Sharp increase in QS’s short interest leads to surge in days-to-cover ratio

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. QuantumScape Corp shares valued at $3,819,324 were sold by Singh Mohit on Jul 08 ’25. At $8.21 per share, Singh Mohit sold 465,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 1,641,711 shares worth approximately $14.92 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Prinz Fritz sold 864,708 shares, netting a total of over 6,072,325 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $7.02 each, the insider now holds 81,364 shares.

Before that, Holme Timothy had sold 358,330 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $2,517,340, the CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER traded QuantumScape Corp shares for $7.03 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 358,330 shares, worth approximately $15.5 million.

As published in a research note from UBS on April 10, 2025, QuantumScape Corp [QS] has been rated down from a Neutral to a Sell. Analysts at HSBC Securities upgraded the stock from ‘”a Reduce”‘ to ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in mid November.

Analyzing QS Stock Performance

On last trading session,, QuantumScape Corp [NYSE: QS] rose 8.73% to $9.09. The stock’s lowest price that day was $8.295, but it reached a high of $9.15 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 33.68%. Over the course of the year, QuantumScape Corp shares have jumped approximately 79.29%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $9.15 on 07/10/25 and a 52-week low of $3.40 on 04/08/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for QuantumScape Corp (QS)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 8.54, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 7.99. In the upper region, resistance lies at 9.39. The next price resistance is at 9.70. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 78.85 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.

Is QuantumScape Corp subject to short interest?

Stocks of QuantumScape Corp saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-06-13 jumping by 6.94 million shares to 68.32 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 61.38 million shares. A jump of 10.16% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.92 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.92.

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In terms of QuantumScape Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 6.15 in the next 12 months, down nearly -26.44% from the previous closing price of $8.36. Analysts anticipate QuantumScape Corp stock to reach 20 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 4. In spite of this, 6 analysts ranked QuantumScape Corp stock as Hold at the end of 2025.

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