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No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 28 May 2021.
QuantumScape Corp: what insiders have been doing
This page follows insider dealings at QuantumScape Corp as filed with SEC (Form 4), a company from the Energy sector based in San Jose, United States. The group dates from 2010. Between 18 October 2025 and 18 October 2026, 22 insiders published 103 filings.
All open-market trades in the period are sales: 29 sales worth €17.2M, by 7 insiders, with no purchase on record. The totals exclude 1 filing filed without an amount. The largest single trade was a sale of €7.0M by Saluja Dipender, published on 16 December 2025.
Filings reach the SEC (Form 4) feed a median of 2 days after the trade. For comparison, the SEC allows two business days to file a Form 4. A sale on its own says little: insiders also sell to pay tax, fund a purchase or diversify.
Across the 5,812 companies tracked on its exchange, the median is 19 filings; at 103 filings, this issuer sits above that mark. The full history, which starts in 2021, counts 1 purchase against 82 sales. For the fiscal year to 31 December 2025, the annual 10-K puts net income at -435.1 m USD.
For comparison within the same sector, see the insider buying recorded at RGC Resources Inc and Terawulf Inc. Every figure here comes from the filings published by SEC (Form 4) and describes the past, not future prices; it is not investment advice.
Insider Decl.
471
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€194,510
1 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€74M
82 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleTimothy Holme14 sales
Kevin Hettrich10 sales
Straubel Jeffrey B5 sales
Prinz Fritz4 sales
Michael O. Mccarthy III3 sales
Buss Brad W2 sales
+3 other insiders
Since the insiders bought
- -49.3%Entry US$26.25 · Close at T+365 US$13.31
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
Analyst consensus: bullish or bearish?
Analysts rate QuantumScape Corp Hold (neutral), based on 8 analysts. Average price target: US$6.29.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended December 2025 · cache
US$3.93
Analyst consensus
8 analystsHold
US$2.50Target US$6.29(+60%)US$8.50
Income statement
EBITDA-US$358.2M
Net income-US$435.1M0.0% margin
Valuation
PER (forward)-5.9x
P/Book2.3x
Beta2.84
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$2.4B
Total debtUS$71M
Free Cash Flow-US$278.8M
Debt / Equity6%
Profitability & ownership
ROE-39.1%
ROA-24.3%
% insiders13.3%
% institutions36.9%
Last declaration on 7 October 2026
Declarations471 total
14,186 shares0Class A Common StockSEC:0001834249-26-000028:0
75,000 shares@ US$4.54010.012% mcap1.7% of flowClass A Common StockSEC:0001834249-26-000028:1
22,500 shares0Class A Common StockSEC:0001834249-26-000028:2
22,500 shares@ US$4.54010.0036% mcap0.5% of flowClass A Common StockSEC:0001834249-26-000028:3
22,500 shares0Class A Common StockSEC:0001834249-26-000028:4
22,500 shares0Class A Common StockSEC:0001834249-26-000026:1
22,500 shares@ US$5.08770.0037% mcap0.6% of flowClass A Common StockSEC:0001834249-26-000026:2
22,500 shares0Class A Common StockSEC:0001834249-26-000026:3
75,000 shares@ US$5.08770.012% mcap1.9% of flowClass A Common StockSEC:0001834249-26-000026:0
240,000 shares@ US$5.050.040% mcap81.1% of flowClass A Common StockSEC144:0001958244-26-000609
12,723 shares@ US$6.0140.0025% mcap0.4% of flowClass A Common StockSEC:0001834249-26-000024:1
12,723 shares0Class A Common StockSEC:0001834249-26-000024:0
21,531 shares@ US$5.75770.0040% mcap0.6% of flowClass A Common StockSEC:0001834249-26-000022:3
32,255 shares@ US$5.74450.0060% mcap18.1% of flowClass A Common StockSEC:0002068228-26-000010:0
31,095 shares@ US$5.74450.0058% mcap0.9% of flowClass A Common StockSEC:0001834025-26-000024:0
34,086 shares@ US$5.74450.0064% mcap1.0% of flowClass A Common StockSEC:0001834249-26-000022:0
20,345 shares@ US$5.75770.0038% mcap0.6% of flowClass A Common StockSEC:0001834249-26-000022:1
21,531 shares0Class A Common StockSEC:0001834249-26-000022:2
25,709 shares@ US$5.74450.0048% mcap0.8% of flowClass A Common StockSEC:0001177264-26-000012:0
81,752 shares@ US$5.74450.015% mcap4.6% of flowClass A Common StockSEC:0001587067-26-000012:0
34,304 shares@ US$5.74450.0064% mcap2.1% of flowClass A Common StockSEC:0001834019-26-000012:0
48,238 shares@ US$5.880.0092% mcap18.9% of flowClass A Common StockSEC144:0001958244-26-000537
35,801 shares@ US$6.120.0071% mcap1.1% of flowClass A Common StockSEC144:0001811414-26-000045
37,160 shares@ US$6.120.0074% mcap22.2% of flowClass A Common StockSEC144:0001811414-26-000048
35,821 shares@ US$6.120.0071% mcap1.1% of flowClass A Common StockSEC144:0001811414-26-000044
25 of 471 declarations
About QuantumScape Corp
QuantumScape Corp is a U.S.-listed company traded on the NYSE under the ticker QS in the United States. It is focused on developing and industrializing solid-state lithium-metal battery technology, primarily for electric vehicles, with potential longer-term applications in broader energy-storage markets. Founded in 2010 as QuantumScape Battery Inc., the company was built around a mission to transform energy storage by addressing three core battery challenges that matter to automakers and investors alike: energy density, charging speed, and safety. In 2020, QuantumScape went public through a business combination with Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp., and the operating business became a wholly owned subsidiary of QuantumScape Corporation.
At a business-model level, QuantumScape remains a pure-play technology developer rather than a high-volume battery manufacturer. Its core activity is research, development, and scale-up of solid-state lithium-metal cells and the manufacturing processes needed to move those cells toward automotive qualification and commercialization. The market’s attention has centered on the company’s QSE-5 battery platform and on process innovations such as Cobra, a separator manufacturing step that QuantumScape has highlighted as an important milestone in its industrial roadmap. In practical terms, the company is trying to bridge the gap between laboratory performance and repeatable manufacturing at meaningful scale.
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QuantumScape’s competitive position is best described as that of a high-risk, high-upside niche player in a strategically important but still early-stage segment of the battery industry. It is not competing on current sales volume or installed capacity; instead, it is competing on technical credibility, manufacturability, and strategic partnerships. That makes its collaboration with PowerCo SE, the battery company of the Volkswagen Group, especially important. The partnership has been expanded and is central to QuantumScape’s attempt to validate its technology, support prototype deliveries, and build a path toward commercialization.
Geographically, QuantumScape is headquartered in San Jose, California, and its operational footprint is rooted in the United States, even though its commercial relevance is global because of automaker partnerships in Europe and beyond. Recent highlights include the 2025 expansion of the PowerCo collaboration and a 2025/2026 Ducati motorcycle demonstration using QuantumScape solid-state batteries, which the company used to showcase progress in integration and manufacturing readiness. For investors, QuantumScape remains a development-stage energy technology story: the upside is tied to a potentially disruptive battery platform, while the key risks are execution, timing, capital intensity, and the ability to turn technical milestones into durable commercialization.
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