QuantumScape (QS) Share-based Compensation (2020 - 2026)

QuantumScape (QS) reported Share-based Compensation of $30.5 million for Q1 2026, down 24.95% year-over-year from $40.6 million in Q1 2025, and down 2.7% quarter-over-quarter from $31.3 million in Q4 2025.

QuantumScape (QS) Share-based Compensation (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

QuantumScape (QS) has 7 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $30.5 million in Q1 2026.

  • Share-based Compensation for Q1 2026 came in at $30.5 million, down 24.95% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $117.3 million (down 29.33% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $127.5 million, down 11.88% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation retreated to $30.5 million in Q1 2026 per QS's latest filing, from $31.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Share-based Compensation peaked at $50.0 million in Q2 2023 and troughed at -$66.7 million in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $28.9 million and a median of $33.6 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Share-based Compensation slumped 512.53% in 2022, then soared 174.59% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at -$66.7 million in 2022, then soared by 156.87% to $37.9 million in 2023, then slipped by 9.87% to $34.2 million in 2024, then declined by 8.3% to $31.3 million in 2025, then fell by 2.7% to $30.5 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows QS's Share-based Compensation at $30.5 million in Q1 2026, $31.3 million in Q4 2025, and $29.2 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Stock Comp. (Qtr)
1 O Reilly Automotive 76.00 Bn 75.75 Bn 2.35 Bn 8.82 Mn
2 Autozone 51.46 Bn 51.20 Bn 2.52 Bn 30.20 Mn
3 Modine Manufacturing 15.07 Bn 14.98 Bn 186.10 Mn 6.70 Mn
4 Borgwarner 14.88 Bn 15.05 Bn 677.00 Mn 10.00 Mn
5 Genuine Parts 14.73 Bn 14.25 Bn 2.34 Bn 12.17 Mn
6 Aptiv 13.96 Bn 10.89 Bn 920.00 Mn 24.00 Mn
7 Aurora Innovation 11.93 Bn 10.71 Bn -5.00 Mn 46.00 Mn
8 Magna International 10.79 Bn 9.60 Bn 1.42 Bn -
9 Allison Transmission Holdings 10.06 Bn 9.75 Bn 406.00 Mn 7.00 Mn
10 QuantumScape 4.23 Bn 3.33 Bn - 30.50 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 30.50 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 30.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 31.35 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 31.35 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 29.22 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 29.22 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 26.26 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 26.26 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 40.64 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 40.64 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 34.18 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 34.18 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 43.36 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 43.36 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 47.83 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 47.83 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 14.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 14.80 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 37.92 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 37.92 Mn