QuantumScape (QS) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2026)

QuantumScape (QS) reported Operating Expenses of $109.2 million for Q1 2026, down 11.65% year-over-year from $123.6 million in Q1 2025, and down 1.15% quarter-over-quarter from $110.4 million in Q4 2025.

QuantumScape (QS) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

QuantumScape (QS) has 7 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $109.2 million in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $109.2 million, down 11.65% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $458.2 million (down 11.35% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $472.6 million, down 10.02% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses eased to $109.2 million in Q1 2026 per QS's latest filing, from $110.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $134.5 million in Q2 2024 and troughed at $90.7 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $118.0 million and a median of $120.9 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Operating Expenses jumped 124.13% in 2022, then fell 14.17% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $113.4 million in 2022, then rose by 9.88% to $124.6 million in 2023, then rose by 3.25% to $128.7 million in 2024, then declined by 14.17% to $110.4 million in 2025, then dropped by 1.15% to $109.2 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows QS's Operating Expenses at $109.2 million in Q1 2026, $110.4 million in Q4 2025, and $115.0 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 O Reilly Automotive 76.00 Bn 75.75 Bn 2.35 Bn 1.51 Bn
2 Autozone 51.46 Bn 51.20 Bn 2.52 Bn 341.91 Mn
3 Modine Manufacturing 15.07 Bn 14.98 Bn 186.10 Mn 93.00 Mn
4 Borgwarner 14.88 Bn 15.05 Bn 677.00 Mn 346.00 Mn
5 Genuine Parts 14.73 Bn 14.25 Bn 2.34 Bn 2.05 Bn
6 Aptiv 13.96 Bn 10.89 Bn 920.00 Mn 4.71 Bn
7 Aurora Innovation 11.93 Bn 10.71 Bn -5.00 Mn 239.00 Mn
8 Magna International 10.79 Bn 9.60 Bn 1.42 Bn 960.00 Mn
9 Allison Transmission Holdings 10.06 Bn 9.75 Bn 406.00 Mn 211.00 Mn
10 QuantumScape 4.23 Bn 3.33 Bn - 109.18 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 109.18 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 110.45 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 114.99 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 123.59 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 123.58 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 128.69 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 130.16 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 134.46 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 131.90 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 124.64 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 120.87 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 123.54 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 109.98 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 113.43 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 120.65 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 95.87 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 90.66 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 67.14 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 53.83 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 49.62 Mn