On the stock market since 2020, it operates in the world of automobiles. It has 700 employees. Now — the numbers.
The company is still in the product-building phase: its spending runs far above its sales. That only changes once the product starts selling at scale.
Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. This is the most critical line in the whole picture.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Valuation: The stock trades at a price that looks expensive next to its earnings; that can cap future returns.
Business Quality: Profit power and business quality trail similar companies in the sector.
angles, checked one by one.
The 3 that stand out are on screen; the rest came back neutral.
The council scores out of 10; report-card grades are out of 100.
Executive Buying: The trades send no strong signal of confidence.
An investor who bought at the very peak is down 86% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.
There is $970.8M in the vault; even if every debt were paid off, $899.8M would remain.
The average analyst price target is $10.35 — 82% above today’s price.
A loss of $435.1M against $0 in annual sales.
This stock swings about 2.7 times as much as the market average. Big rallies — and big drops — can both happen fast.
At the current pace of spending, the cash lasts about 2.2 years. After that, the company needs to find new money.
On our five-subject report card, QS sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: QS is a high-risk stock — not yet profitable, and its future rides on its product catching on.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Analysts’ average target sits above today’s price, yet the valuation grade (5/100) says the stock isn’t cheap.