Solid State Battery Innovator QuantumScape Corp. It is planned that QS in 2025 will announce its third quarter results on October 22, after the market closes. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the quarter’s loss per share is pegged at 18 cents. The loss estimate for the quarter to be reported was flat over the past 90 days and represents an improvement over a loss of 23 cents per share in the year-ago period.
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in 2025 The Zacks Consensus Estimate for QS’s loss is pegged at 78 cents per share, indicating a 17% year-over-year improvement. In the last four quarters, QuantumScape has beaten the lower estimates once, met them twice and missed them once.
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QuantumScape’s third quarter results will likely depend on a combination of operational progress and partnership monetization. QuantumScape entered its third phase in 2025. quarter with renewed financial momentum following expanded collaboration with VolkswagenVWAGY PowerCo, which will add up to 131 million in two years. USD of new cash payments, in addition to the 130 mln. USD already associated with the licensing agreement.
QuantumScape, which is already counting ahead of earnings, said in its most recent earnings call that it expects to write more than $10 million to PowerCo in the third quarter. USD for development work already done. While this may not be recognized as revenue, it is the first significant cash flow that can reduce the loss for the quarter.
The second in 2025 In the quarter, the company shipped the final Raptor-based B0 samples for package integration and safety testing. The next stage is the B1 samples, built using the more advanced Cobra process. Operationally, the move to the Cobra separator process – a 25x increase in productivity over the previous Raptor line – gives QuantumScape high B1 sample output. Effectively achieving this ramp is critical as it will affect technical milestones related to Volkswagen’s payments and overall reliability with other OEM partners.