QuantumScape Trims Losses as Baird Cuts Target and PowerCo Talks Reshape a Key Partnership
Published on 10/27/2026 at 18:10 | Editorial boerse-global.de
QuantumScape's latest quarterly scorecard landed with a smaller deficit than Wall Street had penciled in, yet the battery developer still found itself fending off a softer price target and a reworked deal with one of its most important backers. Shares climbed 9.1% on the day Baird trimmed its view, though the sources give no confirmed link between the two developments.
A Narrower Loss Than Expected
For the third quarter of 2026, reported on October 21, QuantumScape posted a net loss of $84.5 million. That worked out to $0.14 per share, comfortably better than the $0.17 analysts had forecast. The figure also marks a meaningful improvement on a year earlier, when the loss stood at $105.8 million.
The adjusted EBITDA shortfall for the quarter came in at $60.7 million. Customer billings reached $9.8 million, and the company closed the period with $819.8 million in liquid funds.
Management left its full-year 2026 guidance untouched: an adjusted loss before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of between $250 million and $275 million. Capital expenditure plans for the year were likewise unchanged, held at $27 million to $37 million.
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Baird Trims Its Model
Baird lowered its price target on the stock from $8 to $6 on Thursday while reaffirming a neutral rating, according to media reports. The analysis house said it had recalibrated its valuation model in the wake of the quarterly figures.
PowerCo Rewrites the Terms
Alongside the earnings release, QuantumScape and PowerCo SE disclosed changes to their cooperation agreement in a mandatory filing. Transition payments owed by PowerCo totaling $7.0 million have been scrapped. The two partners have opened negotiations over a revised scope for their collaboration and the payments attached to it. No milestone payments will flow from PowerCo while those talks are underway.
A 100 MWh Line Aimed at AI and Aerospace
QuantumScape also unveiled plans for a production line turning out solid-state battery cells with a capacity of 100 MWh. Output is slated to begin in 2028, targeting AI data centers as well as aerospace and defense applications. For cell assembly, the company intends to team up with Germany's Muehlbauer Group, which would supply the requisite mounting equipment. The production timeline remains fixed on a 2028 start.
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The stock had slipped 2.8% in the prior session, a move the sources do not tie directly to any of these announcements. Nor is the production roadmap or the quarterly report established as the driver behind the latest rally.
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