QS — QuantumScape Corp

US Technology Electronic components equity mkt cap 3.5B
5.98 +4.91% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 4.88 · high 18.44

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Performance

1 day+4.91%
1 week-3.39%
1 month+16.91%
3 months-28.64%
6 months-13.08%
Year to date-45.93%
1 year-24.40%
3 years-14.08%
5 years-72.49%

Technicals

RSI 1462.1
vs 50-day avg-5.72%
vs 200-day avg-29.56%
Volatility 1y85.0%
Max drawdown 1y-73.51%
Avg volume 30d23.6M
Daily bars held1,511
History from2020-08-17

Measured signals that fired on QS

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-19Short volume far above its own normal
short
-0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-18Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-10Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-22Short volume far above its own normal
short
-0.76% over 21 days · t = -2.79 · n = 5,897
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-17Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-06-22Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-19Holme Timothy
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan21.5K5.76124.0K
2026-08-19Holme Timothy
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan20.3K5.76117.1K
2026-08-19Holme Timothy
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Conversion 10b5-1 plan21.5K0.000
2026-08-18Sivaram Srinivasan
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Shares withheld for tax81.8K5.74469.6K
2026-08-18Singh Mohit
CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Shares withheld for tax34.3K5.74197.1K
2026-08-18Holme Timothy
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Shares withheld for tax 10b5-1 plan34.1K5.74195.8K
2026-08-18Fasoli Luca Giovanni
Chief Operating Officer
Shares withheld for tax32.3K5.74185.3K
2026-08-18Hettrich Kevin
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Shares withheld for tax31.1K5.74178.6K
2026-08-18MCCARTHY MICHAEL O III
CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
Shares withheld for tax25.7K5.74147.7K
2026-07-02Holme Timothy
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
Open-market sale 10b5-1 plan103.0K7.28750.1K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
BlackRock, Inc.139.1M21.8M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC133.2M20.9M
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.126.0M19.7M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC115.0M18.0M
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP80.3M12.6M
Capricorn Investment Group LLC78.7M11.5M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC53.3M8.3M
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC51.4M8.1M
STATE STREET CORP48.2M7.6M
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP36.6M5.7M

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d47.7% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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