QSQuantumScape Corporation
What is the market doing?
The market is leaning against it: in a downtrend (−39% vs 200-day) and a crowded short (+16% of shares).
In a downtrend, below its 50- and 200-day averages. Oversold (RSI 27). Price is −39% vs its 200-day average.
Insiders were net sellers over the 90 days ending Oct 8, 2026; selling is often routine (taxes, diversification).
A crowded short, settled Sep 15, 2026, more than a week of normal trading to cover, a crowded exit.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How QS is trading
QuantumScape Corporation is −66% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 84 points behind the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +18%
- vs 200-day average
- −39%
vs 200-day average · a clear downtrend
- RSI (14)
- 27
RSI (14) · oversold, sold harder than it has been bought
- Below its 52-week high
- 75%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-09
- $4.59
- 1 monthS&P 500 +2.7%
- −11%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +18%
- −66%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +88%
- −78%
- vs 50-day average$5.34
- −14%
- 52-week high
- $18.44
- 52-week low
- $4.52
- Annualised volatility
- 88%
- Insider buying, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-08
- −$394K
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | −56% |
| 2025 | +101% |
| 2024 | −25% |
| 2023 | +23% |
| 2022 | −74% |
| 2021 | −74% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6 | 1 of 6 | −6.7% |
| Feb | 6 | 2 of 6 | −0.72% |
| Mar | 6 | 2 of 6 | −4.7% |
| Apr | 6 | 1 of 6 | −11% |
| May | 6 | 3 of 6 | −2.7% |
| Jun | 6 | 3 of 6 | +5.7% |
| Jul | 6 | 4 of 6 | +17% |
| Aug | 6 | 2 of 6 | −9.7% |
| Sep | 7 | 3 of 7 | +13% |
| Oct | 7 | 2 of 7 | +0.49% |
| Nov | 6 | 3 of 6 | +46% |
| Dec | 6 | 2 of 6 | +4.4% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.