Growth Metrics

QuantumScape (QS) Capital Expenditures (2020 - 2026)

QuantumScape (QS) reported Capital Expenditures of $3.9 million for Q1 2026, down 15.55% year-over-year from $4.6 million in Q1 2025, and down 19.22% on a QoQ basis from $4.8 million in Q4 2025.

QuantumScape (QS) has 7 years of Capital Expenditures data on file, last reported at $3.9 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Capital Expenditures fell 15.55% year-over-year to $3.9 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $9.0 million (up 243.7% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $9.7 million, up 198.43% from the prior year.
  • Capital Expenditures retreated to $3.9 million in Q1 2026 per QS's latest filing, from $4.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Capital Expenditures topped out at $77.3 million in Q4 2023 and bottomed at -$18.6 million in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Capital Expenditures is $4.6 million (2025), against an average of $15.3 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Capital Expenditures jumped 1327.18%; it then slumped 225.43% in 2024.
  • Tracing QS's Capital Expenditures over 5 years: stood at $37.8 million in 2022, then surged by 104.37% to $77.3 million in 2023, then tumbled by 101.88% to -$1.5 million in 2024, then surged by 432.69% to $4.8 million in 2025, then slipped by 19.22% to $3.9 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest QS Capital Expenditures figures stand at $3.9 million (Q1 2026), $4.8 million (Q4 2025), and -$2.2 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Capital Expenditures (Qtr)
1 O Reilly Automotive 77.46 Bn 77.21 Bn 2.35 Bn 244.45 Mn
2 Autozone 56.88 Bn 56.59 Bn 2.24 Bn 337.80 Mn
3 Genuine Parts 13.45 Bn 12.97 Bn 2.34 Bn 97.55 Mn
4 Modine Manufacturing 13.16 Bn 13.07 Bn 186.10 Mn 41.80 Mn
5 Borgwarner 13.07 Bn 13.23 Bn 677.00 Mn 143.00 Mn
6 Aptiv 11.89 Bn 8.82 Bn 920.00 Mn 219.00 Mn
7 Magna International 10.79 Bn 9.60 Bn 1.42 Bn -219.00 Mn
8 Allison Transmission Holdings 9.02 Bn 8.71 Bn 406.00 Mn 8.00 Mn
9 Autoliv 9.01 Bn 8.66 Bn 526.00 Mn 85.00 Mn
10 QuantumScape 5.11 Bn 4.21 Bn - 3.91 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 3.91 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 3.91 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 4.83 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 4.83 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -2.19 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -2.19 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 2.43 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 2.43 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 4.62 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 4.62 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -1.45 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -1.45 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -6.92 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 -6.92 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -2.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -2.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 14.12 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 14.12 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 77.34 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 77.34 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -2.13 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -2.13 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -18.60 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -18.60 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 28.01 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 28.01 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 37.84 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 37.84 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 54.08 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 54.08 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 59.17 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 59.17 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 7.75 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 7.75 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -71.32 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -71.32 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 69.31 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 69.31 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 4.15 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 4.15 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 8.94 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 8.94 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 1.17 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 1.17 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 -6.89 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 -6.89 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 4.96 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 4.96 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 4.93 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 4.93 Mn