How is QS's price target calculated?

Price targets here use projected EPS × exit P/E. Future EPS = TTM EPS × (1 + growth)^years, then price = future EPS × P/E. The tool pre-fills analyst consensus and historical ranges for QuantumScape (QS) so you can compare your assumptions to the data.

What is QS's base-case price target?

With about 10% annual EPS growth and a 20× exit P/E over 5 years based on consensus from 4 analysts, the base case for QuantumScape (QS) lands near $-22.87, implying roughly 0.0% CAGR. This is illustrative, not a forecast.

What P/E ratio should I use for QS?

Defaults use 5-year median P/E for the base case, the 25th percentile for bear and the 75th for bull. Adjust the Exit P/E sliders if you have a different valuation view.

What is QS's expected return in this model?

Expected return depends on your assumptions. The calculator reports CAGR = (Future price / Current price)^(1/Years) − 1. This is illustrative only and not investment advice.

What time horizon does the price target use?

The default horizon is 5 years; you can change it from 1 to 10 years. Longer horizons compound EPS growth and re-rating effects more strongly, so total returns become more sensitive to assumptions.

Is this a recommendation to buy or sell QS?

No. The price-target calculator is an educational tool that turns explicit growth and P/E assumptions into a model price. Peers in the Consumer Cyclical sector are listed below for context. It is not investment advice and does not predict future returns.

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QuantumScape (QS) — Price target calculator

Interactive scenarios for QuantumScape (QS) at about $7.06. Default base case lands near $-22.87 in 5 years from 10% growth and a 20× exit P/E — roughly flat returns.

QuantumScape

Stock price

$7.06

TTM EPS

N/A

P/E (TTM)

N/A

5Y median P/E

N/A

Market cap

$4.31B

TTM metrics calculated from the four most recent reported quarters, ending March 31, 2026 (reported April 24, 2026).

Key takeaways

QuantumScape (QS) trades at about $7.06 on a TTM EPS of about $-0.71; the simple price-target model needs positive earnings, so the calculator below also offers an Advanced (revenue) mode.

Plugging the defaults into the calculator (10% growth, 20× exit P/E, 5-year horizon) yields a base-case price near $-22.87, an implied roughly flat returns. These figures are illustrative and depend entirely on your assumptions — they are not forecasts of future returns.

Analyst consensus and historical context

QuantumScape (QS) has no usable next-year analyst EPS consensus in our dataset, so the calculator falls back to historical EPS growth for its default scenarios. Without a long enough EPS history we default to a 10% base-case growth rate; tweak the sliders to reflect your own view.

Scenario calculator

Price target (simple) needs positive TTM EPS. Try Advanced (revenue) mode when earnings are negative.

Enter EPS growth and exit P/E per scenario. The chart starts at the current share price (Now) and transitions the P/E from today's trailing multiple toward your Exit P/E over the horizon. Same live price and TTM EPS as the rest of the page.

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Annual diluted EPS

GAAP diluted earnings per share by fiscal year (from reported statements). Use it as context for the EPS growth assumptions in the scenario calculator above — not a forecast.

Across 8 fiscal years, diluted EPS went from about $-3.97 in 2018 to about $-0.76 in 2025.

Scale: -6.67 to 0.00 EPS; horizontal line at 0. Fiscal years with no row in the database are omitted.

Return drivers (illustrative)

Historical EPS growth and where today’s P/E sits vs its five-year median — same P/E basis as the scenario price paths chart above.

Not enough history on this page to show EPS growth or median P/E context.

Frequently asked questions

How is QS's price target calculated?: Price targets here use projected EPS × exit P/E. Future EPS = TTM EPS × (1 + growth)^years, then price = future EPS × P/E. The tool pre-fills analyst consensus and historical ranges for QuantumScape (QS) so you can compare your assumptions to the data.
What is QS's base-case price target?: With about 10% annual EPS growth and a 20× exit P/E over 5 years based on consensus from 4 analysts, the base case for QuantumScape (QS) lands near $-22.87, implying roughly 0.0% CAGR. This is illustrative, not a forecast.
What P/E ratio should I use for QS?: Defaults use 5-year median P/E for the base case, the 25th percentile for bear and the 75th for bull. Adjust the Exit P/E sliders if you have a different valuation view.
What is QS's expected return in this model?: Expected return depends on your assumptions. The calculator reports CAGR = (Future price / Current price)^(1/Years) − 1. This is illustrative only and not investment advice.
What time horizon does the price target use?: The default horizon is 5 years; you can change it from 1 to 10 years. Longer horizons compound EPS growth and re-rating effects more strongly, so total returns become more sensitive to assumptions.
Is this a recommendation to buy or sell QS?: No. The price-target calculator is an educational tool that turns explicit growth and P/E assumptions into a model price. Peers in the Consumer Cyclical sector are listed below for context. It is not investment advice and does not predict future returns.

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Peers in the Consumer Cyclical sector

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Use this list as a quick valuation context: open any peer's price target page to see how its bear, base and bull scenarios compare with QS's. The list is filtered to active common stock and excludes ETFs and funds; it is sorted by market cap and updates with the daily company-data refresh.

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AMZN	Amazon.com, Inc.	$2.84T
TSLA	Tesla, Inc.	$1.41T
HD	The Home Depot, Inc.	$334.56B
BABA	Alibaba Group Holding Limited	$315.22B
MCD	McDonald's Corporation	$212.79B
TJX	The TJX Companies, Inc.	$174.38B
BKNG	Booking Holdings Inc.	$140.27B
PDD	PDD Holdings Inc.	$137.50B

How the QS price target is calculated

We project a future price by compounding trailing twelve-month (TTM) earnings per share at an assumed growth rate, then applying an exit price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple at the end of the horizon. Defaults are anchored to analyst consensus EPS for the bear, base, and bull cases and to historical P/E percentiles (25th / 50th / 75th) so each scenario reflects a different but defensible mix of growth and re-rating. Total return is the gap between today's price and the modelled future price; CAGR is the annualised version of that return. The same TTM EPS, scenario sliders, and disclaimers are used across every ticker.

TTM EPS: Trailing twelve-month diluted EPS — the sum of the last four quarterly diluted EPS values from reported filings.
Exit P/E: The P/E ratio assumed at the end of the projection horizon. Defaults use 5-year median P/E for the base case.

CAGR: Compound annual growth rate; the per-year return that compounds to the same end value as the modelled price.
Bear / Base / Bull: Three pre-set scenarios spanning conservative through optimistic combinations of EPS growth and exit P/E.

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