Growth Metrics

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% on a QoQ basis from $31.3 million in Q4 2025.

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

  • Quarterly Share-based Compensation fell 24.95% year-over-year to $30.5 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $117.3 million (down 29.33% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $127.5 million, down 11.88% from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation slipped to $30.5 million in Q1 2026 per QS's latest filing, from $31.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $50.0 million in Q2 2023 and bottomed at -$66.7 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Share-based Compensation is $33.6 million (2022), against an average of $28.9 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Share-based Compensation plunged 512.53%; it then jumped 174.59% in 2025.
  • Tracing QS's Share-based Compensation over 5 years: stood at -$66.7 million in 2022, then jumped by 156.87% to $37.9 million in 2023, then retreated by 9.87% to $34.2 million in 2024, then slipped by 8.3% to $31.3 million in 2025, then dropped by 2.7% to $30.5 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest QS Share-based Compensation figures stand at $30.5 million (Q1 2026), $31.3 million (Q4 2025), and $29.2 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Share-based Compensation (Qtr)
1 O Reilly Automotive 77.46 Bn 77.21 Bn 2.35 Bn 8.82 Mn
2 Autozone 56.88 Bn 56.59 Bn 2.24 Bn 36.70 Mn
3 Genuine Parts 13.45 Bn 12.97 Bn 2.34 Bn 12.17 Mn
4 Modine Manufacturing 13.16 Bn 13.07 Bn 186.10 Mn 6.70 Mn
5 Borgwarner 13.07 Bn 13.23 Bn 677.00 Mn 10.00 Mn
6 Aptiv 11.89 Bn 8.82 Bn 920.00 Mn 24.00 Mn
7 Magna International 10.79 Bn 9.60 Bn 1.42 Bn -
8 Allison Transmission Holdings 9.02 Bn 8.71 Bn 406.00 Mn 7.00 Mn
9 Autoliv 9.01 Bn 8.66 Bn 526.00 Mn -
10 QuantumScape 5.11 Bn 4.21 Bn - 30.50 Mn

Historic Data

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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
Sep 30, 2023 40.39 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 40.39 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 49.99 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 49.99 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 37.99 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 37.99 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -66.69 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -66.69 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 33.58 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 33.58 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 30.93 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 30.93 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 28.48 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 28.48 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 16.17 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 16.17 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 12.73 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 12.73 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 11.61 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 11.61 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 11.68 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 11.68 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 7.77 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 7.77 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 4.87 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 4.87 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 2.19 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 2.19 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 2.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 2.20 Mn