-2.8%
N/A+24.2%$1.52BN/A0.0024High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:QS) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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